We have stayed at several hotels in Riviera Maya, and Cozumel, and by far, this is hte best hotel we have stayed at in Cozumel. The hotel was extremely clean, very well maintained, well staffed.
We stayed there 3/1/08-3/5/08, and were impressed with the level of service quality. There are several "pretty" hotels, but what sets the experience apart is the level of service.
We have been sold on the idea that the Palace resorts were "hands down" the top of the line, best hotels, and unbeatable service and facilities.
Not only was the Aura $100 less per night ($400 for our trip), but the level of service was better than we previously received at the Cozumel Palace.
The other advantage to staying at the Aura was the pier that is directly in front of the hotel on the beach. There are multiple dive operators that will pick you up at the pier, and then your boat ride to the scuba dive spots is cut in half. As a benefit, one of the best dve spots, the San Fransisco wall is located witin visual range of the hotel (you can literally see where the wall drops off into the abyss from the beach!)
In addition, te hotel offers free Hobie Cat (sailboats) use and instruction each day. The Hobie Cats looked like a lot of fun, unfortunately the weather turned rough on us on the last day.
The General Manger Raul, was standing nearby when he overheard the staff at one of the restaurants inform us that we missed our time to make reservations. The Manager, went to his office, made a phone call, and within less than 2 minutes we had reservations at the overbooked restaurant. It happened to be our last night a the hotel, and also our anniversary. Had we not been able to make reservations, we would have been set to enjoy nachos and hamburgers at the grill for our anniversary dinner. It would have been very dissapointing to say the least.
Thanks for making our anniversary a great experience!!! We definately recommend the Aura Wyndham Cozumel. It is a $15 taxi ride from the ferry area, and they also have on site car rental available for hotel guests.


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