Tuesday, May 7, 2013
5 Great Alternatives To Mexico's Biggest Tourist Destinations
1. Puerto Morelos
Playa del Carmen, once a secret escape from Cancun’s Miami-meets-Las Vegas vibe, becomes more like Cancun every day. But halfway between the two, somnambulant Puerto Morelos remains a traditional fishing village where launches line the long, uncrowded beach, and every afternoon fishermen unload the catch that will land on your plate within hours. A wondrous variety of excellent restaurants surrounds the town plaza, which comes alive with a small fair every Sunday. Just offshore, the Great Maya Reef rises so close to the surface that snorkelers have just as good a view of the tropical fish, dolphins and turtles as divers do. Not to be missed: the Jungle Spa west of the highway, where Maya women give massages and other treatments learned at the hands of their mothers and grandmothers, for a fraction of the prices charged by the big hotel spas.
(Photo by CJ Sugg/Flickr.com)
Playa del Carmen, once a secret escape from Cancun’s Miami-meets-Las Vegas vibe, becomes more like Cancun every day. But halfway between the two, somnambulant Puerto Morelos remains a traditional fishing village where launches line the long, uncrowded beach, and every afternoon fishermen unload the catch that will land on your plate within hours. A wondrous variety of excellent restaurants surrounds the town plaza, which comes alive with a small fair every Sunday. Just offshore, the Great Maya Reef rises so close to the surface that snorkelers have just as good a view of the tropical fish, dolphins and turtles as divers do. Not to be missed: the Jungle Spa west of the highway, where Maya women give massages and other treatments learned at the hands of their mothers and grandmothers, for a fraction of the prices charged by the big hotel spas.
(Photo by CJ Sugg/Flickr.com)
http://blog.zagat.com/2013/05/5-great-alternatives-to-mexicos-biggest.html
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