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"Top Ten Resorts in the World according to Forbes Magazine"
February 2005
Travel + Leisure
October 2004
Excerpts from "World's Best Spas" by Audrey Davidow, Nathan Lump, and Maria Shollenbarger
Maya Tulum Resort's Spa was ranked No. 10 in the World!
"A hotel can't compete today without a great spa-in 2003, American spas received 136 million visits, and the industry's revenues have surpassed those of classic leisure destinations such as amusement parks or movie theaters. With so many choices out there (some 12,000 in the United States alone), spa goers are becoming more demanding and more discerning. To determine which spas follow through on their promise of relaxation and rejuvenation, we asked Travel + Leisure readers to rate the best hotel, resort, and destination spas in our ninth annual World's Best Awards survey.”
Continental
September 2004
Excerpts from "Learning to Breathe " by Jim Cornfield
“Barreling up Yucatan Peninsula on Mexico's Highway 307, I have to confess that, while I'm not a very spiritual guy, I'm feeling the thrill of a little mystique in the air. Scientists tell us the Yucatan was the epicenter of the great "K-T Extinction" -- a prehistoric catastrophe so sweeping in its consequences that it might make this sprawling slab of limestone the most important place on earth. I'm riding shotgun in a minivan, along well-tended asphalt that cuts through the horizon-spanning jungle of Yucatan's Caribbean coast, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. This is the fabled and much fawned-over "Mayan Riviera," south of Cancun, and I've just spent the better part of a week here, immersed in an intensive introduction to what I once would have thought to be a very non-Mayan practice. Yoga.”
The San Diego Union-Tribune
June 13th, 2004
Excerpts from "Oasis for the Mind" by Milissa Fletcher Stoeltj
"Body and Spirit unwind at Tulum, the anti-Cancun. For the folks who journey to Tulum, a small town about an hour's drive south of Cancun International Airport, the goal is to unhook. From crowds and e-mail. From CNN and cell phones. From the hectic pace of urban life and its stress hormones. Here, the biggest decision might involve what time to schedule your Swedish massage or which fresh catch of the day to eat for dinner.
The folks who come here seek a different sort of experience from those venturing to Cancun. Nestled along a 70-mile stretch of the Yucatan peninsula called the Riviera Maya, Tulum lacks conspicuously in glitzy, high-rise condos and frenetic, booze fueled beach action. I came here to find out what this rustic, nearly untouched ancient Maya enclave had to offer a city girl with clenched neck muscles and a perennially cluttered mind. I found what could be called a low-stimulation slice of heaven, and I wasn't the only one.
Tulum's hotel zone includes a collection of more than 20 funky, eccentric cabanas and hotels strung along the beachfront, some with their own restaurants and cafes. Maya Tulum is the mother of them all. A 25-acre resort that resembles a more deluxe version of Gilligan's Island, it features round cabanas with stone floors and thatched roofs. An open-air restaurant offers an excellent seafood and vegetarian buffet all day. In addition to twice a day yoga classes, Maya Tulum offers such activities as guided snorkeling on the reef, tours of the nearby Sian Kaan Biosphere, sweat lodge, and tours of the nearby Coba ruins."
The New York Times
February 27,2004
Escapes Section
Excerpts from "In the Yucatan: All Yoga, All the Time" by Jane Gross
"On this stretch of beach at the ruffled edge of the Caribbean Sea, 80 miles south of Cancun, visitors speak a language all their own, the lingo of Iyengar, Ashtanga and Anusara yoga. They can balance on one leg in the warrior three pose and do a headstand, and they aspire to a full lotus. Always a counterculture haven, this six miles of rutted road, on the Yucatan Peninsula between the Maya Ruins of Tulum and the 1.3 million acre Sian Kaan Biosphere Reserve, has lately become Yoga Central for tourists eager to limber their bodies and quiet their minds- and maybe also surf the waves, sunbathe topless and sample tropical concoctions like tequila and tamarind juice. The epicenter of this yoga zone is a 25 acre beachfront resort called Maya Tulum, which has made itself the destination of choice for high-profile yoga teachers and their students by building state of the art studios, auditioning massage therapists from around the world, and organizing ecotourist excursions.
At Maya Tulum, visiting yoga students sleep in thatched roof cabanas, without telephones or electricity. There is no CNN or Weather Channel. The news on any given day is whether the mangoes are sweet and the fish running. The forecast comes from the color of the sky, the crest of the waves and the wind in the palm fronds. Tulum has become a bustling tourist spot where every store seems to sell the same sombreros, turquoise jewelry, peasant blouses, and bars of Mexican chocolate. Until two years ago, there was no bank. Maya Tulum has evolved as well, adding amenities each year: private bathrooms instead of a shared bathhouse; a generator that keeps the lights on and ceiling fans spinning until midnight; beds instead of hammocks, and tiled floors where there was once sand. You can't say anything is permanent down here, we're all in a window of grace. We have this place in this moment, and Isn't that what yoga is all about?"
Yoga Journal
April 2003
Excerpts from “Let’s Go Yogis” by Jennifer Barrett
Spa Magazine
November / December 2002
Resort Spas - Mexico & Latin America
“Maya Tulum Resort is a seaside Mexican Caribbean retreat center that offers: tranquil times, awe-inspiring scenery, and an opportunity to reconnect with yourself. Prepare to go barefoot, sleep under a thatch roof cabana, and leave fully renewed! Maya Tulum Resort was voted by USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and New York Times as one the top ten places to balance the body and soul. The resort was also recognized by Fortune Magazine as the #1 barefoot resort.”
Fortune Magazine
May 20, 2002
Excerpts from “Go Barefoot” by Erik Torkells
“This time of year, there’s only one thing we want to do. Go Barefoot! In short, let’s be kids again. To live in a world, if only for a while, where the worst that can happen is that we might stub a toe. Maya Tulum is the first pick of the top ten classic barefoot resorts. Maya Tulum is bare-bones cabanas, sand walkways, and no electricity at night: Maya Tulum is an escapist’s dream come true. The healthy at heart rise every morning for yoga sessions and stick to the vegetarian menu, fish is also available. Sybarites prefer to spend their days on the miles long beach and toast the sunset with killer margaritas. Indulge in the Mayan clay body-mask treatment: After you’re coated in therapeutic mud and left outside to bake, a masseuse rinses you off in the lagoon.”
New York Times Newspaper
October 28, 2001
Excerpts from “Centers of Solace for the Self” by Jan Benzel
“Tourism and leisure travel are markedly curtailed this season, due to what happened on September 11th. But many destinations offering restoration and solace, a chance to reflect and perhaps begin to heal, are holding steady. Some had cancellations the week after Sept. 11th, but enrollment in programs since then has been strong- in some cases stronger than in past years. The Christmas season at Maya Tulum, a yoga retreat that accommodates 80 in a beachfront jungle setting an hour and a half south of Cancun, Mexico, is fully booked and has a waiting list. The focus at Maya Tulum is on yoga, meditation, and conscious living.”
Sports Illustrated Women
September 2001
Excerpts from “Bend And Mend” by Andrew Tilin
“Perched on the Yucatan Peninsula’s Caribbean seashore in Tulum, Mexico, the centerpiece of Maya Tulum Resort is a two story tall dining room with marble floors. Dinners are healthfully indulgent, with Mayan enchiladas, lobster, and fresh grouper wrapped in banana leaves. Add a decent wine and it’s easy to see why big time instructors, such a Power Yoga guru Baron Baptiste, flock here.”
USA Today Newspaper
September 7-9, 2001
Excerpts from “10 Great Places to Balance Body and Soul” by Kitty Bean Yancey
“It’s no stretch to say that we’re a nation of stressed-out strivers. That’s why yoga- stretching exercises and deep breathing intended to balance body and soul- is booming, says Annalisa Cunningham, author of Yoga Vacations. She shares with USA TODAY’s Kitty Bean Yancey some spots to bend and de-stress. Maya Tulum= It’s on the beach and in the jungle near the Mayan ruins of Tulum, and you do yoga in a palapa. It’s very Spartan. Some very good yoga teachers come here to instruct.”
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