Playacar being a residential area of Playa Del Carmen is a very nice, quiet area. Other AI hotels form a hotel zone.
in Playacar itself there isnt that much - a small mall about 800m from the Sandos Playacar hotel with some clothes shops, a Starbucks, jewellry places etc. someone for a stroll to, once or twice.
Playa Del Carmen was a 8 minutes, $5 cab ride away. Nice town, though lots of people trying to stop you and sample their wares. Remember to bargain wherever / whenever you can - its worth a try. 5th Avenue (Quinta Avenida) is a pedestrianised area over 1km long of bars, restaurants and shops
lots of interesting places to visit nearby - Xcaret ecopark, X-Plor, Tulum, Coba - plenty to keep you entertained for sure
The resort overall is very good we found you could visit the other rui hotels and use there facilities, quite often went out at night time and felt very safe walking around and would recommend this resort to people of all ages.
Some of the beach has been washed away by the hurricane which was a couple of years back but there is still plenty of space on the sandy beach, they are doing there best to replace the sand with no disruption to the guests. First beach where i have seen the staff washing the sunbeds and tidying up all the time.
We found the resort spotless, no litter anywhere.
Entertainment in the resort we didnt need but there were numerous bars, clubs etc.
The beach was beautiful, clean and idylic. We thought it was the best bit of beach outside our hotel as was really fine sand, where up the beach it was quite course sand.
The resort was very clean. We didn’t go into Playa Del Carmen at night until the end of our second week...it was really good and not too commercialised. Most bars are located above shops/restaurants and typically Mexican however British music is played. Bar staff very friendly too.
Beach was lovely however sometimes after rough seas it brought seaweed to the edge.
I would recommend this hotel and resort to friends, however, the only reason for me not to return is there are many more destinations I would like to visit.
Occidental Allegro Playacar Hotel Situated beside a beautiful white sandy beach, this excellent complex offers a good choice of facilities and activities, including watersports and a supervised kid's club.
Latest Review: Dec 2004
Ranked #5 of 5 hotels in Playacar
4/5
Riu Yucatan Hotel Address: Paseo Xaman-Ha | Manzana 3, Lote 1, Playacar, Playa del Carmen 77710, Mexico
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