Staying at a Boutique Hotel in Mexico
From ancient haciendas to avant-garde facilities, boutique hotels in Mexico are full of surprises that will amaze even the most experienced traveler. Unlike large resorts, boutique hotels are small and intimate, featuring luxury decor and services. Continue reading
Riviera Maya: Host of the 1st ILTM
The most important event for luxury tourism, the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) will take place at the Riviera Maya, from October 1st to 3rd, in the Mayakobá complex, becoming the first and only in the Americas and the third permanent seat worldwide, the other two being: Cannes in France and Shanghai in China. Continue reading
Romantic Vacations in Riviera Maya at El Dorado Spa Resorts
Who has not dreamed about living romantic days, like in a movie, with their partner in an idyllic beach of the Riviera Maya? You can live the dream at El Dorado Resorts. These resorts are exclusive for adults and specially designed for couples looking to spend their honeymoon or to rekindle their love. Continue reading
Legend of the Aluxes in the Mayan Culture
As legend is told, the Aluxes, or Aluxo’ob (plural of alux in Mayan) were created by the Mayan people themselves from unused clay, adding a few drops of their own blood in order to generate a stronger connection between each other. The creation process of an Alux lasted 7 weeks, working 1 day per week and resting 6. Once the process was concluded, the master should pray and offer gifts to the Alux to bring him to life, and then hide him inside a strategic place that the Alux would then protect. Continue reading
The Underwater Museum in Cancun
Have you visited the underwater museum in Cancun yet? There is nothing more interesting than art that can connect the feelings of the observer with those which the artist wanted to convey in his work. Nowhere is this feeling experienced as intensely as in the Underwater Museum of Art (MUSA), where the sea, the person and art become one. Continue reading
Yum Kax, the Maize God
Within the Maya pantheon, Yum Kax, also known as Ah Mun, Yum K’aax or Yum Uil is a young deity in charge of controlling the sacred Mayan food: the maize. His youth came along with certain lack of experience, therefore dependent of other god’s will, such as the god of the rain, the god of the wind, the god of the pests, and the god of the death. Continue reading
Medical Tourism in Cancun
Cancun, a holiday destination, is becoming the ideal choice for medical tourism in Cancun due to the increasingly more extensive list of specialists, hospitals and avant-garde medical research in the city. Continue reading
Riviera Maya Beach Weddings
To get a beach wedding is one of the most desired dreams for many women, but to marry in Riviera Maya, a setting like the Mexican Caribbean is a higher level.
Imagine the beach of Cancun or Riviera Maya, or just the beach of your dreams with fine talc-like white sand, bathed by the waves of a sea with different shades of colors ranging from turquoise to royal blue… Walking down an isle surrounded by palm trees to a gazebo full of tropical flowers, where the love of your life waits for you to join your lives forever. Continue reading
Chaak Mayan Rain God
A large nose and two curled fangs that emerge from its mouth characterize this Mayan god. Underneath his eyes, a pair of drops representing tears may be appreciated; these, symbolize the rain. Chaak, was in charge of providing water and fertility to the land of the Mayan people so the crops could grow. This deity appears to be sitting on top of a coiled snake bearing the sign of the sky. Continue reading
Visit Contoy Island with this Tour
Travel to Isla Contoy is a real adventure for both adults and children. It is one of the few unspoiled islands of the country where there are no large hotel complexes, large crowds, or car noise. It is like entering in a film set where the landscape is formed by turquoise waters bathing placid white sandy beaches full of palm trees and a variety of flora and fauna. Continue reading
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