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.
Quinta Avenida
Riviera Maya · Free
The long pedestrian street running parallel to the beach through Playa del Carmen, lined with shops, cafés and street performers and busiest after dark.
Time needed
1 to 2 hours
Tips
It runs roughly forty blocks; the stretch between Calle 4 and Calle 20 is the liveliest, and the quieter northern end past Calle 30 has the better restaurants. The kosher restaurants sit a block or two inland from it.
Neighborhood
Centro, Playa del Carmen
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.