The title of this post answers the following two questions about our trip to Cozumel, Mexico.
1) Where did you stay?
2) Would you go back?
It really was paradise. More specifically, the official name of our island getaway was The Residencias Reef. It’s located at Kilometer 14 on the island of Cozumel. This will mean nothing to you if you’ve never been there, but makes perfect sense once you have.
It’s just far enough south to be away from the cruise ships, but close enough to San Miguel to get groceries easily. (We recommend MEGA. It was awesome and had everything…except dishwashing detergent, but that’s another story in itself!)
We rented a car for the week, and I’d highly recommend that. Our place provided parking, and it was great to have a car to tool around the island on the days we wanted to explore or needed to grab groceries A LA MEGA! (Sorry, the all-caps on that was an inside joke. We couldn’t NOT say it that way.)
We were traveling with a friend, so the place we rented was a two bedroom (three bed), two bath condo. Residencias Reef has 24hr security and is gated.
This is their secondary security, if you get past the guards at the gate. This guy (and his friend) guarded our Tiida every day.
Tiida! (Ours is the silver four door.) We joked that this was the clown car of Nissan. It looks tiny on the outside but HAS SO MUCH ROOM on the inside. Totally bizarre.
View of the condo from one of the pools. This is the back, or oceanside, of the unit. Ours is on the 3rd and 4th floors, in the center, under the thatched roof. (Yes, really!)
View of the second pool, closest to the beach. Notice how crowded it is? Heh.
Elevator to the 3rd Floor
The condo was situated on grounds that were gorgeous and really well maintained. We had a “private” beach, just steps from the condo.
Claire and the guys playing frisbee on the beach
Connecting the pools was a wooden walkway that went through a lagoon-like area.
The walkway at sunset
Another portion of the walkway
This particular unit was two floors, with the main living area on one floor and a rooftop patio above.
Rooftop Lounge
View
The view was breathtaking. Waking up to this same view from our room every day for a week was amazing and made leaving really hard to do.
Which brings me to the answer of the second question. We would go back in a heart-beat. Hawaii is my true love, but Cozumel is a close second. There are parts I like better about both locations. I foresee another beach vacation in our future.
Absolutely.
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