Tulum

I visited Tulum in July 2004. I was staying in the Riu Tequila hotel in the Playa del Carmen resort (seperate Dooyoo). Tulum, which is in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, is around 40 miles to the south of Playa del Carmen and around 100 south of the popular tourist resort of Cancun. The easiest way to visit from either Cancun or Playa del Carmen is by bus. We took a tourist bus, booked through Kuoni which cost £40 at the time and included transport to the site and enterance. A taxi though from Playa Del Carmen would only cost around 30USD (United States Dollars) with entrance to the sight is 5 USD with an additional charge for those wishing to use video ...  Read the complete review

Located on the Mexican Mayan Riviera, south of Playa del Carmen and Cancun, Tulum has a small town, a hotel zone and a pre-Columbian Maya site. It's the last of these which I'm going to tell you about. The Tulum ruins are apparently the third most-visited archaeological site in Mexico, after Chichen Itza (been there, done that) and Teotihuacan (on the to-do list).These ruins in Tulum are unique though because they are directly on the coast, located high up on cliffs overlooking the sea. The beach in Tulum is gorgeous and quieter than some of the others nearby, and the setting of the old ruins contrasting against the clear blue sea and golden sands makes a ...  Read the complete review

We just got back from a wonderful week at the Sunscape Tulum Resort. We wanted to share with others our views on this terrific hotel. Since this is a European website, Mexico is a wonderful country to visit. It has hard working people, a fascinating history and is a bargain. Tulum is on the Carribean Sea is about the furtherest south you can go in the Mexican Riveria. The Sunscape Tulum is an all inclusive hotel (all food, drinks, etc included in the rate)located approximately 100 KM from Cancun and takes about 1.25 hours to and from the airport using private vans or taxi. It would definitely take longer if you were on a bus and dropping off other ...  Read the complete review

Imagine the scene – a helicopter gunship with a fully prepped SWAT team on board, swooping over crystal clear azure Carribean, lapping at a beautifully powdery pure white beach, overlooking it perched on top of a high cliff - an ancient Mayan temple complex, gazing out to sea. Where am I? Where else - Mexico. Being the kind of guy who always had a soft spot for the baddies in films, I was always going to be drawn towards the quintessential end to all heists - Mexico. Whenever anything goes wrong – head for Mexico, From Dusk till Dawn, The Shawshank Redemption, they all end up there. When I won a ticket to anywhere in North America , a few years back, ...  Read the complete review