Grand Palladium Riviera Resort and Spa is built on an estate of over 1.220.000 m2, right on the sea front and near a superb access to the beach. Located only 20 minutes from Playa del Carmen and 7 minutes from the village of Akumal. http://www.caribbeanmag.com/search/hotels/Puerto_Aventuras/palladium_riviera/hotel/1861/44/ en-us Copyright 1998 e-TravelMedia.com/CaribbeanMag.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:47:10 EST It shares facilities with the Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa, the Grand Palladium Colonial Resort and Spa and the Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort and Spa, except for the VIP area “The Royal Suites”. Rooms: The resort provides its guests with 454 rooms, of which 360 are Junior Suites, 72 Suites and 22 Mayan Suites. “The Royal Suites” located in the Grand Palladium Riviera Resort and Spa. An area designed exclusively for adults. A total 130 rooms of which 90 are Junior Suites and 18 Suites, as well as 22 Mayan Suites distributed amongst beautiful cabin-style bungalows, set right on the edge of a large lake. Facilities: Guests staying at the Grand Palladium Riviera Resort and Spa may enjoy dining at any one of the 6 magnificent restaurants available: 2 with an international buffet (the main buffet restaurant, provides air-conditioning as well as show cooking with a Mexican and an Italian corner) and 4 with an À la carte dinner service (with air-conditioning), where guests may try the Asian, Italian, Brazilian specialities, as well as a barbeque-grill. The resort also has an around-the-clock snack service. A large team of specialists are in charge of the entertainment and sports activities in the beach and swimming pool areas. Shows, special activities for teenagers, minidisco for children and a miniclub for smaller children (4 to 12 years), always supervised by professionals. Our sports facilities include tennis, paddle, badminton and petanque courts. Archery gallery. Beach Volleyball. 5-a-side football ground with artificial grass and a Mini golf course. We provide an extensive variety of nautical activities, including catamarans, pedalos, canoeing, snorkelling, windsurf, sun fish and scuba diving demonstrations in the swimming pool. The sailing and windsurf lessons, as well as the scuba diving courses and excursions have an extra charge. Mexico hss one of the most varied cuisines in the world. Due to its Spanish and pre-Hispanic heritage it reflects the flavours of two continents giving rise to delicious and colourful dishes. The basic elements of Mexican cuisine, which give it its unique flavour and texture are maize, red meats, and the enormous variety of hot spices, beans onion and tomato. The national dishes are known as platillos mejicanos. Basic ingredients of the traditional sweets are cane sugar, piloncillo or unrefined sugar, fruit pastes and various plant seeds. Mexico has an enormous variety of time-honoured drinks which in many cases are still traditionally produced. Pulque was the ancient sacred drink extracted from the maguey plant which belongs to the agave family and is considered to be Mexico's national drink. Type: All Inclusive No. of Rooms: 454 Beach Location: Beach Front (Directly on Beach/Water Front) http://www.caribbeanmag.com/search/hotels/Puerto_Aventuras/palladium_riviera/hotel/1861/44/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:47:10 EST