Colin & Karen's trip to the Rivera Maya Cancun.

We stayed at the Catalonia Royal Tulum resort, a fantastic resort right on the beach. It’s adults only and we had a really good time. We upgraded to a “Privilege room” which gave us unlimited use of the spa and access to an extra restaurant, it wasn’t a dear upgrade but worked out really good value for money.

The hotel is strange in as much that none of the rooms have a sea view. They back onto the forest (or as Karen liked to call it, the jungle) which is alive with wildlife which more than makes up for it. The coatis (a small cute brown animal), are very obvious on the walk to the beach as well. They all seems to be generally omnivores so no need to worry about them hunting each other which pleased Karen! Unless you're eating a banana they won’t even look at you...we also saw some storks wading in the small gentle river.

We went in September which is supposed to be the wettest month but apart from a couple of afternoon showers the weather was great and very warm, so lots of time sitting in and around the pool with an amazing fountain in the centre.

What more can I say? Great staff, great food and choices, nice resort, not too big, enjoyed by us both so much we didn’t want to leave.