Riviera Maya Activities

Playa del Carmen is the ideal place to visit for your vacations in Mexicos Riviera Maya, a small city located in the Heart of Mexicos Riviera Maya in front of the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world "The Great Mayan Reef". Playa as it is affectionately known grows a little each day, here you will find a large variety of All Inclusive Hotels or the ever popular Boutique Hotels, Hostels, Beachfront and Non Beachfront houses, Condos and Apartments for Rent so in short there are alot of option of where to stay when visiting Playa Del Carmen.

Playa Del Carmen is a small Town that lives for the Tourism, the warmth of the local people create an atmosphere of friends getting together along the famous 5th Avenue. Restaurants from great restaurants who migrated from Cancun like Los Rancheros, La Parilla, Rolandis and La Distilera, or local restuarants like De Vinos, Brunos, Blue Lobster and many more from typical Mexican Food to French, Italian and Argentina restaurants dotting different parts of the town.

Playa Del Carmens impressive nightlife consists of Bars, Beach Clubs, Discos with the best atmosphere like world famous Coco Bongo who just opened their doors in Playa Del Carmen. Many of the small hotels are located away from the commotion of the All Night Nightlife in Playa Del Carmen permitting a more relaxed ambiance permitting you to rest and enjoy and perfect for honeymooners.

In the South part of Playa Del Carmen's "Centro" right off the 5th Avenue on the border of Playacar a tourism and residential community within Playa Del Carmen where you will find world class hotels.

Playa Del Carmen is located just 45 minutes south of the Cancun International Airport in the Heart of the Riviera Maya and offers you the ease of jumping off to most areas close by as well as activities easily. The Caribbean Sea here along the coast has less wave action since the coast is literally protected by the Great Mayan Reef offering families a more relaxing vacation with smaller children, sometimes parts of the coast along the Riviera Maya you find areas that are like swimming pools.

While the beaches offer mostly calm swimming conditions the deep waters of the caribbean separate the mainland of the Riviera Maya from Cozumel a scuba diving paradise and well known for the incredible wall diving well before Cancun and Playa Del Carmen were even thought about. Moving Inland or west of the Coast into the Tropical Jungle of the Riviera Maya you will encounter centuries of culture by visiting the Mayan Ruins of Coba or Chichen Itza and discovering the small mayan villages that still remain intact in our modern society.