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Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen is located on the Mexican Caribbean coast in the heart of the Riviera Maya.

This quaint, breezy, beach town reflects Mexican, Caribbean, American, and European influences, and has won the hearts of visitors from around the world… visitors returning time and again to the comforting melody of surf and sea… the splendor of swaying palm tress lacing the skyline, bowing to the balmy sea breeze… where not a single high-rise blocks the magnificent sunrise and sunset… and the ancient Mayan Ruins are just an adventure away.

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Dance the night away to live music in one of our fun filled nightclubs and friendly alfresco bars.

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The coast - Mayan Riviera

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First off, we have the enchanting cenotes, a world unique phenomenon and a natural mindblower. A cenote is basically a cave or a window into an underground cave system, filled with the most unbelievably clear water.

Diving, snorkeling and swimming among stalactites and stalagmites is an intense, almost religious experience and it should not be missed!

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The Mayan world

There is plenty of evidence of the Mayan civilization in Playa del Carmen and its surroundings. The Mayans left heritage in 5 states of Mexico, which are Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Chiapas, Campeche and Tabasco. And in 5 countries of the Latin America: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Salvador. The Yucatan peninsula is literally full of Mayan ruins, big and small. There are even quite a few ruins in downtown Playa del Carmen.

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The Maya culture was amazingly highly evolved, in many ways more than its contemporary Europe. They built monumental palaces, which they decorated with wall paintings and stone carvings. Between the cities an elaborate system of paved roads was built through the jungle. The Maya were the only ancient culture in Mesoamerica had a developed written hieroglyphic language, and they produced books and scrolls. Mayan art was elaborate and colorful. They also charted the stars and were skilled engineers and mathematicians.

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The organized Maya civilization broke down before the Spaniards ever came to the New World. Most of the big cities had been abandoned before 1200 AD. Many has theorized about the cause of the decline, but most agree that there were probably a number of reasons, such as social uproar, warfare, bad harvests and overpopulation. The highly structured social order may have collapsed long before the Conquest, but the Mayan people were still here. In fact a few cities were still inhabited when the Conquistadors arrived, for example Tulum, only an hour from Playa del Carmen. The Maya put up a fierce fight and it actually took the Spaniards 173 years to conquer Yucatan.
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Playa del Carmen, C.P.77710 QRoo, Mexico
Phone: +52 984 803 10 90  Fax: +52 984 803 04 83
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