What is the TRS Yucatan Hotel like? Our experience in Riviera Maya (Mexico)

When you are looking to have a big celebration, such as a wedding, or enjoying some luxury vacation with your partner in a paradise destination, surely you consider the option of making a trip to Riviera Maya en Mexico.

The idea of ​​spending a few days of rest in a place with a beach full of palm trees, and staying in a great all inclusive resort, Riviera Maya, on the peninsula of Yucatan, has another great attraction.

I mean that during your vacation you can make various visits to see the archaeological complexes of the Mayan culture, with sites like Chichén Itzá and the nearby Tulum, and corners of nature as curious and interesting as the cenotes.

This is, without a doubt, a great differential attraction compared to other tropical destinations where your daily life is limited to enjoy the hotel and the beach.

But when planning the trip, it is key to choose the right resort where you are going to stay.

I tell you that Riviera Maya It is a coastline where, on the route between large cities such as Cancún o Playa del Carmen, great things happen resorts with the accommodation formula all inclusive…but there may be significant differences between them.

And in our recent trip to Riviera Maya we have been able to verify it.

Grand Palladium Hotels in Riviera Maya

We have stayed in the TRS Yucatan Hotel, all inclusive luxury hotel, only for adults that shares a resort with three hotels in the Grand Palladium Hotel & Resorts.

In this way, the swimming pools, restaurants and other TRS services are for the exclusive use of clients staying there.

The other three hotels in said complex are the Colonial, the Kantenah and the White Sand, all also suitable for couples, but also for family audiences, and without the level of luxury and exclusivity of the TRS.

When from the Cancun airport You descend along the coast towards the south to reach the hotel complex, on a highway journey that will take you an hour and a quarter. The first thing that will surprise you is that on the right side of it you will only see a lush jungle.

Indeed, this area of ​​the Yucatan peninsula It is a completely flat territory covered by jungle, where the remains of thousands of ancient Mayan cities, as well as thousands of cenotes.

Precisely, a first aspect that we want to highlight of the Grand Palladium Hotel & Resorts is that, compared to someone else we know in Riviera Maya, the facilities and services of its hotels are truly immersed in that jungle landscape of the Yucatan.

And it is to such an extent that, I can tell you, within the resort you can cross an area of mangroves, walk among lizards and the most diverse tropical wildlife, dine with a cenote and, be surprised!!, see the remains of a ancient mayan temple protected by Spider monkeys.

It should also be noted that hundreds of turtle nests have been managed for years to guarantee the conservation of the species.

What is the TRS Yucatan Hotel like?

The specific objectives of the TRS Yucatan Hotel It is one of the establishments that has the brand TRS Hotels, which is completed with the TRS Coral Hotel in Costa Mujeres, in Cancún, and those of the Dominican Republic, TRS Turquesa Hotel en Punta Cana, and TRS Cap Cana Hotel en Cap Cana.

El TRS Yucatan Hotel It has two types of accommodation, the Villas, two-story buildings in which the suites are distributed, with individual pools on the ground floor, and in one of the buildings, with jacuzzi on the terrace.

On the other hand, there are Mayan cabins located on the banks of a canal through which you can navigate kayak.

At the hotel reception you will be greeted with champagne and very personalized attention, and your suite They will transfer you aboard a electric cart golf type zero emissions, means of transportation that will be the way you will move around the entire complex during your stay.

In this regard, a tip for moving to the main building of the TRS Yucatan Hotel from the villa building where you are staying.

It is worth doing it walking along the long wooden path that crosses a very leafy mangrove area which is in the process of recovery after a hurricane.

In total, the hotel has 454 suites with capacity for 1.450 people.

What are the suites like at the Villas at TRS Yucatán Hotel?

From the outset, a differential service to highlight in this luxury hotel It's of Butler (eButler), whose location you will find at the entrance of the villa building.

With this service, before making the trip and arriving at the hotel you have the possibility of personalizing online the service you want to find in your room, such as type of drinks or pillow.

And during your stay, throughout the day, and until 11 at night, the butler is at your disposal, among other services, to make reservations at a la carte restaurants or recommend activities, both inside and outside the complex.

During our stay we stayed in a room junior suite, which, with large dimensions, has an initial area where you find the visible sinks, the shower and the toilet.

After separation for a open closet area, the large beds are located, and in front of them, a large panoramic television.

Finally, the suite is completed with a living room area with sofa which gives way to terrace, where in the ground floor rooms there is the individual pool.

On the huge television you have extensive information about the different hotel services, with details of each restaurant, and, for example, you can place an order for room service, which is available 24 hours a day.

What are the Mayan cabins of the TRS Yucatán Hotel like?

Another alternative are the mayan cabins, which are distributed along the banks of the canal that runs through the area of ​​the resort where the TRS Yucatan Hotel.

These cabins surprise with their complete equipment, similar to that of the suites, yes, with the outdoor shower, logically in a closed space, and with the addition of putting at your disposal a kayak canoe With it you can navigate through the hotel channels.

Swimming pools at TRS Yucatan Hotel

The TRS Yucatan Hotel swimming pools, with exclusive access for its clients, are located on the seashore, in an area without a beach, which you can enjoy after a walk of just five minutes.

La Main pool is a Infinity pool where, as you can see in the photos and, above all, in the opening of this article, it allows you to enjoy beautiful sunrises or delicious baths.

Next to it there is a salt water pool connected with the sea, so that you will bathe surrounded by tropical fish, which you can enjoy doing snorkel.

Finally, next to a villa building is the small La Terraza pool.

Of course, in the pool area you have bars where you can drink and eat at any time of the day.

One aspect that surprised us very favorably during our stay is that, despite having been at the beginning of the high season and having an occupancy of 95 percent, the pools hardly had any bathers throughout the day, a sign of comfort without crowds. that you are going to enjoy at TRS.

Of course, the clients of the TRS Yucatan Hotel You can also use any of the pools at the other hotels in the area. resort.

Restaurants at TRS Yucatan Hotel

A very notable aspect of this hotel is the wide range of exclusive restaurants for those of us who stay there.

El Capricho It is the restaurant with the most elegant decoration and the most sophisticated dishes, where you can have breakfast and lunch to the letter.

Meanwhile, in the Helios, located next to the pools, you can also have breakfast and lunch, and during the night it also becomes a restaurant of the modality the letter, with Mediterranean cuisine.

Likewise, to dine a la carte at the TRS Yucatan Hotel you have other options, such as Argentinian restaurant The Guacho, the Italian Tentazione or French La Boheme.

A separate case is the Chic Cabaret, a restaurant-show also included for TRS clients, which can also be accessed by clients from the other hotels in the hotel upon payment. resort and general public.

Also, of course, if you stay at the TRS You also have access to any of the numerous restaurants in the other hotels in the area. Travelt, as, for example, The adelita, a Mexican cuisine restaurant that, being in Mexico, we did not want to stop trying.

The Chef's Table gastronomic experience

A novelty is the gastronomic experience The Chef's Table, very exclusive with very few participants, in which three private of the hotel prepare haute cuisine preparations in front of you.

It is an expression of the great gastronomic level of Mexico, beyond the tacos and other specialties that we all know, and as an example you have to taste Tuna on the Rock, a way of cooking originally from Guajaca, in central Mexico.

Activities at the TRS Yucatan Hotel

The recreational activities They are a very important part of the stay in a resort such as Grand Palladium of Riviera Maya.

Specifically in the TRS Yucatan Hotel, in the pool throughout the day you have a complete program of entertainment and gastronomic activities, such as bicycle gymnastics in the water, dances or gastronomic tastings.

But during your stay you can enjoy any of the activities that take place in the different hotels and areas of the east resort from Riviera Maya.

For example, of spa Zentropia, a service that is also included as a TRS client.

This way you can enjoy a hydrotherapy circuit with jacuzzis and indoor and outdoor pools, practicing sports in the Fitness center, give you a massage (discounted price) or relax in the pleasant hammock area.

Chic Cabaret at TRS Yucatan Hotel

For the night, an essential activity is to go to the Chic Cabaret, where in addition to dinner, you will enjoy a music and dance show of more than two hours, of great quality and really entertaining.

Or you can also attend any of the Shows that are programmed in the other hotels of the complex, such as the Mexican music and dance show that we attended in the Colonial.

Mayan experience at TRS Yucatan Hotel

Finally, an attraction of the stay in the hotels of the complex Grand palladium is that you can live experiences linked to Mayan culture.

Specifically, you can enjoy a pleasant gastronomic evening next to a small cenote.

But also, throughout 2020 you will be able to sign up for the new activity Mayan Experience that will allow you to know the sacred Mayan temple Xaac from 500 years ago.

It was 13 years ago when a hotel employee warned that the locals knew that in an area of ​​very thick tropical jungle within the hotel grounds resort There were remains of a Mayan temple.

After entering the jungle opening a path with machetes, the location of said remains was finally discovered.

Recently, and for several months, access has been enabled to the place where the temple is located, with the opening of a path through the jungle to reach a more open place where benches have been placed to be able to sit and listen to the explanations. .

Finally, from there you only have to walk through the trees for about 100 meters to reach its remains, which, as with all Mayan temples, is located next to a small cenote.

On this walk that you are going to be able to take, you will almost certainly be received by the Spider monkeys Moving quickly through the trees they will see if you are hostile or not to the sacred temple.

Is this a confirmation of the idea that exists that Spider monkeys Do they fulfill the mission of defending the Mayan temples?

Photos Grand Palladium Hotel & Resort in Riviera Maya

Here you have more photos of the TRS Yucatan Hotel and the rest of the hotels and services of the complex Grand palladium in Riviera Maya.