Playa del Carmen Announces New Alameda-Style Park With Zipline and Amphitheater

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Mayor Estefanía Mercado has announced the creation of a large Alameda-style park in Playa del Carmen, featuring sports, cultural and recreational areas, and she called on residents to help choose the name for the new community gathering space.

“Families of Playa del Carmen, we are finally going to make this dream a reality! We will have our own large Alameda-style park, a new space to meet, share time and enjoy ourselves with family,” Mercado said.

The project includes a bike lane, sports courts, an outdoor amphitheater, a zipline, a small train ride and the so-called Mirador de la Selva, or Jungle Viewpoint. Officials described the design as an environment meant to strengthen community life and bring residents closer to nature.

Mercado thanked Grupo Mayakoba for joining the effort and providing the support needed to move the project forward.

Through her social media accounts, the mayor invited residents of Playa del Carmen to suggest a name for the new park.

“I want us to decide this together. What would you like this new great park of Playa del Carmen to be called?” she wrote, adding, “Because the spaces that belong to all of us are also built by all of us.”