A food bath with reflexology: The feet are the most negleced part of our bodies and acording to Traditional Chinese Medicine,  every organs reflected in specific points on our feet. After giving you a foot bath with aromatic and medicinal herbs, Yo will recive a reflexology treatment that will promote a state of well-being and Elath.  You’ll feel recharged and deeply rested.

Swedish massage: This is a gentle massage done with moderate pressure, soothing and long strokes not unlike the movement of the waves. It will leave you in a state of mental and physical relaxation.

Deep tissue massage: Deep muscle release bring you back from physical and mental exhaustion. The pressure is deep and therapeutic, it will gradually and gently loosen up those tight, sore or tirad areas, thus energizing and toning your whole body.

Traditional thai bodywork: This holistic ancient art integrates pressure and passive manipulations in an intelligent and rhythmic way over the whole bady. Intuitive and interconnected flow of movements very much like dance that follow the breath unblocking and moving the vital energy within the body. You will feel energized with mental clarity and deeply relaxed.( you will need to be wearing loose clothing, please.)

The sobada Maya( special of the mayan region): Mayan tell us the abdomen is the most important energy center in the body, they call it “tuch, the first Scar that life gives us”, the belly. They developed this style of healing that consist of centering and moving back to place all the organs that are found in this area towards the center, primal point which balances and harmonices life.

Playa Azul Tulum holistic massage: Intuitive integration of techniques personally tailored to your needs including Reiki, Sobada Maya and a hair treatment with herbs and clay. You can add natural elements with healing propertiessuch us clays, herbs, Honey, volcanic Rocks to your massage.

Traditional chinese therapy: Alternative therapy for the prevention, maintenance and restoration of health. Get a diagnose and rebalancing of the bio-energy system of your body trought the use of multiple tradicional techniques including acupuncture, moxibustion, auricular and cranial therapy, magnets and cupping.

At Playa Azul Tulum we offer our services with much respect and love to life, we hope you enjoy them!!

Limitations in an overhead environment.

Stay in the limits of the natural sunlight, Max, Penetration of 60m, or 200ft linear from opening.

-Follow permanent guideline or temporary guideline placed by a professional cavern diving guide.

-Carry at least one Light per diver

-Rule of thirds for air consumption: 1/3 for the way in, 1/3 to come out, 1/3 reserve

-Minimum of 1200 psi or 80 bars to exit with.

-Maximum diver guide ratio 4:1

-No restrictions

-No descompression

-Maximum depth of 70ft or 21 meters.

Following these simple rules keep you safe, and you will have one of the most incredible diving experiences of you life in this unique environment underwater World. Remember: allways be a safe diver.

The cenote itself is part of a cave ceiling which collapsed creating a natural entrance to the underground Systems.

The Mayans called these sinkholes “Dznot“ (sacred well), thus the Spanish Word Cenote.The Dznot was considered to be an Entrance to their mysthical and spiritual underworld, as well as the Orly source of fresh in the jungle.

Playa Azul Tulum Hotel is close to many Cenotes, we will love to help you out to find them!

The reasons are many; communication is easier and better every day, and it’s a destination with many options for cultural entertainment, exploration of nature, sports, and especially an environmental sensitivity that is an example of sustainability in Mexico.

On the Riviera Maya you will find the town of Tulum, with its white sand beaches, considered the best in Mexico.  On these beaches you’ll find small hotels and hardly any of the huge all-inclusive developments.  In these hotels there’s no overcrowding or huge dining rooms with piles of food that will go to waste.  Tulum hotels have their own construction style, developed by the owners who have tried to create an unique experience of privacy and relaxation that allows one to enjoy the natural and cultural beauty of the area.

Playa Azul Tulum Hotel adheres to this concept of privacy and tranquility and has created the perfect environment for social or family reunions or for a business of a certain size, with all the necessary services for an event of these characteristics.

In Playa Azul Tulum Hotel, there’s a restaurant with two stories right on the beach with unbelievable views that has the capacity to serve 50 to 150 people comfortably.

Playa Azul Tulum Hotel also has 16 spaces that can fit up to a total of 42 people, in rooms and cabañas for two, three, or four people, a spa, and a Sport Center where one can learn how to kiteboard, or go kayaking out on the water.

Playa Azul Tulum Hotel also has all the information possible to help you choose which activities might you interest you here in the Riviera Maya, like diving, visits to the Mayan ruins, or visits to natural reserves like Sian-Ka’an.

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For more information about Tulum packages contact us at www.playaazultulum.com.

And so, because of popular demand, Playa Azul Hotel and Cabanas is bringing back its Stimulus Packages for the 2010 low season!  These beach vacation packages include 7 nights accommodation for two people, continental breakfast every day, and free rental of any of the Playa Azul Sport Center equipment – kayaks, boogieboards, and snorkel equipment.

The Playa Azul Tulum art and Tulum design found around the grounds, in the rooms and cabanas, and in the restaurant continues to gain in popularity.  The art is always changing and international artists continue to come to Tulum to share their creativity and add to the unique Tulum design at Playa Azul Hotel.

Garden view accommodation is $598 usd for the week; oceanviews are $673 usd, and beachfronts are $942 usd.  The continental breakfast at the Playa Azul Tulum restaurant is a yummy and filling plate of whole wheat toast with homemade jam, lots of fresh seasonal fruit, fresh squeezed orange juice, and coffee.

The best vacation package deals can be found at Playa Azul Hotel, and also at Coco Tulum cabanas!  For more information, or to contact someone with questions, visit the websites at www.playaazultulum.com and/or www.cocotulum.com.

Probably observed on March 1 in the old Roman calendar, New Year’s Day was fixed on January 1 by the period of the Late Republic. Some have suggested this occurred in 153 BC, when it was stipulated that the two annual consuls (after whose names the years were identified) entered into office on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.Dates in March, coinciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns running from January to December

Among the 7th-century pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands, it was the custom to exchange gifts at the New Year, a pagan custom deplored by Saint Eligius (died 659 or 660), who warned the Flemings and Dutchmen, “[Do not] make vetulas, [little figures of the Old Woman], little deer or iotticos or set tables (for the house-elf, compare Puck) at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks (anotherYule custom).” The quote is from the vita of Eligius written by his companion, Ouen.

Most countries in Western Europe officially adopted January 1 as New Year’s Day somewhat before they adopted the Gregorian Calendar. The Feast of the Annunciation, March 25 (9 months before December 25), was the first day of the new year in England until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. The March 25 date was called Annunciation Style; the January 1 date was called Circumcision Style, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day counting from December 25.

Acording to some traditional Christian beliefs January 1st, New Years Day is the eight day of Christmas of the twelve days of Christmas. Christmas and New Year’s Day are linked theologically because the western calendar used in most of the world (A.D. or C.E.) is based on the birth of Christ and the day of the celebration of Christ’s birth Christmas Day is on December 25 or just seven days before New Year’s Day. It is also only about ten days after the Winter Solstice or shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the Summer Solstice or longest day in the year in the southern hemisphere, thus solar cycles are also linked to New Year’s.

We´re also proud to say that we are opening Coco Tulum Hotel and cabanas, a different kind of place than Playa Azul, to cater to other visitors to Tulum.  Our Coco Tulum Hotel guests will enjoy a chic little quiet spot on the beach, with minimalist cabanas that have special touches.  Our guests can also enjoy the Playa Azul beachclub, restaurant, and the art that Playa Azul has come to be known for.  Some of our guests even request certain rooms just because of the artwork in a particular cabana!  The design of the rooms does add some flavor to our particular Tulum beach hotels.

The Playa Azul Sport Center has also taken off, with our Morph Kiteboarding partners.  All of our Tulum guests can enjoy the show of kites floating in the sky and kiteboarders flying through the air.  The kiteboarding school has also helped quite a few newbies onto the water to try it out for themselves!

Our Sunday parties are starting again, and this Sunday we´re kicking it off at the Playa Azul Beachclub with one of Tulum´s favorite bands, Bandikoro.  Our friends are excited about getting back to our daytime beach parties, with the sun and the water, enjoying a delicious margarita or mojito, and dancing to the beat.

Aboe all, we´re pleased that we are sticking to our purpose here with Playa Azul Tulum hotel and Coco Tulum hotel beach hotels and cabanas… making sure that our guests and friends have everything that they need for a fun, relaxing, unforgettable vacation!

Scuba-Diving is an excellent way to find out more about underwater life and all the secret treasures it is hiding. With creatures such as manta rays, eagle rays, turtles, dolphins and sharks at Tulum most of the year, you can never be sure who you might be swimming next to. The variety in this area never ceases to amaze its visitors.

The Yucatan Peninsula offers excellent diving opportunities on the Great Maya Barrier Reef. This reef stretches from the north end of the Yucatan Peninsula all the way down to the Belize coast and Honduras. Although Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and Cozumel are some of the more famous spots for scuba diving, Tulum is the perfect location for divers looking for a less hectic environment.

The peninsula is a great sponge where rivers flow under the earth, rivers of water as clear as anywhere else you’ve seen. Tulum is especially famous for its pyramid in front of beautiful beaches, crystal clear water perfect.

On the Yucatan peninsula, the cave system is effectively a giant underground river cutting straight through limestone. The cenotes – mysterious circular holes in the bedrock – were sacred sites to the ancient Maya, and are often surrounded by verdant jungle. They provide interesting dives, where thrill-seekers can swim through cloudy hydrogen sulphide layers and soar around eerie stalactites.

October is a great time to dive in Tulum. The sea is calm so you can reef dive most days. And with the variety of other dive sites available in the Peninsula, there is something to suit all levels of experience. With visibility usually in excess of 100 metres, beautiful light effects and geological formations such as stalactites and stalagmites, these are some of the best caverns for diving in the world and truly an experience not to be missed.

Scuba diving can be an unbelievable experience that will forever transform you. With the warm jade colour sea, relaxed Caribbean atmosphere and paradisiac beaches, Tulum is the perfect place for people who love to discover.

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Kitesurfing is an extreme sport, with a growing number of followers.  The sport is a pretty new thing.  It’s thought that it first burst onto the scene in the 80s, but not too many people were into it at first.  Since then, as more people have known about it, many surfers started kiteboarding.  Since 2000, the amount of kiteboarders has surpassed all expectations.

To get started kitesurfing, you would need a kite – the size varies according to the amount of drag you want to have.  You attach the kite to a belt, for more control, that’s attached to a harness.  Then you need a kind of small surfboard.  It’s much easier to get used to, and you have a much bigger range of motion.

Once you have your equipment, you need a place to practice that has recurring winds.  Then you can surf with the wind at high speeds!  But for beginners, we recommend that you start to learn with an instructor at a certified school.  If you don’t, it can get dangerous!

Kitesurfing has also given rise to other types of sport, based on the kite equipment.  You can see this with some types of snowboarding.  Lots of snowboarders have incorporated the use of a kite, to get even higher speeds over the snow and that way they can do some pretty extreme acrobatics.  The same thing happens with those you use mountain boards.  They use these in the mountains in the summer.  It uses a board a little bit bigger than a skateboard, with rubber wheels, to speed along the rocky paths of the hills.  Kites give them much more speed, and more fun!

To sart:

To begin this sport, the experts recommend that one takes a beginner’s course, where you learn about the equipment and how to handle a high risk sport.  It’s necessary to observe some basic principles of safety, and rescue procedures, so that you can handle yourself should a situation arise, like the equipment breaking, the kite falling, etc.  This sport, in inexperienced hands, can be dangerous, but if you put some time into practicing, it’s a really exciting sport that gives you a huge adrenaline rush.

In a beginner’s course, normally there’s a section about safely, how the wind works, etc., and the other part is hands-on practice.  That starts in the sand with a trainer kite, where you first come into contact with the power of the kite and the different ways the wind hits you, and how to handle the wind speed.  Your instructor will show you how to get the kite up in the air, get it down, and release it.  Then you get into the water and practice the “bodydrag,” getting used to the feel of being in the water without the board first, and this will help you to get on the board should you lose it in the water.  Then you can start practicing a “waterstart” and getting out of the water with the board.

Safety

We don’t recommend practicing kiteboarding with off-shore wind (the wind that moves you away from the beach).  The basic equipment has different safety features.  The kite-bar has a lot of these features.  If there’s too strong of a gust of wind, to the point where you can’t control the kite and it drags you, the part of the harness called the “chickenloop” has a safely ring that releases the kite from your body.  This lets the leash, or security rope, go, so that you wouldn’t release and lose your kite.

There are lines that pass through the bar, giving you some leeway, so that the bar either stays close to your body or farther away, which gives you a light touch with the kite, according to how the wind is blowing (capturing more or less of the wind), which is of course a measure of safety.  You have to be able to regulate the kite when big gusts of wind come up.  Kites with two lines don’t have this system, which is really essential (which is why they’re not used anymore).

And last, there’s how the kite is made, which varies among brands and models, and its design can bring with it many different safety elements.

In this sport, there are always new safety inventions, designs, and performance features, and every year new things are introduced.

Kitesurfing’s beginnings

Even though the practice of this sport is rather recent, it has been known for a long time in China and Indonesia, where they used kites to pull along small boats.  Even knowing that, it wasn’t until 1977 that Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise patented a navigation system on a surfboard, for a type of parasailing, becoming the father of kitesurfing.  In Indonesia it’s part of the culture, and an art, the designs are many and varied, and in these places you can find the kiteboarding industry.  It’s also a great place to train, and develop better equipment.  It’s history, together with low overhead and the reputation of the area as the place where kiteboarding was pioneered, has contributed greatly to the great sport of kiteboarding.

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