Playa del Carmen Reviews

Playa del Carmen, about 45 minutes from Cancun, is a beach resort on the Mexican Riviera Maya. It is supposed to be what Cancun was like 20 years ago - quaint, friendly, less-touristy. I never made it into the hotel zone at Cancun but if what they say is true, I dread to think what Cancun is like because Playa is essentially ...  Read the complete review

Our more than 8000 km trip started on the 13th of March 2000. We bought the trip through a company called Apollo here in Norway. It was sort of a package deal where we got the flight and the hotels arranged. First we had to go to Oslo and then we had to go to Stockholm in Sweden to get the flight that went straight for Cancun in Mexico. The ...  Read the complete review

After our first all inclusive experience at the RIU Cancun over Labor Day, we decided to try Thanksgiving at the Riu's in Playa del Carmen. I had heard and read that the beaches were better and it was more laid back than Cancun. We loved the Riu Cancun, but found the beach to be a little small for us. We love to take long walks on ...  Read the complete review

We went to Playa del Carmen last November and spent the most spectacular 2 weeks there at the Riu Yucatan. You know when you long for the holiday of a lifetime, so memorable you relive it over and over again.. well thats how we felt about Playa del Carmen. The people and the setting were magical. Although quite a few hotels in the area ...  Read the complete review