Travelling In The Mayan Riviera
Riviera Maya, known as Mayan Riviera Mexico is about 86 miles of Caribbean sea coastline that goes from the city of Cancun (the northern coast), until to the ruins of Tulum. The Riviera Maya is located in the Quintana Roo state, Mexico's eastern state of the country known as the Yucatan Peninsula. The riviera is the best part of the Mexican Caribbean sea from Cancun to Quintana Roo' state capital, the city of Chetumal, it is also considered Riviera the southern part including Belize and the Cozumel island, the Mexico's largest of the Mexican Caribbean as you can se on the Mayan Riviera Maps.
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Puerto Morelos is the first you find heading south from Cancun, a lot of foreigners actually live there and purchased their homes to escape life of the big cities from Europe and USA, the most developed countries. More than tourism, you find there resident people who own their villas and retired there for a different style of life, is a nice friendly place just 20 minutes from Cancun in the way to the south of the riviera. A reazon why americans like so much to retire and live here is because of the Mayan Riviera weather known to be very nice.
South of Puerto Morelos you find Playa Del Carmen the most similar city to Cancun as far as development, hotels, vacation rentals, and here you can get the ferry to Isla Mujeres.
Getting around is nice and pleasant you can travel with the highway 307 that goes through the side of the Riviera passing by to a lot of beach resorts like the Mayan Rivera Iberostar or like the "Mayan Riviera Playa", you find also vacation little towns, unknown beaches cenotes and lagoons. Some of the roads penetrate inside the jungle toward west to discover the Mayan ruins, cenotes, freshwater pools, the Yucatan peninsula is full of Spanish Colonial little towns waiting to be discovered by who is interesting in studying the culture of the Maya.
Cancun Mayan Riviera Vacations
The Yucatan state includes the western side of the Yucatan Peninsula that in some extent is a different world from the rest, Chichen Itza is not along the coast and is famous area of the pyramids in the Yucatan Peninsula, can be considered the top class tropical destinations, and this magic places beside the beauty of the nature have the history, the culture and the kindness of the local people plus the adventure of the nature and luxury. Consider that the part of Yucatan beyond Cancun, is virtually unknown. The area is still to be discovered and developed. Tours are available.
The hotels and the huge selection of resorts available are nice places to spend an unforgettable vacation, the "Mayan Palace Riviera" and the "Grand Mayan Riviera" located in Playa del Carmen are an example of what you can find. You can also find villas, Mayan Riviera offers also rent of nice private homes.
Yucatan area most important destinations of the Mexican Caribbean.
Near to the Xel-Ha Eco-park you find a undiscovered beauty of nature: Soliman Bay, if you are not interested in the discos and bars and glamorous vacations, this is the place for you if you love nature it is a real paradise.
Akumal is a place you surely have to know. Akumal is famous like The Turtles Place, When you get here you forget all of your problems and your stress disappears. Bahías de Akumal are six nice bays, the first is Yal-Ku Lagoon and then there are Half Moon Bay, Jade Bay, Yal-ku lagoon, South Akumal and Aventuras Akumal.
Cozumel Island: snorkeling and scuba diving on coral reefs, fishing, beautiful beaches, nature reserves, marine parks; plus, restaurants and hectic night life, the tropical Isla Cozumel has all of it.
Isla Holbox: is the perfect place for who doesn't like the stile of the all inclusive, just to eliminate restraints you may decide to set your sail to head for Mexico's Gulf, if you prefer. Isla Holbox is like going to the old days, with sandy streets, but nice accommodations and lodging not too many with air conditioning but with a lot of nice and friendly people.
The place is not meant for everybody, just the more adventurous, for that kind of people is paradise found, for a different vacation, you find a nice cheap hotel here right in the hart of the Mayan Riviera, and you can be happy for a longer time for a more affordable price.