The OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Mexico’s only PGA TOUR event, is taking place this November 11-17 on the El Camaleón Golf Club course located in the Riviera Maya’s Mayakoba resort complex. The tournament will feature 132 professional golfers participating in four rounds of stroke play competition on a Greg Norman-designed, 7,000-yard 18-hole championship course. [...]
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Featured Auctions: Escape to Los Cabos
Lifestyle Villas – Villa Serena Los Cabos, Mexico Two nights in Villa Serena Retail value: $5,050 Starting bid: $2,780 A smartly curated selection of beachfront, ocean and golf view villas and condominiums throughout Los Cabos. Options range from contemporary one-bedroom condos to lavish residences overlooking the Sea of Cortez. Many homes are staffed [...]
Interview: General Manager Ricardo Suárez of Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués
Ricardo Suárez is the general manager of Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués and has managed several luxury properties in Mexico. Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués is the first true luxury resort in some time to open in Acapulco. What was it that attracted Banyan Tree to the city? Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués is uniquely inspired by [...]
Last Look: Acapulco’s Famed Cliff Divers
At the Hotel Mirador in Acapulco, undisturbed by any other tourists, we sipped margaritas on the terrace and watched the famed cliff divers plunge into the Pacific. -A.H. From the February 2013 Hideaway Report.
Safety in Mexico
In its Travel Warning of November 20, 2012, the State Department cautions against visits only to certain regions of Mexico, chiefly in the north and especially along the U.S. border. There are no warnings for most of the areas and cities in which I recommend hotels, for example: San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta [...]
Delicious Huitlacoche
Huitlacoche, a mushroom-like fungus, appears on few menus outside of Mexico, where diners have enjoyed it since Aztec times. Grown on ears of corn, it has been dubbed the “Mexican truffle,” but it really tastes more like a portobello. In any case, we enjoyed it in a variety of dishes during our time in [...]
The Delights of Mexican Wine: Monte Xanic and Casa Madero
For most connoisseurs, the idea of sipping a Mexican wine likely inspires feelings of curiosity at best. Far more famous for Jose Cuervo and Corona than Cabernet, Mexico has yet to develop a reputation as a fine wine-producing country, internationally or even domestically. Nevertheless, a number of wineries are quietly crafting some surprisingly delicious [...]
A Side Trip to Scenic Taxco, Mexico
Driving an hour south of Cuernavaca, Mexico, through countryside bursting with blue morning glories and giant yellow marigolds, we reached the red roofs and cobbled streets of unspoiled Taxco. The city, which tumbles picturesquely down a hillside, is justly famous for its silverwork, but offers much to sightseers, as well. The breathtakingly ornate 18th-century [...]
News From Rosewood Mayakoba, Mexico
The 128-suite Rosewood Mayakoba on Mexico’s Riviera Maya underwent an extensive four-week, $1.6 million renovation this fall. Led by renowned interior designer Jose Manuel Martinez Marquez, the renovation included the addition of 18 adjoining suites created from existing accommodations to more comfortably accommodate visiting families or larger groups. The resort’s three dining venues, [...]
John L. Stephens & The Ruins of Tulum, Mexico
During our short sojourn in Yucatan, we received vague, but, at the same time, reliable intelligence of the existence of numerous and extensive cities, desolate and in ruins … So begins John L. Stephens’ classic travel memoir Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, an instant sensation upon its publication in 1843. Stephens’ wry accounts of his party’s [...]
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