UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
The adults solely, all-inclusive UNICO 20°87° Lodge alongside Riviera Maya not too long ago wrapped up their second annual Aura Wellness occasion. From March 29 to April 4, 2024, the five-star resort supplied friends a weeklong wellness retreat with quite a few transformative experiences. Mornings have been stuffed with aqua yoga, magnificence and skincare courses, meditation and ice chilly plunges. Afternoons function wholesome cooking courses and wellness experiences led by famend consultants of their discipline.
All year long UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya supplies friends with fulfilling enrichment actions to ignite a constructive wellness journey.
Foyer of UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
Situated alongside the Yucatan Peninsula overlooking the Mexican Caribbean Sea, the title of the resort is its latitude and longitude location. Guests fly into Cancun Worldwide Airport and experience in a gaggle or personal shuttle for a 90-minute drive. Halfway between Tulum and Playa Carmen, when you attain the entrance gate, there’s a safety examine earlier than the gates open onto a lush mangrove forest drive resulting in the Hacienda-looking resort.
The professionally skilled employees greets friends with a smile and expedites check-in contained in the dramatic hovering ceiling foyer reception. Friends obtain a refreshing chilly towel and iced mocktail earlier than being led to their visitor room or suite.
UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
In-built a U-shape, each room has a tropical backyard, swimming pool or ocean view. Spacious visitor rooms on the primary flooring boast sliding doorways main out to a patio. There’s an elevated platform for 2 lounge chairs partially within the water, and steps main into a protracted plunge lap pool.
UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
Visitor rooms on the second to fifth flooring have resort and ocean views. Slide the steel and glass sliding doorways open to have the room mix with the outside. A 4 publish king-size mattress with luxurious bedding is the centerpiece of the room Fashionable basket lighting, lovely wooden furnishing and a big indoor bathe add luxurious fashionable sensibility with a Mexican decor aptitude.
UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
Outdoors is a big sufficient for 2 folks soaking bathtub to take pleasure in and absorb gorgeous panorama views. There’s additionally a day lounge couch with pillows for napping open air, and a big wooden desk to take pleasure in room service eating amongst Mexico Caribbean breezes.
La Utica Pool. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
Every part in regards to the luxurious resort might be found on their app or by iPad in your room. One can order meals and drinks 24-hours a day.
Sitting by the pool, the pool concierge will safe a chair in a really perfect sunny or shady location. Meals and beverage attendants will take one’s order and ship it poolside with an ice bucket stuffed with bottled water and your favourite drinks.
UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
Swim in a unique pool every day, because the resort has three totally different pool areas. La Unica Pool is without doubt one of the largest and has loads of seating on the pool terrace and within the pool.
The darkish coloration absorbs the solar’s heat, offering a really perfect temperature for swimming, floating and socializing within the water.
La Escondido pool. Photograph Jill Weinlein
Hidden to the aspect of 20°87° Restaurant is a stunning mellow pool space with comfy seating and a lightweight coloration backside for barely cooler water temperatures. There’s additionally a hydro pool for these seeking to soak in heat water.
Throughout Aura Wellness, La Escondido pool is the place friends work their core whereas taking an Agua Floating Yoga class.
20°87° Pool. Photograph Jill Weinlein
The 20°87° pool is the closest to the seaside, and probably the most energetic pool. DJ music performs in the course of the day, whereas wellness experiences happen all through the day. Friends swim over to the 20°87° swim up bar to take pleasure in a margarita and array of award-winning cocktails.
Throughout Aura Wellness, this pool was the place friends took an aqua spinning class. All through the week, there are additionally aqua exercise courses. pool volleyball and pool events on this pool.
Aura HIIT Exercise Teacher Kayla Nicole. Photograph Jill Weinlein
Aura Wellness health professional Kayla Nicole led teams of friends throughout an Aura HIIT Exercise on the Costera Terrace. All year long, this space hosts morning yoga courses, receptions and al fresco fiestas.
Karla Hernandez. Photograph Jill Weinlein
Throughout Aura Wellness, Chef and cookbook creator Karla Hernandez held day by day cooking courses to enlighten friends about her wholesome and straightforward to make recipes.
All year long, Unico presents cooking courses for friends to study extra about genuine Mexican delicacies and cooking strategies utilizing conventional elements equivalent to chiles, vegatables and fruits.
The resort additionally presents Mixology Lessons with a number of the in-house mixologists to study extra in regards to the fundamentals of artisanal cocktails.
Different enrichment workshops embrace wine tasting with cheese and charcuterie, and a chocolate tasting at Soól Chocolate Store. The chocolate chef guides friends by the method of getting ready varied sorts of goodies and truffles.
Eating at UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
One by no means wants to depart the resort to dine, as a result of there are over seven totally different eating venues and room service. Select from an off-the-cuff beachside buffet with elevated culinary choices within the morning and afternoon, to romantic venues, Worldwide delicacies and effective eating experiences.
One of many prime fashionable Mexican modern delicacies cooks, Lula Martin Del Campo is now within the kitchen at Cueva Siete. She is the primary feminine chef within the resort’s rotating chef program.
Chef Lula incorporates quinoa right into a fantastically introduced salad, embracing each artwork and tradition in her dishes. The textures, flavors and colours of her dishes enchantment to all friends.
20°87° Restaurant. Photograph by Jill Weinlein
The resort’s 20.87 Restaurant presents a enjoyable Mexican ambiance with a various cold and hot buffet for breakfast and lunch. Throughout dinnertime, the beachfront venue turns into a traditional grill getting ready selection cuts of steak and recent fish entrees.
Mi Carisa. Photograph Jill Weinlein
Take a stroll alongside a floating walkway surrounded by water and mangroves to Mi Carisa for a effective eating expertise. The coastal Mediterranean menu presents Italian delicacies ready in a wonderful wood-burning oven, imparting an interesting smoky taste.
These searching for Asian delicacies will need to make a reservation at Mura Home. The menu attracts flavors and strategies from all through Asia, with a focus on Japan. The cooks observe three rules: the concord of taste, precision by preparation, and high quality of elements. Friends can select three totally different types of Japanese delicacies ready teppanyaki, yakitori, and sushi.
Cafe Inez. Photograph Jill Weinlein
Within the foyer space is the European-style Cafe Inez. It is open within the early morning for recent juice, espresso, tea, baked items and pastries. Later within the day, this picturesque venue prepares and shows sandwiches, paninis and salads. Within the night, desserts and candy treats line the show circumstances.
Esencia Wellness Spa. Photograph Jill Weinlein
Lots of the Aura Wellness courses have been held inside Esencia Wellness Spa. There was an Aura Vibration class, Magnificence Bar Expertise, My Pores and skin Care by Natura Bisse, and Power Reset Meditation class with Religion Hunter.
All year long, the Spa presents a wide range of wellness courses within the health heart and therapeutic massage and sweetness experiences within the therapy rooms.
This 12 months is the time to recharge your wellness routine. UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya will awaken your senses alongside Mexico’s Riviera Maya.
