Jan 3rd, 2012 at 10:00AM:
US tourists have largely avoided Mexico in recent years due to increasing violence, but those looking for a deeply discounted luxury getaway can turn to areas like Riviera Maya and Los Cabos for safe yet affordable havens.
Want to visit? 2012 might be your year. With the economy still teetering on the brink and more tourists turning away from the country due to reports of violence, those ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Luxury Vacation Guide 2012: Mexico
Jan 3rd, 2012 at 10:00AM:
US tourists have largely avoided Mexico in recent years due to increasing violence, but those looking for a deeply discounted luxury getaway can turn to areas like Riviera Maya and Los Cabos for safe yet affordable havens.
Want to visit? 2012 might be your year. With the economy still teetering on the brink and more tourists turning away from the country due to reports of violence, those ...LGBT travel 2012: Gay marriage becomes legal in Cancun, Mexico
Jan 2nd, 2012 at 2:00PM: LGBT travelers can add Cancun, Mexico, to their must-visit destination list, as the city has recently legalized gay marriage. In fact, the first same-sex marriages will be taking place this month in the resort area.
While same-sex marriage has been legal in Mexico City since 2009, a recently discovered gap in the Civil Code, which only talks about "people interested in getting married" without ...Photo of the day - Flying Mariachi band
Dec 8th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Last week, Virgin America launched new flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. What better way to get into the espíritu than with a Mariachi band? Frommers editor and Flickr user DavityDave was on board to get this shot and taste some Mexican goodies. We wonder if the band had to purchase an additional seat for their guitars or if they could just fit them in the overhead ...Design Hotels launches Papaya Playa Project, a "pop up hotel" in Tulum, Mexico
Dec 8th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
Taking glamping and the idea of pop ups to a new level is the innovative hotel group Design Hotels with the launch yesterday of the Papaya Playa Project, a temporary "pop up" camp with 99 rustic cabanas on a 900-meter stretch of Caribbean coastline in Tulum, Mexico.
Starting at just $25 a night for what amounts to a cot on the beach to $675 a night for one of the more luxe accommodations, ...New restaurant in Mexico City combines unique architecture and experiential dining
Dec 1st, 2011 at 12:00PM: Tori-Tori, a new Japanese restaurant located in Polanco in Mexico City, Mexico, has recently finished completion. The project began in 2009 as a joint venture between the Mexico-based firm rojkind arquitectos and the design company Esrawe Studio, with the aim to create a unique contemporary space.
While the restaurant serves Japanese cuisine, the ambiance is more cosmopolitan than many other ...Mexican food in Mexico: surprisingly different
Nov 27th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Before sampling Mexican food on a recent trip to Mazatlan, Mexico, we shared some of the misconceptions commonly held by others who have not been there. Don't drink the water. Mexican food is not healthy. All Mexican food is spicy and all about tacos, burritos and enchiladas. What we found blew away pretty much all of that.
Mazatlan sits on the west coast of Mexico and boasts an abundance of ...Mexican distillery visit busts mucho misconceptions
Nov 23rd, 2011 at 2:00PM: On a recent visit to a Mexican distillery, we learned a few things about tequila but a lot more about the people of Mexico who have done remarkably well considering the natural resources they have to work with.
Mazatlán is located on Mexico's Pacific Coast at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Not far from there is pretty much the perfect place on the planet to cultivate the blue ...Mazatlan is safe, just ask the dead people
Nov 9th, 2011 at 1:00PM: Crime in Mexico has had a big impact on tourism, causing everything from a US Department of State travel warning to major cruise lines canceling calls at Mexican ports. Gadling has been covering the story all along and readers have been quick to respond both for and against travel to Mexico. To make sense of it all, we went to Mazatlan, once a bustling Mexican cruise port, to see for ourselves.
...Frommer's reveals top destinations for 2012
Oct 25th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
What destination are you dreaming of for 2012? The staff at Frommer's have just unveiled their list of top travel destinations for the coming year. Included in the list is a little something for everyone: large metropolises, secluded beach towns, colorful riverside villas, and more.
But Frommer's didn't just rely on their expert editors and author's for this years list--they also polled ...Mexico's The Tides Resort has a luxury soap concierge
Oct 12th, 2011 at 1:00PM: We've heard of concierge programs, pillow menus and even hand-drawn specialty baths to help you relax and unwind while on vacation. But Mexico's Tides Resort in the Riviera Maya has taken luxury and relaxation a step further with a Soap Concierge.
You read that correctly. A Soap Concierge.
Arriving at the Tides, you are welcomed with a "Mayan Blessing" by the luxury resort's own shaman, and ..."Border Crisis" tour shows realities of life on Arizona-Mexico border
Sep 16th, 2011 at 4:30PM:
No matter what side of the fence you may be on regarding the U.S. immigration debate, there's a tour in Arizona that wants to show you what migrant life is like along the U.S.-Mexico border. Gray Line Tours of Arizona now offers the tour Border Crisis: Fact or Fiction, which is designed to give travelers an apolitical look at a very sensitive subject.
Gray Line's Border Crisis tour will take ...Video of the Day - Mexican Holiday
Sep 6th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Sometimes, choosing the right song to cut your travel videos to makes all the difference. Exhibit A - today's Video of the Day, shot by Argentinian motion graphics designer Molokoso.
The footage was shot entirely on a pocket camera (Lumix TZ10) equipped with an underwater housing and edited to "Bombay" by Spanish musician El Guincho. The song lends it an irresistible upbeat tone which ...
Last minute tropical Labor Day getaways
Aug 29th, 2011 at 3:00PM: Ready, set, book. The East Coast was largely spared the wrath of Hurricane Irene and no other pending tropical storms are threatening to ruin your upcoming three-day weekend. Why not jet away for a quick tropical vacation? From the East Coast, many Caribbean islands are a nonstop flight away, and from the west and Texas, Mexico is an easy jaunt.
Consider the following great last-minute Labor ...Say It Ain't So: Weezer will headline cruise
Jul 12th, 2011 at 4:00PM: The sea is rollin' like a thousand pound keg, and Weezer is getting ready to rock the Carnival Destiny's lido deck. The Grammy Award-winning band has just announced they will be entertaining 2,500 passengers on a 4-night sailing from Miami to Cozumel (yes, Mexico's own 'Island in the Sun') in January.
The bill also features Dinosaur Jr., with other acts including Sebadoh, Gene Ween, Wavves (how ...Whale cut from net in Sea of Cortez
Jul 5th, 2011 at 3:00PM:
While rescuers search for the seven missing people who were aboard a boat that capsized in Mexico's Sea of Cortez over the weekend, these waters are filled with more than tragedy. I stumbled upon this video of a whale being cut from a hunting net and set free and I couldn't help but share. Members of the Great Whale Conservatory happened upon this trapped humpback whale in the Sea of Cortez. ...
Scared to visit Mexico? How about Panama?
Jun 25th, 2011 at 7:00AM: News reports of ongoing crime and attacks on travelers in Mexico have land vacationers looking for alternative destinations and cruise ships headed in the opposite direction. Sure, those beheadings, murders and shootings are happening in remote areas of Mexico for the most part, but stories of such activity combined with travel warnings by trusted sources are enough to shift our focus elsewhere.
...Mexico still not safe says cruise line
Jun 21st, 2011 at 7:00AM: In the latest round of bad news for travel to Mexico, Princess Cruises pronounced parts of Mexico still not safe Monday and that they would not be calling on Puerto Vallarta or Mazatlan any time soon. That's double-bad news for a struggling Mexico that just wrapped up a week-long anti-crime campaign among other efforts to rebuild tourism. Our ongoing coverage continues.
"As the safety and ...The Ghosts of Alamos
Jun 17th, 2011 at 11:00AM: The sun is relentless, stalking me along the narrow, cobbled lanes of Alamos, Mexico, as I return to my hotel. I unlock the heavy double doors and walk into the lush, untamed courtyard, where weather-pocked stone cherubs guard a center fountain and rocking chairs sit motionless beneath electric ceiling fans. It's quiet inside. Quieter, in fact, than any hotel I've ever patronized, because I'm the ...Mexico safe says American Airlines, for flying anyway
Jun 11th, 2011 at 10:04AM: American Eagle's sold-out inaugural flight arrived in Mazatlan, Mexico (MZT) from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) this week. The move supports tourism authorities that say Mexico is safe for travel. As Mexico struggles to repair it's image and shift international focus from drug-lord induced crime headlines to business-as-usual, American's new daily flight was welcomed with open ...Mexico travel safety kind of depends on who you listen to
Jun 10th, 2011 at 7:00AM: One would think that the safety of travelers on the ground in any given country would be easy to define. "Yes", its safe to travel there or "No", its not. Government travel alerts and warnings surely have our best interest in mind and provide helpful information. But when it comes to our personal safety when traveling, there's a lot more to it than just staying away from the bad part of town in ...
