Caribbean Coast Features

Caribbean Coast Features

• Top Reasons to Go to the Caribbean Coast
  

  Visiting Mayan ruins with a Caribbean view: The ruins at Tulum, only an hour south of Playa del Carmen, are a dramatic remnant of a sophisticated... Read more

• Caribbean Coast's Best Beaches
  

  The stretch from Cancún to Tulum comprises one perfect beach after the next: turquoise waters; sugary sand; tall, skinny palms swaying... Read more

• Top Resorts
  

  Champagne greetings, private butlers, beachfront massages—and that's just to say hello. Even in these belt-tightening times, or perhaps... Read more

• Caste Wars
  

  When Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, there wasn't much for Maya to celebrate. They continued to be treated as second-class, "lower-caste"... Read more

• Caribbean Coastal History
  

  The Mayan culture is the enduring backdrop for Mexico's Caribbean Coast. Archaeologists have divided this civilization, which lasted some 3,000... Read more