Cenote Chaak Tun

Affordable, walkable not to close to the nightclubs so quieter at night. A few restaurants in area but hotel breakfast and dining option was great. Room was outdated.

The Royal Cancun makes for a lovely, relaxing, fun, friendly and delicious vacation. Not as sparkly new or fancy as its sister property, the Royal Sands (to which you have all-inclusive access as part of your Royal Cancun stay), the Royal Sands is hacienda architecture with updated room decor. The restaurants are excellent, though limited in number. If you want more variety, go to the Royal Sands for several more included restaurants. The fresh station - omelettes in the morning, a rotating selection of specials at night - is a must. The beds and pillows are comfortable, the layout spacious for a family of five. The suite includes a full kitchen for those not taking advantage of the all-inclusive. There are many free activities including a guided kayak tour of the nearby mangrove forest. Lovely people and well-kept pools and grounds make this a very relaxing stay. Can’t wait to return!

The resort was a short drive from Cancun airport. The staff were all very helpful. Property was clean and well kept. It is joined with its sister resort, Royal Solaris, so we had the use of their facilities as well. We preferred to stay on the GR side though as it is a smaller and quieter resort. We had great meals at the A la Cartes and the breakfast buffet in the Solaris Cafe was excellent. This resort is at the beginning of the hotel strip so you would need to take the bus to get to the shops. Just a few cons for us: - Although the beach was nice and there were lots of chairs, we weren’t able to swim much as red flags were posted all week. We had a couple of days where one small section had a yellow flag. Hopefully it was just a fluke of the weather that week. - Our room was on the 4th floor. We had to climb many stairs to get to it. There were a lot of stairs all over the resort to get to different places. - The air conditioner was quite loud. Our room had a bit of a smell to it. - The resort was a bit outdated. We would have liked to have a balcony off our room. - The lobby bar was small so not really anywhere to go for a drink in the evening. No beach bar either. So had many stairs to climb to go for water, etc.