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Riviera Maya is a 180-kilometer stretch located along the coastline
of the Yucatan Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The
region offers a diversity of attractions from solitary beaches to
modern architectural complexes, including hotels, marinas, sports
facilities and restaurants. Playa del Carmen, the main town in the
Riviera Maya, for example, which used to be a small fishermen's village,
is now the site of prestigious international hotels, numerous restaurants
and shopping. Nearby is the area's principal ecological reserve,
Sian Ka'an.
The Riviera Maya's principal quality is its diversity. Here one can choose
everything from adventure sports, golf and tennis to jungle tours on foot or
horseback, water and nautical sports, and touring the indescribable cultural
and archaeological treasures of the Maya world. One of the favorite activities
for visitors is scuba diving on the Great Maya Reef, the second-largest in
the world, located along the Riviera Maya's coastline and experiencing cavern
diving in the regionīs ubderground rivers. The spectacular tropical marine
life here is unique and unforgettable.
Few places are as perfect as the Riviera Maya for enjoying water sports. Naturally,
there's the unique and captivating fascination of the Mexican Caribbean itself,
which in the Riviera Maya is paired with the subterranean world of Maya territory.
Here underground rivers wind gently beneath the surface creating thousands
of "cenotes" (Sinkholes) in which visitors can explore the region's unique
cavern systems.
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