City overview
The Riviera Maya runs about 130 kilometres of Caribbean coast from Puerto Morelos south through Playa del Carmen, Mayakoba, Puerto Aventuras and Akumal to Tulum, and packs white sand, jungle cenotes and Maya cities into a single stretch of Highway 307. Playa del Carmen is the heart of it, a walkable beach town built around Quinta Avenida, and it is also where Jewish visitors will find the region's kosher scene. Two Chabad houses operate in Playa del Carmen and a third serves Tulum, between them running a synagogue, a mikvah, Shabbat meals and more than a dozen supervised kosher kitchens, bakeries and shops. It is one of the densest concentrations of kosher food anywhere in Latin America outside Mexico City, and it sits within walking distance of the beach.
Parque del Jaguar
Riviera Maya · Free entry to the beaches
The protected park wrapped around the Tulum ruins, whose four beaches — Santa Fe, Pescadores, Maya and Mangle — are now free to enter every day of the year.
Time needed
Half a day
Hours
Beaches open daily approximately 6:00 AM–6:00 PM
Tips
Two further public beach access points opened in the hotel zone at Km 4.5 (Playa Conchitas) and Km 5.5 (Playa del Pueblo), both free. An electric vehicle service links the park, the ruins and the beaches for MX$20 a ride.
Neighborhood
Tulum
Activity providers
Kosher map of Riviera Maya
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.