Moon Palace Mexico Resort - Cancun

Easily one of the best and certainly one of the most well known of all Cancun hotels, Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort Cancun is an all inclusive hotel with a bit of a secluded location in a beautiful wide, white sandy beach. This particular Palace Resorts, the hotel has 2 457 rooms overlooking either the sea or the garden, 15 nice restaurants, 12 bars and lounges and two discos. As the resort is so huge it lends itself nicely to long stays such as a 21 night Cancun holiday.

The two large outdoor pools are among the largest lagoon pools throughout Mexico. The stretches nearly 200 feet along the beach with spa pools, pool bars and children's pool areas, including a Kids Water Park.
Located just 15 minutes from Cancun, Mexico airport, and is perfect for families or groups who want a wide range of activities at its all-inclusive vacation. Here is a fully equipped marina offering sailing, windsurfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaks and pedal boats. And six tennis courts, two basketball courts, two gyms, beach volleyball, mini golf, billiards, bicycles and inline skates, you will be fully up and a good reason for not wanting to leave the hotel. Cancun Hotel Zone, with shopping, activities and an active nightlife, is just a short taxi ride away (besides, there are free hotel bus to Cancun).

Moon Palace Resort is a completely perfect place for a romantic Cancun wedding, a wonderful honeymoon or couples wishing to renew their vows. Cancun Weddings at Moon Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico, is one of the world's most beautiful and romantic locations for weddings. Experienced wedding coordinators help you plan your perfect dream wedding. Choose from Superior and Deluxe wedding packages and complete with a variety of amenities and services that puts silver lining on your big day.

Best Cancun hotel for convention centre ?

Question :

We want a flight leaving UK 15th or 16th may 2010 return 2 weeks later but only want accommodation week 1 - near to the Cancun centre (as I have a conference there) - we will then travel after the meeting 23rd-30th and fly back end of the fortnight. Dont necessarily want full board, not the top of the range but not rubbish either! Any options Please advise Thanks

Answer :

Flights

Thomas Cook

Sunday 16th May - 14nts from Gatwick is currently £427pp inc taxes, baggage and meals (or £600pp for premium seats).

Thomson Airways

Sunday 16th May - 14nts from Gatwick is currently £539pp inc taxes, baggage and meals and same price departing 15th May.

Hotels (assuming 2 guests, 1 room)

Our best overall recommendation is 4* NH Krystal Cancun - very good location for the convention center, it's right in front of it.

Price at time of writing is just under £50 per room per night on "European Plan" (AKA Room Only). Free wi-fi included which might be useful? How does that sound ?

The cheapest rates we have tracked down for this hotel are at hotels.co.uk (deeplink to hotel info).

Riu Cancun Hotel Details

A first class hotel with perfect location right on the beach in the hotel zone in Cancun. Riu Cancun offers an international atmosphere and walking distance to most of the hotel zone. Four restaurants, one of which is a buffet and other a la carte. Several bars where the sports bar has an opportunity to the internet. A lovely pool area with several pools and separate children's pool. Free sunbeds, umbrellas and pool / beach towels. Pool/snackbar serving simple meals. Spa with jacuzzi, massage and beauty treatments for a fee. Kids Club at the hotel with Spanish / English speaking staff. Sports activities like tennis, gym, water sports, golf, horseback riding and more. Some for a fee. Hairdresser on site. Day and evening activities. Shows and entertainment provided by Riu Cancun's own staff.

Bedrooms at Riu Cancun
Nice double room in Caribbean style with high standard. Fourth person possible if a child is sharing the regular bed. Cable TV, radio and telephone. Minibar included in the all inclusive and replenished. Ceiling fan. Hairdryer. Bath / shower and toilet. Balcony, some with sea views. Cleaning 7 times / week.

Meals
All Inclusive.

All Inclusive
- Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. (For all the different restaurants. Reservations may be required at a la carte restaurants).
- Local and imported refreshments around the clock.
- Snacks around the clock.
- Sports activities.
- Spa.
- Daytime and evening activities and entertainment.
- Entrance and drinks at the discotheque Pacha.

It is mandatory for hotel guests to wear wrist bracelets for the All Inclusive.

Plane hijacked in Cancun

A Mexican airliner with 104 passengers on board was hijacked in the resort of Cancun today and flown to Mexico City's international airport.

Security forces arrived at the airport, where the hijacked Boeing 737 plane from the airline Aeromexico stood on the runway. All the passengers and plane crew were able to leave the plane.

At least six suspected hijackers were arrested, according to local television stations. The country's Communications Minister Juan Molinar said that the situation is completely under control, that all passengers are safe and sound and that the six hijackers had managed to smuggle a bomb aboard the plane.

The plane, flown by Aeromexico, hijacked after it left the popular Caribbean resort of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

The flower of Cancun

Did you Know that the Siricote o Chakopte ( in Maya ) is the emblematic flower of Quintana Roo (the state in Mexico where Cancun is). It was named the official symbol 25 years ago. Well, here I leave you a picture for you to enjoy. . .

Moon Palace Cancun has over 2000 rooms

So apparently the Moon Palace, Cancun has over 2000 rooms !

That is really huge ! so it got me wondering what is the biggest hotel in the world ?

Turns out the biggest hotel has a whapping 6018 rooms and is the "First World Hotel" in Malaysia

Flights to Cancun from England

Flights to Cancun from England for holiday in Cancun, Playacar and Riviera Maya

You can fly to Cancun (CUN) from all these English airports in 2009 :

• Birmingham (BHX)

• Bristol (BRS)

• East Midlands (EMA)

• Gatwick (LGW)

• Manchester (MAN)

• Newcastle (NCL)

You can also fly to Cancun from Scotland with flights from Glasgow.

RIU Tequila photos

RIU Tequila is a really well run, well maintained hotel in a great position in Playacar. Perfect for an all inclusive holiday all the family will love. For kids, apart from the amazing beach and ocean, there is a playground, kids club and children's swimming pool. Adults can enjoy 24 hour all inclusive, watersports and complimentary poolside jacuzzi, bars and entertainment.

Mexico air traffic down 40% in May - Swine Flu

Analysis has revealed that air traffic in Mexico fell dramatically in May - on averge around 40% while flights to Cancun were down a massive 63% !

UK and other international holiday companies with operations to Cancun cancelled flights as a response to the swine flu outbreak.

Now that flights are being operated again there are some superb late deals to Cancun available.

RIU Palace Las Americas Video

Pictures say a thousand words, videos must say a lot more so here is a video of the hotel RIU Palace Las Americas. The video starts with the flight into Cancun and then goes onto showcase the hotel including the room, entertainment, beach (I love the turquoise ocean in Cancun). The RIU Palace Las Americas is exclusive to Thomson in the UK and gets great reviews for food, service - everything.

Sensatori Mexico

Sensatori Mexico. . . . .

WOW

Flights to Cancun from Scotland

Can you fly from Scotland to Cancun ?

Yes you can !

Thomson and Thomas Cook offer holidays to Cancun from Glasgow airport.

As alternatives to this you can also fly from Newcastle and Manchester to Cancun.

Flight time approx 11 hours.

Win a cruise around Mexico

Fancy winning a Royal Caribbean cruise ?

Here's your chance to . . . win a cruise around Mexico !

Cancun Beach

Mexican food in Cancun

One thing I miss from Cancun (Mexico) is the packets of salt and lemon peanuts.

A perfect partner to Tequila ;)

Book a holiday to Cancun today !

Other Mexican food that I miss from Cancun :

- Tacos.

- Tortillas of course.

- Seafood - seafood in Cancun is brilliant. The best fish soup I ever had was in downtown Cancun and cost probably a few pound.

RIU Cancun pool

Very Quick video of one of the pools at the RIU Cancun, one of the best hotels in Cancun and one of the top selling hotels for the British market.

Flights to Cancun from Wales

Unfortunately there aren't flights from Cardiff airport (CWL) to Cancun at the moment. There were flights in 2004 along but in 2009 there are flights to Cancun from Bristol (BRS) with Thomson holidays.

Amazing Cancun Deals

Thanks to the swine flu pandemic there are now some amazing deals to Cancun from the UK available. For not much more than four hundred pound you can get a late deal to Cancun staying in a four star all inclusive.

Normal booking conditions apply to all holidays currently booked with UK tour operators such as Thomson and Thomas Cook.