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Best places in Riviera Maya to go with a chick
04-16-2019, 11:48 PM
Mexico experts, I am going on a trip to Riviera Maya in the summer with my chica, I need some good recommendations for a bomb time with her.
We want to stay in cheap hotels/Airbnb and visit around 4 places, each by bus, unless car rental is cheaper but I doubt it. Our trip will be around 1-2 weeks long.
I want it to include a mix of popular and low-key spots, some cenotes and places where you can rent a motorbike and jetski would be cool too, I know next to nothing about this region of Mexico - what places should be on my list?
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04-17-2019, 02:47 PM
Playa Del Carmen is probably your best bet to stay as a base, it isn’t high season so you can get decent deals on hotels near or on Avenida Quinta (5th), probably around $50 USD for something nice. From there you can visit most of the local spots during day trips so Cozumel, Tulum, Chichinitza, cenotes, etc. You can go to high end hotels with spas, lounges, infinity pools for your IG pics.
ADO buses or collectivos are all you’ll need to get around. Forget Cancun, if you want to visit a proper city then take the 4 hour bus to Merida and stay there for one night to check it out, this can be done in conjunction with a visit to Chinchinitza.
Basically there’s a few boxes to tick off for any trip to Yucatan:
-Mayan ruins (there’s some near Tulum if you don’t want to go to
-Cenotes (also near Tulum)
-Beaches: they’re everywhere but there’s been issues with seaweed washing up onshore
The rest is up to you guys there’s epic snorkling/diving in Cozumel, hippy yoga stuff in Tulum, high end clubs/restaurants in Playa Del Carmen.
You guys will have a fun trip, the Mayan Riviera is an easy trip
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04-17-2019, 06:48 PM
You'll find lots of people anytime, we locals always say that there's two seasons here... High season and crazy season. If you want less crowds and cheaper prices come in September and October.
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04-18-2019, 08:41 AM
A compact sedan rental is between $5 and $10/day. This might sound cheap, well because it comes with a catch. The catch is that they will want to hold $5K from your credit card until you return the vehicle. That's what they tried to do to me in 2015, so when I declined to have $5K held from my card, then the price jumped to almost double of what you would normally rent a car for in the US. I ended up paying $55 for the day that I used the car. This was through Europcar
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04-20-2019, 09:36 PM
Great advice. Also look up holbox. Little island with no cars NW of Cancun.
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04-26-2019, 11:58 AM
I'm actually heading to that region next week with to chill out. I've seen the ruins at Chichenitza years ago, don't really care much about sightseeing but dig snorkeling and wildlife. Looking at Holbox and Isla Mujeres. What's the deal with Bacalar?
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05-11-2019, 08:25 AM
My final plan is Merida - PDC - Tulum - Bacalar - Belize (San Pedro) - Cancun
Who can tell me if Belize is worth it for a day? Is there anything special I should see there? My chick hasn't been there and it was my suggestion as we want to see a new country