Costa Maya is the first Caribbean port designed exclusively for the cruise ship industry and is strategically located just hours from Cancun on Mexico's Southern Yucatan Peninsula. Resembling an ancient Mayan City, Costa Maya, is able to berth three ships at once. However, in these early days of a gradual return to full capacity, even at one ship a...

Welcome to "The Library" a unique Speakeasy experience reserved for our adult guests at The Grand at the Moon Palace. The vibe is pure glam and mystery, the music is blues and jazz and the libations are prohibition era themed with a modern twist. This "hidden gem"is not to be missed and makes a wonderful addition to the already stellar lineup of fo...

Wrong turns can be a real pain in the, well, the neck. Even more so when you're deep in the Yucatan jungle! If you can get a signal, the GPS shows your location on a satellite map, but rarely shows how you got there. This happened to me just recently. I was driving from Mérida towards Campeche in the Yucatan province of Mexico to find the Grutas de...

"If you're not ready for your adventure, follow me on mine!" ​ "If you're not ready for your adventure, follow me on mine!" There's no question that the pandemic has crushed the travel and tourism industry, but for this Canadian travel writer and photographer, that was not going to hold him back from pursuing his life's dream. Sully Sully was one o...

San Miguel de Allende has been voted the best small city in the world in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards. The UNESCO World Heritage city in the state of Guanajuato also won in 2017 and 2018. San Miguel de Allende is a colonial-era city in Mexico's central highlands. It is known for its baroque Spanish architecture, thriving arts scen...

The new Conrad Punta de Mita, which is Hilton's first Conrad-branded resort in Mexico, has opened on a two-mile-long beach on the Pacific coast of the Riviera Nayarit. It is a 325-room property surrounded by palm trees and the Pacific Ocean and with resort bungalows, pavilions, and cabanas sitting in coastal vegetation and all with views of the oce...