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Golf: Golfing in Mazatlan is phenomenal! As a guest of the Royal Villas you will find courses available to the casual golfer or the championship contender. Estrella Del Mar runs parallel with over three miles of beach, including six of the holes and fairways right off the beach, with sand, surf, and palms providing spectacular scenery. El Cid Golf and Country Club has an equally impressive 18-hole course which is complemented by the addition of 9 new holes build at a nearby sister resort, and surrounded by a beautiful marina. These are the best-known 18 hole courses in Mazatlan and are considered by many as two of the top courses in all of Mexico. Nature's stunning visual distractions surrounding these courses will make you work at keeping your eye on the ball!
Pools: A large lagoon-style pool provides fun, relaxation, and a place to cool off. The pool has a waterfall and activities, with full views of the ocean. Comfortable lounge chairs are provided throughout the pool area.
Water Sports: Enjoy sailing and boating, kayaking, jet skiing, parasailing, boogie boarding and body surfing, banana boat rides - any water activity you like, in the calm waters along the beach. Motorized equipment is available by third party tour providers.
Aquarium: Home to sharks, eels, seahorses, lobsters, and hundreds of marine species from around the globe, the Mazatlan Aquarium is a delight - there is a sea museum, a trained seal show, and an auditorium with films about sea life. A small zoo and botanical gardens are nearby.
Fishing: If fishing were the only activity to do in Mazatlan, the quality and thrill of it all would be enough to lure you. Bottom fishing is great for beginners or kids, with light tackle casting or trolling, going after snapper, grouper, and sea bass. Is world-class big game deep sea fishing what you're looking for? Catch mahi-mahi, tuna, swordfish, and blue, black, and stripped marlin. One excursion and you're forever hooked on Mazatlan fishing!
Fitness Center: There is a fitness center and suauna at the hotel with a full assortment of cardio equipment and weights.
Beach: The Gaviotas beach at the Royal Villas Resort is long, wide (especially at low tide), and perfect for swimming, and body surfing / boogie boarding, with gentle surf and warm waters. Enjoy sunbathing, shading under the beach palapas, strolling or jogging on the fine-grain sand, viewing brilliant sunsets, and the exquisite feel of soft starry nights.
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Shopping: The Royal Villas has a small gift shop where you can purchase gifts and souvenirs. In addition, The Golden Zone is filled with fun shops and stores! Golden Zone shopping malls, downtown shopping plazas, and open-air markets are everywhere. Whether you're looking for barber and beauty-hairdresser shops, a newsstand and books, precious stones and silver or other jewelry, beachwear, tourist T-shirts, clothing and swimwear, Mexican handicrafts, hammocks, gifts and souvenirs, leather products, or footwear, you'll find it, and at prices less than any other Mexican resort destination. If you've held off buying that treasure, this is the place to do it.
Exploration and Sight Seeing: Mazatlan has a long and colorful history of Spanish galleons, conquistadors, and legends of buried pirate treasure. Old Mazatlan is a treat for those longing to see Old Mexico and peer into her romantic past. The Angela Peralto Theatre and the central plaza take you back to a time of nobility and old world culture. The central Cathedral reminds you of life in old Colonial Mexico. A half-day city tour will let you see it all. Take a bay cruise and watch the entire shrimp fleet come in. See seals and marine life. Enjoy a day long mountain tour to the Sierra Madre and see Copala, a 500 year old mining village. Tour the cottage industries of pottery and furniture making in Concordia in the foothills. Take a jungle river cruise through the estuaries and waterways and thick lowland vegetation, or go deep-sea fishing in world class waters. Dance, eat, and party at an authentic Mexican fiesta. Cruise to a remote island beach and snorkel, surf or just play in the water.
Entertainment: At the hotel there are pool activities, karaoke, bingo, and more. The activities coordinators are great fun! There is so much entertainment in Mazatlan. Live music of any variety can be enjoyed throughout the city - Salsa, Mariachi, and anything you can dance to. A walk through the Golden Zone will help you choose as live music floats out of every establishment you walk by.
Imagination is your only limitation on what to do and see in Mazatlan. There's no better tropical, fun, lively and sunny destination in Mexico.
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