Mayan Riviera Hotels & Villas Travel Guide
Mayan
Riviera (Riviera Maya or also know as mexican riviera) is a travel and vacation resort in Mexico following
the highway 307. There are famous boutique hotels and all inclusive hotels
along the highway which are know as Mayan
Resorts. Cities and pueblos like
Playa del Carmen, Tulum pueblo, Puerto Morelos, Felipe Carrillo Puerto are
promoted as Riviera Maya corridor. Enjoy Riviera
Maya golf courses.
Climate:
Annual temperature is from 77 °F to 86 °F (25 °C - 30 °C). Temperature
of water is 76 °F (24 °C) all year round. That is good for diving or
snorkeling.
Geography:
The
Mayan riviera terrain is flat with low tropical jungle and thanks to
Caribbean coasts it has many km long white sandy beach, bays, inlets and
mangrove swamps. The only important and navigable river is the Rio Hondo
on the Guatemala border. Coba is the most important lagoon, as well as
North of Tulum, Northeast of Chetumal, Bacalar.
History:
Mayan
culture as well as Aztec culture were very famous and both located on the
area of Mexico.
Mayan
Riviera tourists resorts & destinations:
Cancun
is in Quintana Roo state of Mexico. It is a modern tourist resort with
beach front hotels and it is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, Nichupte,
Bojorquez lagoons and the Bay of Women (Bahia de Mujeres). There are
manyrestaurants, hotels, accommodation, villas rentals..
A
short distance offshore in the Caribbean Sea there is a small island
called Isla Mujeres, and it is as well the
name of a town on that island. It is 13 km from Cancun. The island is 7km
long and only 650 meters wide.
Another
Mayan riviera destination and vacation town in Mexico state Quintana Roo
is Puerto Morelos on the Yucatan Peninsula.
Puerto Morelos has 2 parts. The fishing village where are now hotels,
condominiums rentals, tourist shops and restaurants. Another part is 2km
long inland.
Originally a fishing town Playa del Carmen lies
on Caribbean sea´s coast in Mexico on the Riviera Maya. Playa del Carmen
is the 3rd biggest city of the region after Cancun & Chetumal. There
is a ferry service from Playa del Carmen to the island Cozumel which is a
favourite and famous scuba diving vacation & holiday destination of
the Riviera Maya.
Cozumel
- island famous for it scuba diving opportunities.
Puerto
Aventuras
Another
beach tourist resort of mayan riviera is Akumal,
south of Cancun and between Playa del Carmen and Tulum, in the state
Quintana Roo of Mexico. The name of the resort in the Mayan language
means " place of turtles". This travel resort is a paradise for
snorkeling and diving. Largest hotel in the resort is Hotel Club Akumal.
Tulum
is a Mayan walled city from pre Columbian times and it serves as a port
for Coba. Ruins of Tulum walls are on the Yacatan Peninsula east coast on
the Gulf of Mexico. Tulum is sometimes called Tuluum. Related Mayan
Riviera Hotels worldwide can be found here.
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