El Taj

El Taj Ocean has its own private beach club for guests

El Taj Ocean Condo/Hotel on the beach

Welcome to our Site: Ed, Laura and Terry

The beautiful beach goes on for miles and miles. Great walking

Welcome to our site.  My husband, Terry, and I have been going to Playa del Carmen since 1993.  We’ve been to beaches all over the world (Australia, France, Spain, Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, etc) and Playa is my favorite beach (I am a beach girl).

Every year we’d make more and more trips to Playa.  We finally decided to invest in the area that we love and have purchased a couple of condo/hotel units that we rent out.  It’s been an experience doing this in another country.  We eventually met Jack Perlman and Mark Pompei, the first two that actually delivered what they promised (and actually exceeded their promises), on time and wtihin budget.  It’s been a pleasure working with them on 5 boutique properties, all within the Premier Zone of Playa del Carmen.

Have lunch on the beach and be serenaded by musicians

We ofer El Taj Ocean, Porto Playa, El Taj Beach, Maya Villa and Villas Sacbe to anyone visiting Playa del Carmen.  Please take advantage of our web sites where we try to provide tips and information on places to stay, restaurants, tourist attractions, and things to do.

Please email me directly at Lauraleli@hotmail.com with any suggestions, comments or questions.

Please also visit my other web site:  http://www.portoplayaplayadelcarmen.com

Playa del Carmen 

The beaches in Playa are white, soft sand, no rocks and the water is crystal clear.  They are very clean beaches and you can see Cozumel on the horizon.  You can walk for miles.  Playa has a law that no building near the beach can be taller than 4 stories, so you’ll not see any tall buildings which is part of Playa’s charm.
 

parasailing beautiful caribbean waters

You can walk north on the beach for at least 10 miles (that’s as far as we’ve ever walked).  The water is crystal clear, about 78 degrees.  There are numerous restaurants right on the beach and lots of places to get chairs, drinks, etc.  You can walk south for about 1 mile, but after that, there is not as much beach and the water goes all the way to the buildings.  That’s where a number of all-inclusives are, so there’s not as much to see anyway.

On the beach you can do boogie boards, parasailing, wave runners, etc.  Snorkeling and deep sea diving and fishing are very popular.  If you want to go snorkeling, I’d take the ferry to Cozumel (rated one of the 7 best in the world) and go snorkeling there.  You can also take a tour bus or rent a car once in Playa and go south to ancient mayan ruins or a water park that has snorkeling,  tubing in an underground river, and swimming with the dolphins.  My son and his girlfriend went zip lining in the area and raved about it.  We have noodles in the condo for your use in the Gulf and/or the pool.

You don’t need a car in Playa, you can walk everywhere in Playa.   You only need a car if you want to go off-site for something.  Even zip-lining comes and picks you up. 
 
Fifth Avenue is about 2 miles long, is pedestrian only, and has open air restaurants and shopping.  You can walk up and down and find a place you want to eat dinner or go shopping.   

Have lunch on the beach and be serenaded by musicians

 Playa is very European – half the tourists are American, the other half are a mix from all over the world:  South America, Asia and Europe.  It’s fun to walk 5th or be eating a meal and hearing all the different accents.

  You can see  a list of our favorite restaurants on our website. 

 We end up spending the most at lunch – but we get a chair on the beach, have a few drinks, eat, go for a walk, have a couple of more drinks and then head back home.
 
We have friends who now live down there and they buy all their food, beer and wine at either  Wal-Mart or Mega – both are a 6 block walk from the condo.  I know how that might sound, but down there both are great stores with the greatest fresh food.  We typically walk over there the first day (in the morning before it gets too hot), and buy fresh fruit, wine and snacks.  We then have breakfast on our balcony.  Before dinner we open up a bottle of wine and have drinks and snacks on the balcony.
 
There’s no place like it that we’ve ever found.  We’ve done all-inclusives and liked them, but prefer this.  Everything is in such close proximity that it’s similar to an all-inclusve, but with much more variety.

If I can answer any other questions for you, please let me know. I can be reached at my email address  lauraleli@hotmail.com.
 
Thanks again

 Laura and Terry


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