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Summer Superbia UNICO 20°87° Resort Riviera Maya | Culinary Travel Guide

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Hayden Walker
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For those looking for a luxurious culinary vacation filled with delicious food and breathtaking beach views, UNICO 20°87° Hotel Riviera Maya offers a one-of-a-kind travel experience that’s certain fulfill your hunger for culinary wanderlust during the Summer season.

We recently visited the resort with Linda Nguyen of Girl Eats World, for the popular Superbia Summer series, which features multiple restaurant and bar takeover events by talented Michelin-starred chefs, offering an elevated experience featuring their own curated menus, wine and tequila tastings, along with handcrafted cocktails made by some of the world’s top mixologists.

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UNICO 20° 87° Resort

Whether you prefer to taste the local culture from the property or explore what the neighborhood has to offer, UNICO 20º 87º Hotel Riviera Maya is for the curious traveler that is searching for the true meaning of an adults-only vacation.  The resort’s elegantly curated and contemporary approach to Tulum’s regional culture, treats guests to an immersive and highly flexible all inclusive experience with it UNICO 20º 87º, highlighting the latitude and longitude of each location with this first hotel located at 20° 87°, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, with a breathtaking beach front, facing the heart of the Gulf of Mexico.

Resort Accommodations

Each room is bright and spacious, curated with locally inspired art and handcrafted patterns that features a the reflection of modern Mexican luxury.  Our accommodations included the Alcoba suite, which offers views of the hotel grounds, the expansive pools and lounging area, as well as a stunning panoramic view of the beach.  The patio offers a perfectly relaxing setting, along with an exterior double hydro spa tub where you can relax in peace while sipping on a cocktail or even enjoy in-room dining, with 24-hour room service Anfitrións and personal butlers.

UNICO Resort Pool
Unico Resort, pool side

A Sense of Wellness

The resort offers three unique pools as well as a holistic spa and wellness center that delivery a sense of relaxed luxury.  The pool area offer daily exciting pop-up events, water sports activities with music and talented performers to entertain you while enjoying snacks and cocktails from the poolside bars and kitchens.  There’s also nightly entertainment and water sports activities at the beach for those wishing to soak in the Gulf waters.

UNICO 20°87° elevates the all-inclusive experience by including select spa and beauty salon treatments with the amenities of a luxury hotel.  Guests will experience a hydrotherapy as well as a wide variety of natural ingredients create a fully immersive environment to help you attain full relaxation and rejuvenation.  Get a mani-pedi, or even a full makeover to reignite your evening before enjoying an exciting dinner.  Sessions at the salon and barber shop can be booked via appointment.

Unico Resort Poolside lunch

Dining

Dining at UNICO 20°87° features an immersive, multi-sensory culinary adventure.  Resort chefs use locally-sourced ingredients as a staple for menu development at every restaurant and bar, offering a diverse variety of international and local cuisine.  Each restaurant offers a relaxed setting, whether you’re looking for an unforgettable, elevated dining experience, to those looking to keep it casual with an approachable beachside buffet.  You’ll find everything from grab-and-go options at the coffee shop, as well as four restaurants, specializing in Mexican and Asian menus.

Superbia Culinary Experience

The resort’s ultimate culinary experience, Summer Superbia, features 6 world class chef restaurant takeovers highlighting artisans from that have been awarded some of the highest honors in the industry, including the coveted Michelin Stars, James Beard and 5 Star Diamond Awards.  During our visit, we were privileged to experience a the crafted offerings of chef Abel Hernández, of Eloise Restaurante in Mexico City.   Each year starting in July, the resort offers the Summer Superbia experience featuring one of their partnered chefs each week through August.

For more information on the chef line-up and booking accomodations to book your own experience, visit www.unicohotelrivieramaya.com/en/summer-superbia/chef-line-up.

Hayden Walker

Hayden Walker is the Editor in Chief and Director of Operations for Austin Food Magazine

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