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| HOTEL CATALONIA PLAYA MAROMA |
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Catalonia Playa Maroma features, according to the Travel Channel, the most beautiful beach in the whole world. This extensive beach offers an unmatched view, where you can spend lovely days walking in the soft white sand and watching the birds flying on the
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| HOTEL CATALONIA RIVIERA MAYA "PUERTO AVENTURAS" |
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Catalonia Riviera Maya hotel Located in Puerto Aventuras on the Mexican Caribbean coast, this all-inclusive hotel has 326 rooms equipped with all amenities.
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| HOTEL CATALONIA ROYAL TULUM |
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Surrounded by the jungle and the sparkling Caribbean Sea, the Hotel Catalonia Royal Tulum Riviera Maya is the perfect choice to spend an unforgettable vacation.
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| TOURIST INFORMATION ON THE RIVIERA MAYA |
An incredible range of overflowing landscapes and nature characterize the Mayan Riviera
forests, rain forests, jungles, archaelogical deposits, beaches with an exquisite beauty open to the majestic crystal waters of turquoise color. We are dealing here with a destination located in the state of Quintana Roo, bordered by the magnificent Caribbean Sea, a place that is bathed by a delightful tropical warmth that during past times sheltered the development of the millennial mayan civilization.
Abundant tropical forests grow in this flat territory, while in the beaches, available along various kilometres, lie with smoothness the white tone of soft sand, giving way to coves, bays and mangrove swamps of exceptional beauty.
And between the greenery of such a rich vegetation found in the Riviera, for the admiration of mankind, are the lagoons and cenotes of such beauty that they achieve to evoke the idea of being in paradise.
Some mayan settlements took place precisely here, around the cenotes which are bodies of fresh water: a culture which possessed a notable wisdom quite close to mysticism and to the sacred. The cenote, a mayan term, is a structure formed in the calcareous soil with the characteristics of a cavern, rich in calcium carbonate due to rain water filtrations.
Some of them were stages for sacred rituals, for example the Xtoloc in Chichen Itzá, Yucatán. Copper utensils, necklaces, plates, masks, and earrings... and even human remains! have been recovered from that place.
Economically speaking, the Mayan Riviera subsists due to the exploitation of wood found in forests, obtaining fine mahogany and cedar woods, or that of the chicozapote, a tree from which chewing gum is extracted.
To this activity we must add the fishing of lobster, huachinango and couch?Ĵs sea bream, among other species, as well as the small proportioned agriculture and livestock. And, without a doubt, tourism is the activity with the greatest development, attracting great investments for the constant growing infrastructure.
The Mayan Riviera is a strip of 130 kilometres that comprises deserted beaches to modern architectural compounds with hotels, yacht clubs, sports centres, restaurants, etc.
Playa del Carmen, for example, formerly a calm fishing town, nowadays lodges hotels of international prestige.
In the old days it was known as Xaman-Ha and it used to be the departure point to the sacred island of Riviera Maya, a place dedicated to the goddess Ixchel, fertility goddess, reason why women from all over Yucatán used to come here in canoes in order to worship the goddess of the island. Nowadays some of the mayan structures are preserved in Playa del Carmen, being the most accessible temple in Playacar.
Not very far from there is the the main ecological reserve of the area, Sian Ka?Ĵan, an habitat with a very rich flora and fauna.
And the diversity is probably the main characteristic of this tourist destination: one may choose from adventure sports, the practice of golf or tennis, strolls along the forest either on foot or on horse, water sports, as well as a journey along the indescribable cultural richness and the archaelogical legacy by the mayan world.
One of the most preferred activities by the visitors is diving, since the Great Mayan Reef is located here, the second longest in the entire world.
Or would you rather observe the marine turtles from up close? In various areas of the Mayan Riviera, such as Tulúm or Xcacel and Xcacelito, declared in 1988 as the Marine Turtle Sanctuary, one may observe the laying of eggs of the Verde or the Caguama species (Caretta caretta or Loggerhead).
The archaelogical zones that stand out in the Mayan Riviera are those of Cobá, located 40 kilometres from Tulúm, anchored in a jungle that is surrounded by lakes and which was distinguished formerly as the capital of the empire of the southern lands.
The most important building is Nohoch Mul, the Great Pyramid, the tallest pyramid of the peninsula (with 40 metres of height). |
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| BEACHS |
Across the coast that forms the Riviera Maya can be found white sand beaches and turquoise sea. Some waves with quiet, apart from the bustle, others with all the facilities necessary to enjoy a sunny day at the beach or to practise their favorite water sport.
 Secret Beach and Paradise Beach. It is located on the road from Puerto Morelos to Playa del Carmen and are separated by a narrow 5 km. In Playa Paraiso find a hotel with the plan "all-inclusive", with electricity from solar and wind. These sites are still the favorite for nesting sea turtles and crabs.
Xcacel. It is located 44 miles south of Playa del Carmen. This beautiful, quiet beach is a favourite of sea turtles that come every year to spawn. The sand shiny ivory and shades of turquoise water will make your evening a delight.
Kantenah. It is located less than 30 km southwest of Playa del Carmen. This place has beaches calm waves which are the delight of adventurers who like to stay away from chaos. If you like the idea, the place even has comfortable and discreet hotels where you can find all the services.
Boca Paila and Punta Allen. These two beaches, preferred by those who like ecotourism, are located within the reservation of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere. It is important to emphasize that in this part of the peninsula there is a more limited tourism development. Hostels, guesthouses and small hotels await him with open arms. The real attraction of these beaches is its difficult access.
Puerto Aventuras. It is located 35 miles south of Playa del Carmen. It is a luxury resort opportunities to relax in an atmosphere of calm and comfort. The center consists of a marina where you can find courageous life with restaurants, bars, shops and even a museum of ancient sunken vessels. But if you are a lover of life on the beach, be sure to visit the hotel zone where discover quiet and discreet Caribbean beaches.
Paamul Beach. It is located 15 miles from Playa del Carmen, between Puerto Aventuras and Xcaret. This site offers a variety of travel services including rental cottages, restaurants, minisúper and surveillance 24 hours a day. Here are sandy beaches with gentle slope, where they can go scuba diving and other water sports.
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| TOURIST ATTRACTIONS |
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Ecological Park Three Rivers. It offers guided tours on horseback by beaches and trails in the jungle, and riding lessons for different levels and ages. Xcaret. It is located 8 km south of Playa del Carmen, for the No. road. 307 Cancun-Tulum.
This park offers ecotourism attractions, archaeological remains one of the most important ceremonial centers of the Mayan culture, as well as numerous natural beauties as pools, caves and underground rivers full of colorful fishes characteristic of the Caribbean Sea, and an aquarium reef.
Open every day from 8:30 to 22:00 pm. Tel.: (998) 883 0470. www.xcaret.com You can look back a horse in its facilities, taking the Caribbean Sea as a main stage.
Cenotes of Pac Chen. They are located near the archaeological site of Coba, 42 Km. Northwest of Tulum.
In this area are the "Cenote of Life" and "Cenote of the Jaguar", ideal for practicing rappelling and the Tyrolean, because you can get a unique view, not only the substance of the cenotes, but of the whole the adjacent jungle.
Ecological Park Xpu-Há. It is located 93 km south of Cancun and 25 miles south of Playa del Carmen on highway No.. 307.
This heavenly ecological park among its attractions with a system of 61 cenotes (water bodies connected to form underground) which stresses the cenote Manati, located north of the bay and which can be practiced diving. Inside the park there is also an area of mangroves inhabited by herons.
Finally, near the line of reef there is a gap of about 200 metres in length with 2 m deep on average, which also can practice free diving.
Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka'an. It is located 47 km southwest of Tulum on the highway No.. 307.
It is one of the most important ecological reserves in the world, with an area of 527000 hectares. In which inhabit many endemic species of flora and fauna.
For its invaluable biodiversity was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
In this place can go diving in the 47.5 km of coastline that stretches along its coast, because here is part of the second largest barrier reef and important in the world, inhabited by hundreds of species of fish multicolored, sponges pink snails, urchins, starfish, spiny lobsters and many more.
Xel-Há. It is located 47 miles south of Playa del Carmen on highway No.. 307 Cancun-Tulum.
It is an ecological park where you will find creeks, cenotes, lagoons, caves fed by underground rivers and springs that are connected with the sea.
Open every day from 8:30 to 18:00 pm. Tel.: (984) 875 6000. www.xel-ha.com
In this place can go diving and snorkeling, either in the lake or as an underground river or perform an impressive tour to admire the life underwater caverns along rivers with crystal clear water or take the route submarine Sea Trek.
Ecological Park Three Rivers. It is located 11 km north of Playa del Carmen on highway No.. 307 Cancun-Tulum.
It is an eco-park located in a zone of subtropical forest where you can experience a memorable experience of contact with nature.
For remodeling, the park will reopen its doors until summer 2006.
You can go scuba diving in its eight cenotes (water bodies connected to form underground), which can be visited with experienced guides.
In addition, you will have the opportunity to take classes diving with advisers who will tell you the best strategies to fully enjoy this experience.
Xcaret. It is located 8 km south of Playa del Carmen, for the No. road. 307 Cancun-Tulum.
This park offers ecotourism attractions, archaeological remains one of the most important ceremonial centers of the Mayan culture, as well as numerous natural beauties as pools, caves and underground rivers full of colorful fishes characteristic of the Caribbean Sea, and an aquarium reef.
Open every day from 8:30 to 22:00 pm. Tel.: (998) 883 0470. www.xcaret.com
It is an excellent place where you can practice snorkeling and diving along 600 m of caves and tunnels, where you will find loopholes blue-green pool and underground rivers full of colorful fishes characteristic of the Caribbean Sea.
Playa del Carmen. It is located 68 km south of Cancun on highway No.. 307.
It is one of the most attractive destinations in the Riviera Maya, thanks to its extraordinary combination of resorts, cultural centers and natural areas.
In its coast can go diving among the corals of the Great Mayan Reef, as well as in some of the systems that connect the underground cenotes Chac Mool, The Ponderosa, Two Eyes, Nohoch-Na-Chich, the Grand Cenote, Car Wash, Has Chikin, Taj Mahal and Angelita.
Majahual. It is located 145 km northwest of Chetumal on the highway No.. 307.
This peaceful village of fishermen with a series of ecological huts, built with materials of the region, which will allow you to rest in the middle of a lush vegetation.
In its coast waters find high visibility that will allow you to practise diving and discover the extraordinary life that inhabits between underwater coral reefs.
The most common species that are observed starfish, seahorses, dolphins, turtles, sponges and fish reefs.
Natural Park Aktun Chen. It is located at km 107 of the highway between Cancun-Tulum and Xel-Há Akumal.
The park is the largest cave system in Quintana Roo, which are open to the public.
Open Monday to Sunday from 9:00 to 17:00 pm.
This site will discover among other wonders, a cenote of 12 m depth of crystalline water, as well as thousands of stalactites, stalagmites and formations carved in the rocks along their entire length.
Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka'an. It is located 47 km southwest of Tulum on the highway No.. 307.
It is one of the most important ecological reserves in the world, with an area of 527000 hectares. In which inhabit many endemic species of flora and fauna.
For its invaluable biodiversity was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Within this reserve is Boca Paila, a natural area where you have the option of camping, which has open spaces where they carry out this practice. |
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| NIGHT LIFE |
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The vast infrastructure of the Riviera Maya invites you to live an experience of great fun, since bars and clubs live music, tropical rhythms, rock, reggae and lounge. Here the party seems to take forever, especially if you are going to Playa del Carmen where he lives an atmosphere even more bohemian than in Cancun.
Among the best places where you can enjoy during their stay are La Placita, Agora, the Papaya Republique, Mr Frogs and Venice Coffee, as well as in the famous Fifth Avenue will find establishments with various musical groups as mariachi, romantic trios and marimbas creating a cheerful atmosphere among diners
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| MUSEUMS |
For more detail on the culture and history of the Riviera Maya, do not forget to visit interesting museums to be found in each of their destinations.
Archaeological Museum of Xel-Há. It is located within the Ecological Park Xel-Há, 113 km south of Cancun on highway No.. 307 headed to Tulum. Preserves objects belonging to the pre-Hispanic Mayan culture; ceramics, drawings and diagrams that show the history of the Maya. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 hrs.
Museum Pablo Bush Romero. It is located in Puerto Aventuras, 98 miles south of Cancun, the No. road. 307. Its name honors the diver Bush Romero, famous in the region.
It shows an extensive collection of objects and marine equipment that were used for decades to explore the underwater life.
Museum Studies Centre and Water Sports of Mexico (CEDAM). It is located in Puerto Aventuras, 98 miles south of Cancun, the No. road. 307. It displays many objects rescued from shipwrecks, all of great interest to those who love sailing.
Caste War Museum. It is situated in the village of Tihosuco, 81 northwest of Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
The building dates back to the eighteenth century, is divided into six exhibition halls and a botanical garden.
Here are objects, paintings, photographs, models and documents that tell the story of the Caste War in the nineteenth century. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.
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Throughout the Riviera Maya find different places to do their shopping.
Since modern and sophisticated and traditional department stores to find markets where colorful handicrafts and imitations of Mayan idols carved in stone, as well as all kinds of souvenirs and jewellery of high quality at a good price.
To buy what they need as there is no Fifth Avenue, Playa del Carmen, exclusive area that offers typical Mexican atmosphere along a walk where they can find exclusive boutiques that offer more exclusive models in beach clothes and fashion sports, as well as best jewellers and perfumeries of the Riviera Maya.
We recommend visiting famous stores like Jungle and Mar del Sol or Corner, located on Fifth Avenue, where you can find all kinds of acquiring souvenirs, from pens, key chains and T-shirts to crafts of talavera pottery, textiles and other objects made of wood and seashells.
At Plaza Playacar shops are located, an exchange house and an Internet cafe in Puerto Aventuras, along with its marina find a broker where you can buy all kinds of articles.
Other options are to continue purchasing the centre of Puerto Morelos and the Avenida Tulum, leading to the archaeological site of the same name.
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| FISHING |
In the Riviera Maya will find several places where we can go sport fishing species such as sailfish, dorado, tuna, marlin and barracuda. You can also get to know the best exponents of this activity during events like the International Fishing Tournament in Puerto Aventuras which takes place in May and visit the nearby villages of fishermen.
Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka'an. It is located 47 km southwest of Tulum on the highway No.. 307.
It is one of the most important ecological reserves in the world, with an area of 527000 hectares. In which inhabit many endemic species of flora and fauna.
For its invaluable biodiversity was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Here is a pristine fishing village known as Boca Paila, where they can find basic services for practicing this activity.
Also at Punta Allen have specialized in sport fishing shelters that are located in a strip of land between the Caribbean Sea and Lake Muyil.
Majahual. It is located 145 km northwest of Chetumal on the highway No.. 307. This peaceful village of fishermen with a series of ecological huts, built with materials of the region, which will allow you to rest in the middle of a lush vegetation.
In this population may freely practise sport fishing, because here are service providers to provide all the services and equipment needed to develop it.
Puerto Aventuras. It is located 35 miles south of Playa del Carmen. It is a luxury resort opportunities to relax in an atmosphere of calm and comfort.
Here come to the most experienced lovers of sport fishing to participate in its annual tournament. |
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