Welcome to Mexico
just before we were locked down and travel came to a halt we booked an
all-inclusive vacation to the Excellence Riviera Cancun
here's a tour of the resort and what we thought about our stay
well hello there welcome to our junior suite here at the Excellence Riviera
[Music] cancun
the Excellence Riviera Cancun is an all-inclusive resort that's located
between Cancun and Playa del Carmen for a couple
that's here to relax it is great i highly recommend having a
room that has its own plunge pool because this is not
a couples only resort it's an adults resort so that means there are a lot of
people partying so we were grateful to have our own
quiet little oasis here come on in
beautiful king-sized bed we have a second level that goes up to
a plunge pool and a whole sitting area i can't wait to take a look at that
we have a second balcony here man i know i'm gonna be enjoying a week here of
relaxation
all right
my favorite part of the room not a bad way to spend the day right
nice mojito plunge pool and a beautiful view
our two level junior suite had all the amenities we needed
it overlooked two pools and the ocean we had free room service and a fully
stocked mini bar a week cost us 5 200 u.s dollars
including flights from Toronto and here's the mini bar got some beer
white wine sodas got some premium alcohol
champagne time whoa [Applause]
well i have to say the Excellence really goes all out for its theme night so it's
been several while we were here and tonight it is bollywood night
they've got a Bollywood dinner set up and you feel like you're in a little bit
of India [Music]
one of our favorite things about our stay was the entertainment there was a
wide variety of acts and everyone was extremely talented
there was something to keep us entertained all day and into the night
[Music] i do think that the excellence riviera
Cancun here in Puerto Morales has the best beach they cleaned the seaweed
off first thing in the morning we didn't see it
it's a great long sandy strip that we walk every day with our coffees
one of my favorite places in the resort is the cappuccino place where i go into
the coffee shop and get my pastry and cappuccino to start the day it's
Excellent and i love my walk on the beach
[Music] it does have a lot of chairs on the
beach so you really don't have to fight for a spot
we've been finding actually there are a lot of chairs available
lots of places by the pool and on the water so it's a great
place to chill out and relax for a week or maybe two
if you want one of these covered cabanas you have to come early in the morning
because they fill up fast but they do have
a lot of them and the good thing is if you leave it unoccupied for 45 minutes
the staff picks it up and puts all of your belongings in the lost and found so
people can't just hoard it all day long i think that's a great
great benefit but having our own private suite with the rooftop
plunge pool we have our own lounge chairs up here and it's worked perfectly
for us we enjoyed this spa the most during our
stay at the resort and their water circuit is the best
we had three treatments while we were there and they had daily specials to
make it quite affordable this is certainly the place that we love
hanging out it's the lazy river it's the quiet
place you can just hear the gentle spa music playing and nobody's being rowdy
it's really fantastic
beautiful setting and great food perfect [Music]
they have a lot of different themed restaurants my favorite was the tapas
bar they have a mexican restaurant they have
an asian restaurant i didn't think that the teppanyaki was
worth standing in line for 45 minutes to make my reservation
if you have done a teppanyaki show before this one was really lacking there
was one flame and then it just felt rushed to get us
through to get the next crowd in but the staff was always excellent
[Music] when it comes to dining here at
Excellence there's lots of different options you can be inside
do buffet sit down for out of cart outside like here at the lobster house
there's lots of different choices [Music]
well surprise they have a Mexican restaurant here called agave
we're kicking things off with traditional margaritas
definitely the tapas place here at excellence has been my favorite
great small dishes great choices and wow what a dessert
they really do a great job keeping you entertained
with bands and games and theme nights you know you really do
never have to leave the resort if you want to have a vacation that's
all-inclusive and you want to sit back and relax
it is great for that here at excellence [Music]
there are so many bars here at the resort you can start drinking first
thing in the morning if you want it's all
inclusive um but we prefer to have a coffee or two to start out they have a
great cafe where we have a cappuccino and a latte and some baked goods
so it's really great but if you want to have your mimosa you can have it right
here by the pool starting first thing in the morning you
gotta come to the pool bar get a little bit of cooling off with a
little bit of booze
well the late night entertainment is [Music]
well walking on the beach is great and we do that every morning i love it
uh we found this nice walking path too that's about a kilometer around on the
outside of the resort and it's shaded with palm trees and if you want
to go for a jog it's nice because it's all
solid concrete it's really pleasant to just
break up your day a little bit from around the pool
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so all in all we enjoyed the Excellence Riviera Cancun
i think that for your intro into the luxury all-inclusive adults-only hotels
here in mexico i think it's a great introduction
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