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Resorts in Mexico
Every principal Beach destination in Mexico has a selection of Resorts: a hotel (and sometimes, spa) and activity center for you to unwind, relax and enjoy a hassle-free vacation.
This guide will help you to navigate the various options open to you and help you make an informed choice about the type of resort vacation that is right for you.
Resorts in Mexico
Different resorts offer different facilities and attractions depending on their location.
Many people arrive at a resort and spend the entire length of their stay in Mexico at the resort center. This works for some people, especially as most resorts in Mexico are well equipped with a wide range of amenities, services and activity centers, for example, tennis courts, golf courses, fitness centers, and spas; some also include centers where children may enjoy their vacation in a safe, supervised environment.
However, this is Mexico and there is always plenty more to do beyond the resort itself.
Resorts in the southern regions of Mexico, especially Yucatan and Quintana Roo, offer you the opportunity to take day tips to archaeology parks and also a number of eco and adventure activities.
Most of the resorts in Mexico offer great sports fishing opportunities, boat rides, water skiing, paragliding and more.
The Baja region in Mexico also offers stunning resorts coupled with sunset cruises, whale watching (in season), and great sports fishing opportunities.
Many of the higher-end resorts now offer first class spa facilities on site - you can read about the different spa options open to you by reading the Guide to Spas in Mexico.
Different resorts offer different facilities; catering for different requirements and budgets.
This guide will introduce you to the various regions where you'll find good resorts in Mexico. By clicking on the links, you can learn about the individual places and from there you can find a resort to match your needs.
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Popular Resorts in Mexico
Cancun
The most popular resort destination in Mexico is Cancun. Cancun is pre-planned and totally self-contained, but there are many attractions nearby especially Archaeological Areas and Adventure and Eco Tourism attractions, so be sure to explore the options with Mexperience if you choose Cancun as your resort destination.
Find: Resorts in Cancun
Riviera Maya
The area along the Mexican Caribbean between Cancun and Tulum is known as the Riviera Maya. It is one of the most beautiful stretches of beach in Mexico and is home to a number of stunning resort hotels offering fine accommodations, great food, fantastic spas, and world-class service.
Find: Resorts in Riviera Maya
Puerto Vallarta
The second most visited resort in Mexico is Puerto Vallarta. On Mexico's Pacific Coast, Vallarta is a popular destination with foreigners and Mexican families alike. With its charming and distinct colonial city-by-the-sea feel, Puerto Vallarta lies at the foot of the Sierra Madre mountains, providing several opportunities for Adventure Experiences to be enjoyed from the area as well. Just north of Puerto Vallarta is an area along the coast known as Riviera Nayarit - this stretch of beautiful coastline is also host to some very fine hotels and spas.
Find: Resorts in Puerto Vallarta
Find: Resorts in Riviera Nayarit
Los Cabos
Los Cabos, long-time favorite of American vacationers looking for a great climate, first-class facilties, world-class golf and a range of services and amenities to create a perfect vacation in Mexico. San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas make up the "two Cabos"; the forty minute drive along the coast between these two towns is known as the Corredor (Corridor), and is lined with some of Mexico's finest resort hotels.
Find: Resorts in Los Cabos
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Resorts in Baja California Sur
The Baja Peninsula is a favorite destination for many Americans: not least because of its proximity to the States - situated immediately south of the state of California, USA.
The area itself is truly magnificent: offering a great climate, and first-class facilities. The most popular pastimes at the resorts here include golf, fishing, eco and adventure trips, as well as an endless variety of water sports. It's a perfect destination to find a perfect Nature and Adventure Experience.
Los Cabos
Los Cabos, at the far end of the peninsula, is a long-time favorite location for American vacationers looking for a great climate, first-class facilties, world-class golf and a range of services and amenities to create a perfect vacation in Mexico. San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas make up the "two Cabos"; the forty minute drive along the coast between these two towns is known as the Corredor (Corridor), and is lined with some of Mexico's finest resort hotels.
Find: Resorts in Cabo San Lucas
Find: Resorts in San Jose del Cabo
Find: Resorts in Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas & San Jose del Cabo)
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Resorts Alongside the Pacific Ocean
The majesty of the Pacific Ocean is further enhanced by the truly magnificent sunsets which may be experienced along this stretch of coast. Mexico has hundreds of small towns and villages along the pacific, a few large ones, and a handful of exceptional resort locations, too. These are the best places to find resorts in Mexico situated alongside the Pacific Ocean:
Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit
The second most visited resort in Mexico is Puerto Vallarta, the area just north of the city is host to a beautiful stretch of coastline known as Riviera Nayarit. On Mexico's Pacific Coast, Vallarta is a popular destination with foreigners and Mexican families alike. With its charming and distinct colonial city-by-the-sea feel, Puerto Vallarta lies at the foot of the Sierra Madre mountains, providing several opportunities for Adventure Experiences to be enjoyed from the area as well.
Find: Resorts in Puerto Vallarta
Find: Resorts in Riviera Nayarit
Ixtapa
Just north of the world-famous resort of Acapulco, Ixtapa is a purpose-built resort town designed along the same lines that Cancun was: glitzy boulevards, all-night entertainment and high (and some low) rise resorts facing the beach. The standards here are very high and the location is a popular destination for foreign and Mexican vacationers alike.
Find: Resorts in Ixtapa
Mazatlan
Mazatlan is the closest Mexican mainland-resort city to the USA and is often overlooked by foreign tourists, although plenty of Mexican families vacation here each year. The location offers an excellent climate, good facilities, and some of the best-value beach resorts to be found anywhere in Mexico.
Find: Resorts in Mazatlan
Manzanillo
Manzanillo is a small resort town situated between Puerto Vallarta and Ixtapa, and is also home to a number to excellent ocean-side resorts and golf courses. Like Mazatlan, it is not often frequented by foreigners and offers some exceptional value resorts, including a number all-inclusive resorts popular with young families.
Find: Resorts in Mazanillo
Acapulco
Acapulco was a popular resort in the 60's and 70's that went out of favor in the 80's and 90's but is today undergoing something of a renaissance, with two distinct areas - the 'old town' - (which in its heyday was the playground of the rich and famous) and the new, more recently developed (and more exclusive) "Punta Diamante" (Diamond Point) further south along the coast. Acapulco also offers a number of Adventure Experiences that may be enjoyed in the local area.
Find: Resorts in Acapulco
Huatulco
On the shores of Mexico's southern Pacific coastline, Huatulco offers an excellent range of high-quality, low-rise, resorts hotels with plenty of activities both in-resort and in the surrounding area. It also has an excellent golf course open to the public.
Find: Resorts in Huatulco
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Resorts on the Yucatan Peninsula
Cancun
Cancun, a purpose-made beach resort that opened in the 1970's, is today Mexico's most visited resort location and one of the world's top resort destinations. Cancun is totally self-contained, but there are many attractions nearby especially Archaeological Areas and Adventure and Eco Tourism attractions, so be sure to explore these options with guides here on Mexperience if you choose Cancun as your resort destination.
Find: Resorts in Cancun
Cozumel and Isla Mujeres
These two islands, situated Just off the mainland, tend to be quieter and more laid back than Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Isla Mujeres is very popular with honeymooners, and after the day-trippers leave (early evening) the Island takes on a more relaxed, laid back and serene feel.
Cozumel is larger, more commercial - especially when the cruise ships are in dock. If you like SCUBA diving, Cozumel is a top destination to consider; and it also offers some high quality resort-style hotels next to the best beach on the island - about 16km (10 miles) from the town center.
Find: Resorts on Isla Mujeres
Find: Resorts on Cozumel
Playa del Carmen
Playa de Carmen is smaller (but growing yearly) with a more rustic feel about it that its world-renowned neighbor, Cancun. Playa del Carmen offers travelers and vacationers a simple and more cultured resort vacation; you can enjoy top quality resort hotels in Playa without the hyper-commercial feel of nearby Cancun.
Find: Resorts in Playa del Carmen
Riviera Maya
Playa del Carmen is part of the Riviera Maya, the stretch of beach situated between Cancun and Tulum, a town just south of Playa del Carmen famous for its archaeoogy park overlooking the Mexican Caribbean sea. This caribbean corridor of pristine beach is home to some of the best resort hotels in Mexico and is particularly popular with couples and honeymooners; although there are also a number of excellent family resorts here, too.
Find: Resorts in Riviera Maya
Find: Resorts in Tulum
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Away from the Crowds: Exclusive Resorts
Mexico's Pacific coast offers travelers various options for a complete break away from the stresses of life, and the possible stress of vacation crowds.
For privacy, seclusion and total peace, surrounded by stunning natural beauty, head to one of these Premium Travel Experience destinations.
Costalegre
Costalegre is situated between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo. It is a wild and dramatic stretch of Pacific coastline that also has a good number of coves and bays which are ideal for private and secluded vacations. At least four of Mexico's most exclusive hotel-resorts are situated here. They offer utmost privacy and exclusivity, gournet food and drink, first-class spas, access to a range of water and land based actitivies and promise the utmost experience in terms of luxury and tranquility.
Find: Exclusive Resorts in Costalegre
Punta de Mita
Just a forty minute drive north of Puerto Vallarta is Punta de Mita, a relatively-new area that only in the last few years has been getting attention from tourists and (more pertinently) property investors. The location is also home to a couple of exclusive resorts, most notably, the Four Seasons Mexico - one of only two Four Seasons properties in Mexico and the only one situated along the coast.
Find: Exclusive Resorts in Punta de Mita
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Beach Destinations with Mexperience
Mexperience Travel Guides feature all of the top Beach Destinations in Mexico for you to discover and explore.
Details include an introduction, key attractions and nearby areas of interest, as well as a wealth of other information including accommodation, restaurants, shopping and nightlife.
To discover Mexico beach destinations individually, connect to the Beaches and Sunshine Experiences page on Mexperience.
From each guide, you'll easily be able link to a collection of hotels, resorts and spas in Mexico at that location and find the perfect one for you.
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