The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Playa del Carmen Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide identifies the gated communities of Playa del Carmen — Playacar (Phase I and Phase II), Corasol, Selvamar, and El Cielo — with prices from about $190,000 for an entry condo to several million...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide distinguishes two gated worlds that share the Mayakoba name, north of Playa del Carmen: the Mayakoba resort, a 620-acre coastal enclave of branded residences (Rosewood, Fairmont, Banyan Tree) where full ownership...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate Puerto Cancun Real Estate: A Buyer's Guide to the Marina-Golf Community Puerto Cancun is the master-planned residential community that sits between the Cancun Hotel Zone and the city, gathered around a mega-yacht marina, an 18-hole Tom Weiskopf golf course, a beach club, and the Marina...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate If you have spent any time researching Playa del Carmen real estate, you have come across Playacar — and likely a wall of Playacar homes for sale described, in turns, as "premier," "unrivaled," and "singular." That language tells you nothing about what it is like to...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Golf Courses Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate Most guides to Riviera Maya golf are written for the visitor booking a tee time, not the buyer considering a home beside the course. This one is for the buyer. It covers the courses worth knowing, which residential communities are built around them, and the part the booking...
Written by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director of Heron Real Estate. Published June 2026. You've been to a presentation. Maybe two. A developer's rep walked you through renderings of a rooftop pool, quoted you a rental yield that sounded almost too good, and handed you a reservation agreement with a deadline attached. Now you're home, slightly unsettled, searching for someone to tell you...
Written by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director of Heron Real Estate. Published May 2026. If you are looking at condos for sale in Tulum, you have looked at La Veleta, whether you knew the name or not. It is the neighborhood behind a large share of the town's listings, sold as the authentic, creative, jungle-town heart of Tulum — and described in terms that rarely mention the two things...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Insights, by Jana Mihalikova. Last updated: June 2026. The Mexico–EU agreement signed on May 22, 2026 in Mexico City is the deepest bilateral framework in the history of the two parties' relationship. President Claudia Sheinbaum, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President António Costa closed nearly a decade of negotiation on...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Insights, written by Jana Mihalikova. Last updated: June 2026. The Michelin Guide arrived in Mexico in 2024 and returned in 2025, and across both editions, Quintana Roo has held its ground. Three stars. Four Bib Gourmands. Thirteen recommended addresses scattered between Puerto Morelos and Tulum. Every restaurant from the inaugural year retained its distinction in the...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya: Tulum vs Playa del Carmen — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate The question arrives in every first conversation: Tulum or Playa del Carmen? It is the most common real estate query in the Riviera Maya, and the answer is never the same twice — because the right market depends entirely on how you intend to use the property, how...