#1 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Downtown Tulum (Neighborhood)
Tulum
~4.07 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#2 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Tulum - Mayan Ruins
Tulum
~4.63 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#3 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Akumal Beach
Riviera Maya
~19.51 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#4 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Half Moon Bay
Riviera Maya
~20.30 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#5 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Yal ku Lagoon
Riviera Maya
~20.71 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#6 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Xpu ha Beach
Riviera Maya
~26.30 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#7 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Downtown Xpu Ha (Neighborhood)
Riviera Maya
~26.46 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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#8 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Dolphin Discovery
Riviera Maya
~28.64 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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Puerto Aventuras, located in the Mexican Caribbean, is a tourism project strategically planned to show respect over nature and offers visitors all the attractions and amenities of a small city in the middle of the beautiful and exuberant Riviera Maya jungle.
Dolphin Discovery facilities are located in the center of this complex and were built inside a tropical green island with a lagoon: home of our dolphins.
The swim with dolphins program participants and their companions can stay in Puerto Aventuras facilities, or explore the marina, go shopping or discover many other activities in and out of the location. Around the marina there are boutiques, cafeterias, gourmet bakeries, restaurants and handcraft shops.
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#9 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Chac Mol
Riviera Maya
~28.65 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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Chac-Mool is the name given to a type of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone statue.
The Chac-Mool depicts a human figure in a position of reclining with the head up and turned to one side, holding a tray over the stomach. The meaning of the position or the statue itself remains unknown.
Chac-Mool statues are found in or around temples in Toltec and other post-Classic central Mexican sites, and in post-Classic Maya civilization sites with heavy Toltec influence, such as Chichen Itza.
The ancient name for these type of sculptures is unknown. The name Chac-Mool is attributed to Augustus Le Plongeon, who excavated one of the statues at Chichen Itza in 1875. Le Plongeon named it Chaacmol, which he translated from the Maya as "thundering paw." Le Plongeon claimed the statue was a depiction of a former ruler of Chichen Itza. Le Plongeon's sponsor, Stephen Salisbury of Worcester, Massachusetts, published Le Plongeon's find, but revised the spelling to "Chac-Mool."
Chac-Mools should not be confused with Chaac, one of the leading deities in Maya mythology associated primarily with the phenomena of rain and thunder, and with whom they are not associated.
Chac-Mools can be found throughout Central Mexico and Yucatán. In addition to Tula and Chichen Itza, sites known for Chac-Mools include Mexico City, Cempoala, Tlaxcala, and Quiriguá[2] in Guatemala.
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#10 of 10 Things To Do in Mayan Riviera
Downtown Puerto Aventuras (Neighborhood)
Riviera Maya
~28.88 miles from Mayan Riviera city center
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