Las Palapas Hotel Playa del Carmen

Travel Blogs from Playa del Carmen

We are back!

A travel blog entry by jmwebbrn

Julie:

We came back to Las Palapas today. It is great to be here. It is the perfect beach resort - peaceful, beautiful, casual. Our cabana is great. We threw our bags in the cabana, changed, & hit the beach. I spent many peaceful hours lounging, people watching, drinking margaritas, & reading.
Lunch we had a wonderful ceasar …

A Rough Day in Paradise

A travel blog entry by jmwebbrn

Julie:
This was a tedious day. First we laid in the sun til we got hot, then we swam in the Caribbean to cool off. Repeat that about 5 times. Throw in lunch on the beach with our feet in the sand somewhere in the middle. After so much tedium, we retired to our cabana for a siesta.
Afterward - shopping on Avenida 5. Hope we found something …

Having fun on the Yucatun (mostly)

A travel blog entry by simbrent

... a lot to do here and we had booked in for 5 nights. We came here specifically to swim with the whale sharks because everything I read or googled said this was the place to be. But apparently Isla Mujeres has whale sharks too so we could have just stayed there. If I sound a bit bitter I am! Yes swimming with the whale sharks was amazing, such huge beasts but so majestical and I had a great day but I also got heat stroke which meant for the next 3 days I was trapped in my ...

Quinta Avinda shopping

A travel blog entry by goriusp

... the right spot, at the right time, to be the Welcome Committee for Randy, our fearless Blue Caribbean owner 'n leader, who had just arrived from the airport. What timing!

We had sidled up to the bar while we waited for Randy to unpack . . . of course, quite happy that the “all-inclusive” provided us opportunities to imbibe some exotic-sounding cocktails. As a two-some, we were quite delighted to become a trio, and toasted to the start of our ...

The playful Riviera

A travel blog entry by fafeita

... full of activity. Our experience today involved another douse of sun aboard a sailboat ride to the reef. It's hard to get too much sun huh. Once we hit our destination, the water felt so good, and despite being a little wavy, was amazingly relaxing. It might be time for some trusty wikipedia here..

The Belize Barrier reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, ranging from 40 to 300 metres offshore. It is a 300 kilometre long section of the ...