• Best for Families, Trip Advisor Travelers’ Choice 2009

  Trip Advisor users rated Club Internacional de Cancun and The Royal Sands & Spa as two of the world’s top 80 family resorts in the Trip Advisor Travelers Choice 2009. In this prestigious survey, the two clubs appear in the Top 10 family resorts for the Mexican & Caribbean. In another...

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• Royal Resorts Advance Concierge Service

  Nowhere else in the world are you assigned a Personal Concierge to assist with information, restaurant and tour reservations and anything else you might need during your stay at the Royal Resorts in Cancun and the Riviera Maya. This invaluable Royal Resorts service is now even better – the...

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• Turtle Update

  It has a been a busy few days for the turtles at The Royal Sands, eight females nested at the weekend and three more on Monday, bringing the tally to 63 nests and 7,628 eggs. A further 180 hatchlings were released last night to begin life at sea. The overwhelming majority of our summer visitors to...

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• Welcome to the World

  We are delighted to announce the birth of the first sea turtles of the season earlier today at The Royal Sands. All 117 are doing fine and will be released after dark tonight when there are fewer bird predators such as sea gulls and frigate birds around. If you have ever gently held a baby turtle...

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• City of Gold

  If you like to go somewhere different each time you visit the Mexican Caribbean, how about a trip to Izamal, the Yucatan's very own "city of gold?" One of Mexico’s Pueblo Mágicos (communities with their own brand of magic and colorful traditions), Izamal is often called the “city of three...

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• Stargazing

  Members and guests looking out to sea from their villa terrace in Cancun or The Royal Haciendas could spot a shooting star tonight. The Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on August 11 and 12.  While astronomers expect that the best viewing for this spectacle will be in northern...

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• Turtle News

  It was a very busy weekend at The Royal Sands with 10 turtle nests registered, bringing the season's tally to 52 nests and 6,308 eggs. No eggs have hatched so far although the security department expects this to start later this week. As ever, we will keep you posted on our summer visitors...

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• Your Favorite Mexican Meal?

  In a recent Forbes Magazine survey of the world's best cities for dining, travelers from 20 nations ranked Mexico City fourth behind Paris, Rome and Tokyo, another reminder that it is well and truly on the restaurant map. However, as seasoned visitors and patriotic locals will tell you, wherever...

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• Turtle News

  The tally of turtles at The Royal Sands now stands at 40 nests and 4,849 eggs while The Royal Caribbean has still only registered one nest. We will keep you posted on our incredible summer visitors and let you know when the eggs start to hatch. ...

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• Favorite Snorkeling Spots

  For those of you who like nothing more than donning a mask and fins and going in search of Nemo and his friends, we would like to hear from you. Tell us about your favorite snorkeling spot in the Mexican Caribbean and your most memorable sighting. With the world's second longest coral reef on...

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