Riviera Maya Archive

9 Cancun Excursions You Can Take From Your Resort

If you’ve never been to Mexico’s most popular destination of Cancun and the Riviera Maya, you might be surprised about how much there is to do in the region. The usual cliché about vacationers in these sunny and warm resorts is that the guests stay in a walled-off all-inclusive complex the whole time, then turn [&hellip

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What to Pack for Cancun

As the editor of an online travel magazine focused on Latin America, I have been to Cancun and the Riviera Maya area at least 20 times at this point. Sometimes I was on a beach vacation, twice I was there to attend a convention, and the others have been to research our picks for the [&hellip

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A Tour of SLS Cancun Artsy Boutique Resort

While new hotels keep opening in the Riviera Maya both above and below Cancun, the hotel zone of the city itself is at capacity unless they tear something down, Vegas-style, and put a new resort in its place. So when SLS Cancun opened last year, they headed to a new part of town that’s a [&hellip

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La Ceiba Dinner Experience at Rosewood Mayakoba Resort

Someone greeted me at the entrance and checked my name, then with a welcome cocktail in hand, I strolled the gardens and looked at plant boxes filled with spearmint, cilantro, habanero peppers, cherry tomatoes, and more. Tonight some of these items would show up on our plate, during a communal dinner at a long table [&hellip

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Getting to the Quintana Roo Beaches From Cancun Airport

You’re all excited about your vacation at one of the Quintana Roo beaches in Mexico, then you get to the Cancun Airport and meet with…mayhem. First you deal with a chaotic luggage and customs line, then pass a gauntlet of pushy timeshare salespeople in front of supposed “tourist information” desks, only to exit the doors [&hellip

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Come Take a Tour of Waldorf Astoria Cancun Resort

Our latest luxury resort review from the Riviera Maya region is up now and it’s the latest one to open near Mexico’s most popular vacation area: Waldorf Astoria Cancun. There are only a few true luxury resorts in Cancun, despite what you see promised on the website of nearly every gigantic hotel, and many of [&hellip

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