"Riviera Maya" is the name of part of the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the east of the state of Quintana Roo. Today this territory is a successfully developing resort zone with a length of about 100 km from Cancun to Tulum.
Description of the Riviera-Maya resort
This part of the Caribbean coast began to be heavily built 10-15 years ago, when Cancun no longer had free space for new hotels. Palaia del Carmen is the center of the Riviera Maya, and also includes the largest island in Mexico - the island of Cozumel, which is 45 minutes by ferry.
Riviera Maya in Mexico is a green paradise for a quiet and relaxing holiday. There is no such active night life as at other Mexican resorts. Many Europeans prefer to rest here. The resort area is scattered along the entire coast of tourist towns and resorts. Already, more than 400 hotels of different levels of comfort and a good infrastructure for their servicing have been built on the Riviera Maya. Beautiful sandy beaches, magnificent nature, quiet life of coastal villages and warm turquoise sea - all this creates excellent conditions for recreation. The barrier reef, stretching along the coast, allows you to dive.
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The weather in Riviera Maya in Mexico is warm and sunny all year round. The climate in the resort is subtropical. The average annual temperature is + 30 ° C, the water temperature + 25 ° C. The most favorable period for recreation is the season from November to April. When we have snow, here on the coast - the height of the beach season.
Beaches of the Riviera Maya
Beaches of the resort area stretched for a hundred kilometers along the sea coast. There are such basic tourist beach zones:
Playa del Carmen is the center of the resort, the beaches are parallel to the hotels, there are many entertainment venues here.
Puerto Aventuras - suitable for lovers of sailing, as well as a hundred meters from the shore is a coral reef, where they sink with scuba. Quiet and crowded place, in contrast to the beaches of Playa del Carmen. Bathe here mostly on the beach of Fatima Bay.
Xpu-Ha - located 20 km from the central resort and is a picturesque natural beach. Here you can swim in the charming lagoon, and also there is a natural underground lake - senot.
Kantenal is one of the best places for diving.
Akumal is a small beautiful beach where people gather to practice sailing, diving, fishing. Fine white sand and clear water are great for recreation with children, and among the variety of the underwater world there are sea turtles.
Tulum - a feature of this beach are the ruins of ancient Mayan buildings, located next to it.
Xcacel - lagoons, dunes and mangrove groves in combination with snow-white sand make this beach a paradise. From late autumn to May in the sands of this beach lay eggs rare sea-turtled turtles.
What can you see from the sights on the Riviera Maya?
Going to the Riviera Maya in Mexico, plan several excursions to admire the diversity of the local wildlife and the cultural life of the Aborigines, as well as capture the memory of the ancient cities of the deceased Maya civilization.
The sights of the Riviera Maya offered for visiting tourists:
- Sian-Kaan is a biosphere reserve, where, besides natural beauties, there are ruins of ancient Mayan cities;
- Parks Eshkaret - a theme ecological park dedicated to the culture of the Maya Indians;
- Park Shel-Ha - a natural park, which is unique with its karst lakes and stalactite caves. It is located at the seaport of the Maya;
- the ancient Maya cities of Koba and Tulum;
- Sak-Aktun is the most famous cave system, partially flooded with water.
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For active recreation here are organized:
- one-day and multi-day ecological tours and hikes;
- fishing and underwater fishing;
- horse rides;
- diving on a coral reef.
Thanks to the beauty of nature, the diversified underwater world, the Riviera Maya is considered a paradise for most tourists who have visited here.