Ultimate Romance - A Traditional Mayan Wedding on the Beach

(EMAILWIRE.COM, December 15, 2010 ) CELESTUN, MexicoÂ— Hotel Eco Paraiso, located within the Special Biosphere Reserve of Celestun on the northern Gulf of Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula can offer couples looking for a different, very special experience, a traditional Mayan wedding ceremony. The eloquent and emotive ceremony, performed on the beautiful, 3-mile shell-filled, sandy beach, by a Shaman priest is in accordance with ancient Mayan wedding customs. A civil ceremony, including legal documents, can be incorporated.

The couple wears simple white or cream, natural woven fabrics and should be be barefoot to emphasize the interaction with Mother Earth. The bride may also wear a traditional Mayan Huipil with a tropical flower headdress. The ceremony is accompanied by music from pre-Hispanic instruments with intonations of the sacred conch shell and incense from the copal tree wafts through the air. Ritual candles are lit and at dusk, Â“Globos de CantoyaÂ” can float through the air.

The Mayan Wedding package includes two nightsÂ’ accommodation in an oceanfront junior cabana suite, all meals and non-alcoholic beverages, a massage for the couple, a candle-light dinner with a bottle of champagne, a welcome cocktail and transfers plus all details covering the ceremony in traditional dress, flowers, special dÃ©cor and music plus relevant items coordinated by a wedding planner. The rate for the Mayan Wedding is $2,500 per couple including tax. An additional $500 is required to cover a civil ceremony. Extra nights for the honeymoon and for wedding guests are $330 per couple, including all meals and taxes.

The Eco Paraiso hotel, which features 24 individual cabana suites all with private terraces, complete with hammocks, providing expansive views of the Gulf of Mexico, was carefully created within the ecologically sensitive area. Situated feet from the beach, the area is a main feeding ground for the Pink Flamingo, Pelicans and many other sea birds as well as a breeding ground for sea turtles.
The property includes the newly constructed Restaurant Xixim and bar El Santuario plus a fresh water pool overlooking the Gulf and a wellness center that offers a juice-therapy feature, massages and gym. The resort offers multiple choices of local tours which allow guests to explore the archaeological wealth including the Mayan ruins at Uxmal as well as the unique ecosystem of the Yucatan.

Hotel Eco Paraiso is best accessed through the international airport in Merida, which has flights direct from the U.S. as well as through Mexico City with a 90-minute arranged transfer. ###

CONTACT: Verena Gerber
TEL: + 52 (55) 51 35 1299
E-MAIL: verena@ecoparaiso.com ;
WEB: www.ecoparaiso.com

Hotel Eco Paraiso Xixim
Angela Lehman
505-424-1351
angela@adventuremedianews.com