{"id":16679,"date":"2015-07-16T00:32:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/stories\/?p=16679"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:34:35","slug":"riviera-maya-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/stories\/riviera-maya-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Riviera Maya activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve booked on Expedia previously, you probably already know that Expedia offers flights, hotels, and cars. But you may not know that you also can book all of your on-the-ground fun right on Expedia&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Activities can be found under the &#8220;Things To Do&#8221; tab. This means you can pretty much plan your\u00a0entire\u00a0getaway right on Expedia.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">We recently had the opportunity to experience first-hand how great Expedia-booked activities can be, and we tested out a selection of them on our recent journey to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/Things-To-Do-In-Riviera-Maya.d602901.Travel-Guide-Activities\">Riviera Maya<\/a>. The trip was fast and furious; we crammed a number of activities and adventures into a short few days. Once we returned to our home in Seattle, we worked with our friends at Expedia to make a video of the highlights of our trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Things to Do in Riviera Maya | Expedia Viewfinder Travel Blog\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLTn4SvLZ6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To summarize, there were three highlights of our experience.<\/p>\n<p>On our first full day in the region, we did\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/things-to-do\/tulum-express-tour.a238697.activity-details\">Expedia&#8217;s Tulum Express<\/a>\u00a0tour.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">We were picked up in a modern, comfortable van and, along with about 15 other people, were escorted to a popular, clifftop archaeological site. The ruins were amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Xcaret Park is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/things-to-do\/xcaret-park.a189689.activity-details?srp=true&amp;location=Riviera%20Maya\">top-rated\u00a0Riviera Maya activity\u00a0options on Expedia<\/a>, so we spent our entire second day there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">On our last day, we explored Playa del Carmen and it&#8217;s legendary nightlife.\u00a0We capped off our night with a visit to the Vegas-like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/things-to-do\/coco-bongo-playa-del-carmen-vegas-style-show-nightclub.a247223.activity-details\">Coco Bongo<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">To read more about all of these outings, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/viewfinder.expedia.com\/cancun\/things-to-do-in-riviera-maya\">this post<\/a>, in which we describe the adventures with greater detail. 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