Grand Residences News

Here’s our round up of news from your resort, new dining ideas, activities and more.

Wine o’clock

Any time is wine time and the Grand Residences Food & beverage team have another gourmet experience for you to enjoy during your vacation. With Wine o’clock, you can explore the world of wine with Sommelier Laura Sánchez and taste exciting new wines.

A variety of Wine o’clock experiences are planned over the coming months including invitation-only tastings with food to tempt the senses, wine tastings, blind tastings, a wine festival with food stands and live music, visits by wine company representatives with tastings of wines in their collections, show cooking, flambées and exclusive wine pairing dinners.

During Wine o’clock events, the Sommelier will also be presenting the 2024 wine list featuring all the Grand Residences favorites and a selection of different wines to try from Europe, the Americas and Oceania. We hope you enjoy them when you dine at El Faro Grill or Flor de Canela.

Ask the Sommelier or your Concierge for more details.

Seafood Night

Enjoy the chef’s catch of the day and other seafood delights during Nautical Night on Thursday when we celebrate locally sourced seafood, the versatility of Pacific shrimp and much more. Make your own ceviche or aguachile, order grilled fish fillet with your favorite sauce on the side, tuck into paella or Mediterranean-style fish baked in a salt crust, a tuna or salmon steak cooked to perfection, pasta frutti di mare and much more.

Every Thursday in El Faro Grill, reservations with your Concierge.

A Golf Day

Golfers, book your tee times for play at three of the Mexican Caribbean’s leading courses, El Camaleon at Mayakoba, Gran Coyote at Corasol and Puerto Cancun, all designed by famous PGA champions. You are entitled to a special discounted rate and your Concierge can help you make reservations.

Blissful Spa moments

Enjoy some Spa time with a massage, a herbal facial or body wrap or one of the exclusive spa in villa experiences. Reap the wellness benefits, enjoy the relaxation, the fragrance of creams, lotions and oils and the sensation of radiant soft skin.

For even more luxury, try one of the Spa experiences in your villa. The Energy Balance treatment includes an aromatherapy massage, 60 minutes of pure bliss and fragrance. This is followed by a 60-minute herbal and a spa pedicure to leave you relaxed and refreshed.

The Milk and Honey ritual is a 60-minute relaxing massage followed by a crystallized honey scrub. You are then wrapped in a moisturizing cocoon as you enjoy a scalp massage to clear the mind and soothe body and soul. A bath in milk and honey will leave your skin super soft.

The Spa Romance Ritual begins with an aromatic foot soak ritual and an exfoliating body wrap. Next up is a couple’s signature massage followed by a 60-minute moisturizing facial. The final touch is a bath together in water scented your choice of spa bath salts, a bottle of sparkling wine and chocolate-dipped strawberries.

Your Concierge can help you with Spa reservations and to book a Spa Experience in your Villa.

Activities in store

Check the activity program for adults, teens and children at the Kids Club and find your family favorites. Book your spot for the popular Cooking class with Chef Arturo Muñoz, learn new dance steps, yoga stretches and breathing techniques, and become a cocktail expert with our creative mixologists.

Join in the St. Patrick’s Day activities on March 17, and enjoy the surprises that the Restaurant team has lined up for you: green beer, Irish-inspiration cocktails and more.

Earth Hour 2024, March 26

On March 26, Grand Residences by Royal Resorts will be participating in the global Earth Hour campaign organized by WWF to raise awareness about climate change, deforestation and biodiversity loss, and the need for all of us to protect our planet and work towards a better future.

Look out for the special Earth Hour program of activities for children and families during the day. There will be an Earth Hour Planet 0 dinner on the pool deck by candlelight with a menu of grilled dishes, drums and a fire show.

At 8:30 p.m., non-essential lights will be turned off around the resort for one hour. We invite owners, members and guests to join us by dimming the lights and reaffirming your pledge to conservation. Spend the hour on the terrace reconnecting with nature as you gaze out at the sea and the star-filled sky.

Want to go exploring the area?

Whenever the spirit of wanderlust takes you and you decide to go exploring, your Concierge can help you with day trip reservations, car rentals, catamaran cruises and sightseeing ideas. Plan days out with the family at Riviera Maya parks such as Xcaret, Xel-Ha and Xplor, a nature trip to biosphere reserves such as Sian Ka’an and Rio Lagartos, and travel back in time with visits to the area’s many archaeological sites and its colonial cities.

Private vans with a driver and guide can be arranged if you like to travel at your own pace and if you are thinking about spending a couple of days in Merida soaking up the ambiance and traditions of the Yucatan capital, your Concierge can help you reserve a hotel.