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Playa del Carmen Yucatan peninsula

October 27th, 2010

A short flight from Austin, Texas, we had arrived in sunny Mexico! After a year of hard work the whole family had been looking forward to a well deserved beach holiday in Playa del Carmen, the place to be on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

My mum and dad had arranged for everything and we stayed at this beautiful hotel called the Riu Playacar Hotel. The hotel was not only right on the beach but they also had this huge pool area with a pool bar and palm trees everywhere.

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Me and my sister were so excited that we couldn't decide wether to jump in or run to the beach!

We had a really nice holiday and I hope we return here next year too. We did a lot of shopping and went on some great tours with a guide and everything. Yucatan is known for its ancient Mayan finds and one of the trips we made was to to see the Chichen Itza site which was really cool.

We actually got to climb some of the ancient Maya ruins and spotted some huge lizards. I added some pictures my parents made of the site, hope you'll like it!

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Travel Tips for Playa del Carmen Mexico:

Where to stay in Playa del Carmen: We stayed at the Riu Playacar Hotel which is perfect for family holidays.

What to do in Playa del Carmen: Go to the beach, visit the Maya ruins

Where to eat in Playa del Carmen: We always had dinner at the hotel but you can also go to other places

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Weather

Playa del Carmen Weather

Partly Cloudy
28 °C | 82.4 °F

Traveller

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Age: 13-17
Travel type: Family holiday

Travel Blog

Playa del Carmen Yucatan peninsula
Continent: North America
Country: Mexico
City: Playa del Carmen
Period: Oct 2010
Lenght of stay: -
Views: 2894

Travel Review

Liked: Being with the whole family, going to the beach and doing all kinds of new things
Disliked: We had two days of bad wether which was ok because the rest of the holiday was sunny:)
Trip Rating: Excellent

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