VIDEO: On the Beach in Puerto Morelos, Mexico

By: - June 12th, 2016
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It’s one of the gems of the Caribbean coast of Mexico: the lovely fishing village called Puerto Morelos, halfway between Cancun and the Riviera Maya.

It’s a stunning stretch of Caribbean beach, with no corner more beautiful than that at the area’s best hotel, the Grand Residences Riviera Cancun.

Here’s what it’s like from one of the hotel’s Master Suites.

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