Can I drink drinks with ice in Cancun?

Yes, the ice in your drink is safe. The ice that is provided to restaurants, bars and convenience stores is produced in ice factories using purified water. Hotels and restaurants that use ice machines also use purified water. Even the local guys downtown selling home-made popsicles use purified water!



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Cancun Travel Tip #2: Don't Worry About Ice While you should not drink the water in Cancun, the ice at hotels and restaurants here is usually filtered and purified so you can have ice in your margarita without getting sick.

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?? Yes, Mexico ice is safe to consume. Though plenty of other articles will tell you to avoid ice in your drink, there's no reason to think anyone's making ice with tap water. Now, if you want to avoid ice for your own peace of mind, then go ahead.

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Although there will be some bacteria in the water from the tap it is fine to brush your teeth with, even if you are at a place where you can't drink the tap water.

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To the OP, in all seriousness, the water in Cancun is fine for bathing/showering; I wouldn't recommend you drink it though. It's not that the water is inherently unsafe it's that it almost certainly has minerals dissolved in it that your body isn't used to and may cause intestinal upset.

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Is bagged ice okay in Mexico? As Mexicans, we are used to drinking tap water, so our immune system is used to the elements (good and bad) found in it, but visitors, please use bottled water, it's available everywhere. Bagged ice is not made from tap water, but from water bottling plants, so it's usually safe.

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Can I drink local water? We recommend not to drink faucet/tap water, the resort will provide filtered and bottled water at all time. Water and ice cubes served at all resort venues are always filtered and safe to drink.

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Use Bottled Water For Brushing When it comes right down to it, the amount of water you actually ingest while brushing your teeth is pretty small. So is the chance that the agua coming from your hotel sink has actually been purified, so don't take chances!

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As a precaution you should not drink tap water in Mexico even if it's purified at the source. Most resorts and hotels provide bottled water or large jugs of purified water for you to refill your bottle.

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As a precaution you should not drink tap water in Mexico even if it's purified at the source. Most resorts and hotels provide bottled water or large jugs of purified water for you to refill your bottle.

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