Cancun Travel Blog

While walking along the shores of the Caribbean Sea, there are no bad views. | Photo by Susan R. Vincil Surrounded by water and filled with beautiful, white-sand beaches, Cancun’s hotel zone has no shortage of romantic views. Many hotels have rooms with and ocean view or rooms that are oceanfront....

Playa Delfines, in Cancun's hotel zone, is a lovely spot for a proposal. | Photo by Susan R. Vincil You’ve found the girl of your dreams, bought the ring, and decided to propose in Cancun, but you don’t where, in Cancun, you should pop the question. Not to worry. We’ve got five...

Main entrance to Ritz-Carlton Cancun, one of Cancun's nicest and most luxurious resorts. | Photo by Susan R. Vincil Earlier this month, I spent four days at Ritz-Carlton Cancun.  Overall, the experience was wonderful and, in all honesty, I couldn’t find fault with many things at the resort...

The Club Grill at Ritz-Carlton Cancun | Photo by Susan R. Vincil The last two days of my visit to Ritz-Carlton Cancun were spent simply lounging on the beach in the beach villa.  It was absolutely marvelous! On the last night of a perfect trip, my friends and I decided to cap off our long weekend...

Inside the beach villa. | Photo by Susan R. Vincil On the second day of my stay at Ritz-Carlton Cancun, my friends and I had the delicious breakfast buffet in El Cafe Mexicano before making our way out to the beach villa. We spend most of the day alternating between relaxing inside the villa, in the...

The whale sharks are back!  Whale shark season officially began on May 1st and they’ll hang around through the summer.  Tours to swim with the whale sharks, in the open water, are available.  You don’t want to swim with sharks because you worry they will bite you?  Don’t worry....

One of the private, wooden palapas at Casitas restaurant at Ritz-Carlton, Cancun | Photo provided by Ritz-Carlton, Cancun Cancun, with it’s miles of white-sand beaches, turquoise waters, and balmy weather, can be a wildly romantic place at any time of the year. Watching the sunset with your...

Villa del Palmar's beach | Photo courtesy of VillaPalmarCancun.com AAA Travel has announced 15 new additions to it’s prestigious Five Diamond Award list and two of the newly added properties are in Cancun & Riviera Maya.  Le Blanc Spa Resort, in Cancun, and Grand Velas All Suites and...

Gourmet food at The Ritz-Carlton Cancun | Photo courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton/www.ritzcarlton.com The Ritz-Carlton Cancun, arguably Cancun’s best and most luxurious hotel, has announced the start of an exclusive new fine dining experience, called Dine With the Chef.  The 5-course meal will be...

Cancun's Hotel Zone | Photo by Daniel Camacho The year is only a few days old but, by now, some of you have probably already given up on your new year’s resolutions for 2011.  Others are trying desperately to keep their resolutions and to be happier, thinner, or all-around better people....