Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Playa del Carmen, Mexico is named for Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Mount Carmel refers to Mary’s gift of the scapular made to Saint Simon Stock, a member of the Carmelite religious order. On Sunday, July 16, 1251, Mary is said to have appeared to Saint Stock in Cambridge, England. On this date Mary presented him with a scapular, a shoulder length brown religious garment.

Just down the road: Cancun, Mexico.

Playa del Carmen Qs

Hotels

Resorts

• Maroma Resort & Spa
• Secrets Capri Riviera Cancun

Hotels

• Basico Hotel

• BPM Festival
• Feast Day of de San Antonio de Abad

• Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun

• Cinco de Mayo
• Mother's Day

• Independence Day

• Riviera Maya Underground Film Festival

• Día de los Muertos
• Revolution Day
• Riviera Maya Jazz Festival

• Navidad