Cancun can do upscale.Strangely (because the wet T-shirt contests A wet T-shirt contest is a form of exhibitionistic beauty contest that typically features young women performing at a nightclub, bar, or resort. Wet T-shirt contests have become a staple of spring break entertainment in popular destinations such as Cancún or Panama City Beach, are so easy to avoid), Cancun continues to suffer from being perceived as a spring break nightmare. But the resort town is reinventing itself as chichi destination, and the astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. 371-room fantasy beach resort Fiesta Americana Grand Aqua is speeding that transition (stealing star chef Michelle Bernstein from Miami's Mandarin Oriental was a good start). The ultramodern, Richard Neutra-like hotel, which opened in December 2004, makes little distinction between indoor and outdoor space: Inside, the spa is a sparkling respite, but outside you can enjoy a table or waterfall waterfall, a sudden unsupported drop in a stream. It is formed when the stream course is interrupted as when a stream passes over a layer of harder rock—often igneous—to an area of softer and therefore more easily eroded rock; the edge of a cliff or massage or try the temazcal (Mayan steam bath). Aqua's geometric pool garden--an interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st series of eight pools, including an adult pool and a wading pool--is a stroke of brilliance. But when you discover Aquas sand decks, suspended above the world's best beach and lined with king-size beds king-size bed, king-sized bed king n → grand lit (de 1,95 m de large) , you and your honey will know where to spend the next eight hours of your day. Rates: $300 to $1,700 a night. Call 011-52-998-881-7600 or log on to www.outtraveler.com. |
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