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Private Villa For Rent In Akumal, Mexico

You can enjoy a memorable vacation in our private villa located directly on a white sandy beach in South Akumal, Mexico. Villa Paraiso is truly a "house in paradise" set in a lush tropical paradise usually associated with the South Pacific! The blend of brilliant sunlight, emerald and turqouis water, cool ocean breezes and lush tropical vegetation is breath taking. You walk through the garden filled with hibiscus, orchids and bougainvillea and into an authentic Mexican villa!


Our four-bedroom luxury home is decorated with rich red, green and white colors of Mexico and filled with local art. The ground floor has an open plan living and dining room area with a splendid view of the Caribbean Sea. Our colorful Mexican hand carved wooden dining table seats eight and the large fully equipped gourmet kitchen is a chef's delight. Why not have the staff cook for you? They prepare wonderful Yucatan style food as well as Mexican and American delights!


The four bedrooms all have comfortable king size beds. There are two identical master bedroom suites with sitting areas. One of the other bedrooms has a ocean view and the fourth bedroom has a garden view. The villa is complete with a computer with a DSL connection, WiFi Hotspot, satellite TV, VCR, stereo system, a pair of two person kayaks and a large selection of books to read. The entire house is fully air conditioned.


Step out of the living room or downstairs master bedroom onto the marble terrace surrounding the swimming pool with it's Jacuzzi and waterfall. This is the perfect place to swim, sun and relax! The sandy beach in front of the pool is a perfect place to nap or read a book in the shade of a palm tree and listen to the ocean.


Mix yourself a cocktail at the wet bar and sip it in one of the double hammocks on the upstairs terrace while listening to the waves lap on the white sand beach. Finding your accommodations is one of the most important steps for planning your vacation in Akumal, Mexico. Given the outdoor beauty in Akumal, you may not believe that you require many of these features, but depending on the length of your stay, you will soon find out that these home rental features will make the difference between a good and a great vacation.


Indoor features include satellite television, wireless connections for laptops, computers with Internet capabilities, and stereo/radio systems. For those who enjoy the outdoors, many home rental features include the use of a swimming pool, kayaks, sunbathing, and much more. They can even be found on the white sandy beaches with amazing ocean views. An outdoor shower can help everyone clean up before heading into the house.


In front of the villa is a spectacular reef that runs from Belize to Cancun. This world-famous barrier reef protects the lagoon and keeps the warm crystal clear water calm and safe for swimming, snorkeling, diving and leisurely cruising around in one of our two person kayaks. The roof-top patio is a perfect place to watch the sun rise over the Caribbean or set over the jungle while listening to the tropical birds sing. The area around Akumal is home to many spectacular Mayan ruins, golf courses and world class diving and snorkeling.

About the Author


Villa for Rent in Akumal Mexico
. M Gravlee is a retired newspaper publisher who spends several months a year traveling. He has visited every continent except Antarctica and over 30 countries.

Mayan Mexican Hammock Q&A

Mexican Mayan hammocks hammocks or, what is the difference?

Summer is coming and want a hammock. I've been to Mexico and saw them there, but never took one. Now I'm looking for a hammock, and I find myself with two hammocks and Mayan hammocks from Mexico found. I want one of the colors I saw when I was in Mexico.

Mayan hammocks are back thousands of years. The original Mayan hammocks are made of woven bark "Hamack" tree hence the common name hammock. Like most things in human development that is developed as a means of providing comfort, security and relaxation. A hammock Maya is always a place for people to sit while socialization and life skills. Hammocks also allowed users to store goods outside of rodents and pests at night, and as a means of transporting goods. At night, Mayan hammocks always a comfortable sleep and security by protecting the earth's bed inhabitants, as well as raising a person above the water and other unsanitary conditions. The experience of sleeping too high the person is exposed to the cool breeze sleeps maintenance of the person who sleeps at home in the humidity in the jungles of Central America and Mexico, southern region. As the Mayans were conquered and post-colonial state developed in Mexico, the Mayan culture and inventions, like many things in the Western world, were absorbed into the Spanish culture in development and Mexico. With Europeans Spanish move to Mexico, the Mayan culture, as Native U.S. were marginalized. Newcomers from Europe to Mexico often intermarried with the Maya. Despite the promises of the New World, the people of New Mexico remained poor, even in the 20 th century. Just as often the case, the arrival of new co-opted many of Maya inventions including the hammock. So what was originally an invention Maya - Mayan hammock - the post-colonial Mexican hammocks and also used the transformed domain Mexican hammocks. As the domination of Mexican culture grew and the Mayan decline, the invention Maya is marked then as a part of Mexican culture and became known as Mexican hammocks. If there is a distinction to be made today between the two types is that a Mayan hammock would be crafted by a descendant of Maya often in small Mayan villages of the Yucatan. Mexican hammock would be made by a descendant of Europeans using the exact same style of weaving and methods of Mayan Indians.