{"id":4134,"date":"2011-11-12T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2017-08-30T11:14:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:14:19","slug":"25-top-beaches-of-the-riviera-maya-welcome-to-week-2-our-fourth-beach-is-%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/25-top-beaches-of-the-riviera-maya-welcome-to-week-2-our-fourth-beach-is-%e2%80%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Top Beaches of the Riviera Maya &#8211; Welcome to Week 2, Our Fourth Beach is \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the first week of November brought you below-freezing temperatures, nightly frosts and \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in some places like Calgary \u00e2\u20ac\u201c even snow, we were pleased to bring you the first three of our 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/top-beaches-mexico\/top-beaches-riviera-maya\/\">Top Beaches<\/a> series \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Xcacel, Tulum North and Shangri-La. Have you been enjoying them?\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve sure been enjoying getting them ready for you, picking out the best beach areas, preparing pictures and videos, and making sure you know what they offer and where they are here in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/playadelcarmen-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playa del Carmen real estate<\/a> territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/top-beaches-mexico\/top-beaches-riviera-maya\/?\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"top 25 Beaches Riviera Maya\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-e8vihgBAP1A\/Tr9Dc_XNzEI\/AAAAAAAAAPY\/hHz6KXL6KLw\/s720\/197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/top-beaches-mexico\/top-beaches-riviera-maya\/?\" target=\"_blank\">( click here to see Video )<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we start week 2, we bring you the fourth of the series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/top-beaches-mexico\/top-beaches-riviera-maya\/beach.php?name=Xaman-Ha_Beach\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Xaman-Ha beach in Playa del Carmen<\/span><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the second in-town beach, after Shangri-La which is located pretty much at the north end of the main action of downtown Playa del Carmen.\u00c2\u00a0 Xaman-Ha beach takes us down to the south end of town, the upscale, gated community of Playacar.<\/p>\n<p>The beach takes its name from the ancient Mayan name of Playa del Carmen, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Xaman-Ha,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the place of the water.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 The ruins of the original religious site are located just inside of Playacar, surrounded by green vegetation, preserving the original natural jungle of the surrounding area.\u00c2\u00a0 Playacar is a combination of beautiful, upscale homes and a very green community with plenty of trees and natural spaces.\u00c2\u00a0 The bike trail running through the community is shaded by the trees making it very comfortable.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the homes are in the beachfront area, known as Phase 1, and others surround one of Playa del Carmen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finest golf courses in Phase 2.\u00c2\u00a0 The community also offers very nice condos.<\/p>\n<p>In all cases, Playacar is located a walk or a short bike ride away from Xaman-Ha beach.\u00c2\u00a0 This beach is part of the area that was recently re-widened and is now very spacious and open \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an ideal place to enjoy the warm sun and comfortable water.\u00c2\u00a0 Since Xaman-Ha is located in the Playacar neighborhood, it is quiet and exclusive \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an ideal place to relax; yet is still only a short walk from the heart of downtown Playa del Carmen where you can enjoy bars, restaurants cafes and much more either directly on or very close to the beachfront.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our page for Xaman-Ha beach.\u00c2\u00a0 Watch the videos, see the pictures.\u00c2\u00a0 Share with a friend, and let yourself dream about what life would be like here. Just remember, though, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no need to dream too long, when it could be a reality \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>You can watch for our next Top Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 9, either on this blog, or on our Top Beaches site.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thomas Lloyd <\/strong>graduated from Purdue University Krannert School of Management with a degree in Management\/Financial Option Investments. He has been living, investing, and working professionally in Mexico for over 15 years. In the summer of 2009, he received the first federally applied <strong>Mexico Real Estate Degree <\/strong>and <strong>Mexico Professional Real Estate License<\/strong> S.E.P. #5978657. He is the current president of TOPmexicorealestate, you can contact him at <\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(512) 879-6546<\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <\/span><em><span style=\"#0000ff;\"><span style=\"#0000ff;\"><span style=\"#ff0000;\"><span style=\"#0000ff;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em><span><span><span><span><br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Leading Network of Specialists for Finding and Purchasing Mexican Properties Safely<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the first week of November brought you below-freezing temperatures, nightly frosts and \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in some places like Calgary \u00e2\u20ac\u201c even snow, we were pleased to bring you the first three of our 25 Top Beaches series \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Xcacel, Tulum North and Shangri-La. Have you been enjoying them?\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve sure been enjoying getting them ready [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1858],"tags":[816],"class_list":{"0":"post-4134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-living-and-retirement","7":"tag-top-25-beaches-of-riviera-maya","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4140,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134\/revisions\/4140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}