Contact Laura for rates and availability  drlauraleli@gmail.com

Welcome to our site.  My husband, Terry, and I have been going to Playa del Carmen since 1993.  We’ve been to beaches all over the world (Australia, France, Spain, Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, etc) and Playa is my favorite beach (I am a beach girl).

Every year we’d make more and more trips to Playa.  We finally decided to invest in the area that we love and have purchased a couple of condo/hotel units that we rent out.  It’s been an experience doing this in another country.  We now have units in 5 boutique properties, all within the Premier Zone of Playa del Carmen either on or within steps of the beach.

Have lunch on the beach and be serenaded by musicians

We offer El Taj Ocean, Porto Playa, El Taj Beach, Maya Villa and Villas Sacbe to anyone visiting Playa del Carmen.

For rates and availability, please email me directly at drlauraleli@gmail.com ( also let me know if you have any suggestions, comments or questions).  I can be reached on my cell at 708-267-3630.

Please also visit my other web site:  http://www.portoplayaplayadelcarmen.com

My promises to you:

1. respond to all emails within hours.

2. I want you to have the right property for your needs and desires even if it means renting you another unit (not ours)in any of our 5 properties:  Porto Playa, El Taj Ocean, El Taj Beach, Maya Villa or Villas Sacbe

3.I will be honest with you on any and all questions you may have.

My goal is for you to have a fabulous experience and come back again.

Playa del Carmen

The beaches in Playa are white, soft sand, no rocks and the water is crystal clear.  They are very clean beaches and you can see Cozumel on the horizon.  You can walk for miles.  Playa has a law that no building near the beach can be taller than 4 stories, so you’ll not see any tall buildings which is part of Playa’s charm.

parasailing beautiful caribbean waters

You can walk north on the beach for at least 10 miles (that’s as far as we’ve ever walked).  The water is crystal clear, about 78 degrees.  There are numerous restaurants right on the beach and lots of places to get chairs, drinks, etc.  You can walk south for about miles.  You’ll pass the ferry boat dock to Cozumel (the street is Juarez), then past Senor Frog’s, the first all-inclusive,Playacar Palace . After that you’ll see single family homes on the beach, followed by a dozen huge all-inclusives. To get to 5th Avenue from these all-inclusives, you’ll need to take a cab at night, which takes some of the fun out of it.

On the beach you can do boogie boards, parasailing, wave runners, etc.  Snorkeling and deep sea diving and fishing are very popular.  If you want to go snorkeling, I’d take the ferry to Cozumel (rated one of the 7 best in the world) and go snorkeling there.  You can also take a tour bus or rent a car once in Playa and go south to ancient mayan ruins or a water park that has snorkeling,  tubing in an underground river, and swimming with the dolphins.  My son and his girlfriend went zip lining in the area and raved about it.  We have noodles in the condo for your use in the Gulf and/or the pool.

You don’t need a car in Playa, you can walk everywhere.   You only need a car if you want to go off-site for something.  Even zip-lining comes and picks you up.

Fifth Avenue is about 2 miles long, is pedestrian only, and has open air restaurants and shopping.  You can walk up and down and find a place you want to eat dinner or go shopping.

Playa is very European – half the tourists are American and Canadian, the other half are a mix from all over the world:  South America, Asia and Europe.  It’s fun to walk 5th or eating a meal at one of the many international restaurant cuisines and hear the different accents from around the world.

For additional information on Playa, visit Playa Info

There are lots of great restaurants in Playa: Seafood, Italian, Mexican, sushi, Argentinean Steakhouses, Pizza places, and more. You can see a list of our favorite restaurants on this  website. If you prefer to cook or eat some meals in your condo (or on the balcony) fresh, high quality food is available at Mega, WalMart, or any one of the terrific French or Italian deli’s in the area.

There’s no place like it that we’ve ever found.  We’ve done all-inclusives and liked them, but prefer this.  Everything is in such close proximity that it’s similar to an all-inclusve, but with much more variety.

If I can answer any other questions for you, please let me know. Also for Rates and availability contact Laura at drlauraleli@gmail.com.

Thanks again

Laura and Terry, Molsen and the boys