The vibrant nightlife at the hotel offers live shows in the theater and nightclub.īarceló Maya Grand Resort, stay in one hotel and enjoy 4! The excellent All-Inclusive program also allows you to enjoy the sports facilities, swimming pools, and access to the many bars and restaurants in the resort’s 4 hotels.

The All-Inclusive program offers snacks and drinks 24 hours a day, as well as access to the hotel's 4 restaurants, including 2 specialty restaurants, a buffet restaurant, and a snack-grill restaurant, as well as 3 bars.

We ended up going to Akumal for the day and having lunch and it just confirmed my longing for that feel rather than the total resort experience.The hotel also features an incredible U-Spa with an original U-Kids Spa. However I found myself missing Akumal bay and the local enviroment that is authentic rather than the feel of being on a campus. I just returned from a 6 night stay at the 5 star Palladium which I loved. They have safes and you can request a mini fridge. I suggest strongly that you only stay in a deluxe room ( still not fancy). Therefore the ABR attracts a loyal following of snorklers and divers who seem to go back year after year. Akumal means place of the turtle in Mayan. The snorkeling in Akumal is the best in the area by far and is known for the Sea Turtles in the bay as well as for Yalku Lagoon. Most of the AI's are off the highway and you are not able to walk to any local area. It all has a laid back feel to it that the other resorts can't replicate because of the town and surrounding enviroment. The area and town of Akumal is just a 3 minute walk down a gorgeuos beach. I have been to many AI resorts ( 7 ) in the area and based on your guidelines for selection I would suggest the Akumal Beach resort (ABR). We stayed at the Sun Palace in June and visited the Moon Palace one evening for dinner. Xpu Ha Palace | Cozumel Palace | Vallarta Palace Moon Palace | Sun Palace | Aventura Spa Palace Palace Resorts that you can visit 'free' during your stay.īeach Palace | Cancun Palace | Playacar Palace The resort caters to ecological and nature lovers, and the new resort layout gives guests easy access to the estuary waters for kayaking, snorkeling, and exploration. Each Palace Resort offers a la carte restaurants, buffets and snack bars, along with unlimited domestic and imported drinks, daily entertainment, nightly theme parties and shows, many types of non-motorized water sports, and unlimited selected tours and other activities. The 144-room thatched-roof, cabana-style villas resort is built on an eco-park and features an excellent selection of all the amenities you would expect - comfortable rooms with private balconies, wonderful restaurants, fitness facilities, a double Jacuzzi in each room, large balcony with hammock, green herons and flamingos throughout the resort, and the possibility of seeing manatees while exploring the nearby estuary on kayak or during a sightseeing outing.Ī bonus is that.Stay at one, play at six! While you stay at the Xpu Ha Spa Resort, you are welcome at all other sister Palace Resorts at no extra charge. Situated in Mexico's spectacular Mayan Riviera. The Xpu Ha Palace (pronounced Es-scoo PAH or Es-shoe PAH) is a marvelous setting for ecology and nature lovers, couples, and families - all who enjoy the natural beauty of rivers, jungles, sand, and surf. Sounds like you should be looking at Xpu Ha Palace We didn't want to spend 3600, but 2719 is below the budget we set! All it took was a day of looking on every possible avenue. SOOOO.we got our trip cost down from 3600 to 2719 and we are booking today :) I saw they were putting us on a continental flight so I went to continental vacations and found a cost of about 2850 out of went to and found that they give a 5% discount on trips booked for continental vacations, funjet, apple etc. I checked funjet and their rates were about 3100 for the 2 of us out of Buffalo. I've been looking at Tripcentral.ca and the rates are 3600 now for the 2 of us out of Toronto. We can fly out of Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland or Pittsburg. As an example- we want to go to The Royal PDC in October 08. Occidental Grand Xcaret has a mexican flair to it too. Most people are just everyday middle class people who have saved all year to spend 3K on a trip for 2 :) Perhaps one the nicest beaches I've ever been on.Īs for the resorts looking upscale-many of them do, but the people are far from snobby.

You won't find much marble and glass here- only hut style rooms (with great amenities like a jacuzzi though) and a GORGEOUS beach. How bout Xpu-Ha palace? It's a palace resort but the entire place is nothing like a palace.

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