The Travel Gallery

Here’s our monthly gallery showcasing some of the region’s many natural and historical attractions. How many have you visited? Which ones would you like to explore on future visits to Grand Residences?

Punta Maroma

Walk along this beach between Puerto Morelos and Playa del Carmen, it is one of the most beautiful in the Mexican Caribbean.

Santa Lucía Square, Merida

If you are planning a trip to Merida, the capital of the Yucatan, it is worth spending several days there to explore its historic city center and soak up the ambiance. Santa Lucía Square on Calle 60 is surrounded by restaurants and craft shops and hosts a traditional Thursday evening concert of local trova music, ballads performed by guitar trios. Don’t miss it.

El Cuyo

If you are bound for the Gulf coast of the Yucatan to see the flamingos in Río Lagartos Biosphere Reserve. Go a little further east to El Cuyo, a fishing village with its own charms, white sand beaches, strange pink lagoons in the salt marshes and some great cafes and rustic restaurants. To get there follow the road from Kantunilkin.

Campeche

Only one and a half hours from Merida, the historic port of Campeche is worth a visit to discover its pirate past and sample fresh Gulf seafood. After bloody attacks in the 16th and 17th centuries, the colonial authorities built forts and ramparts to protect the town from pirate raids. Several of them are now museums telling the story of Campeche, the ancient Maya, Spanish conquistadors and ruthless buccaneers.

Your Concierge can help you arrange trips to these sites of interest and many more in the Mexican Caribbean and the Yucatan.