Country/Town visited: Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Date of stay: Oct 2011
Where you stayed: Hotel Playa Del Karma
Travelled with: Wife
Tour or pre planned: Pre-planned
While Cancun is more of a household name when it comes to thinking of a beach paradise in Mexico, Playa Del Carmen will impress you more as it contains a little more charm and hasn’t quite yet been completely concreted over with beachfront all-inclusive hotel resorts.
It’s also very well situated, as you can easily do day trips to Cozumel, Tulum and other beachside towns further south.
The hotel we stayed in was called Playa Del Karma which was a great place in a brilliant location (just a short walk to the beach) and good value for the money. The staff were a highlight as they were very attentive and helpful; I honestly cannot commend them enough. However, there were a few things to nitpick: The pool was dirty and never cleaned so we couldn’t really use it, the wifi almost never worked and there was a lot of work going on around the hotel while we were there. Having said that, these were most likely because of off-season improvements so I’m sure things will be better off in future.
In Playa you will find a huge range of places to eat and drink at. So much so that you are spoilt for choice and will have a hard time deciding where to go. Here are a couple of places we ate & drank at that we can highly recommend:
100% Natural (5th Avenue)
Great fresh and filling food. Out of this world smoothies.
Tropical Café (5th Avenue)
Good breakfasts here. 70pesos will bag you a traditional egg breakfast with fresh fruit, coffee and glass of OJ.
La Patrona de Playa (right opposite Coco Bongo club)
Near where we stayed and it was so good we ate here 3 times. Great simple Mexican food, cheap, and good service. The bottomless complimentary tortilla chips, salsa, beans and sauces were a real treat.
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