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This photo: The Black
Hole restaurant at Grand
Oasis Sens offers a dark
dining experience.

cheese. There's also a boat excursion to tour
local mussel and tuna farms, and dining at
the area's restaurants. Journey Mexico trips
are fully customized, allowing for departures
year-round and prices start at $600 per day
for two travelers.

Below: Rosewood San
Miguel de Allende offers
a customizable cooking
workshop.

Native Cooking
At Rosewood San Miguel de Allende's
Los Pirules, an outdoor cooking venue
overlooking the city, is where your clients
can learn a bit about native cooking and
delve into the country's history. This
immersive cooking station invites guests to
prepare traditional dishes-guests travel to a
local market and pick out fresh ingredients
from local vendors and come back to the
property to craft a one-of-a-kind meal (which
the chef later writes down so guests can make
at home). Although dishes are completely
customizable, one of the dishes they can
prepare is queso fundido, prepared in a heated
stone bowl or molcajete, a technique that can
be traced back to the Aztecs, and which adds
a rustic flavor to the dish. Participants will
use Manchego cheese, fresh salsa and herbs
picked from the hotel's garden to create the
dish. It's an ideal recommendation for clients
who want a taste of the local culture.

Around the World

Riviera Maya. Guests will be able to indulge
in a not-so-sinful dessert, for example,
without derailing healthy eating habits.
The thought process here is to diversify
dinner menu options, so clients who truly
want to stay on top of their healthy eating
can do so. Complementing the menu items
is the hotel brand's partnership with LES
MILLS, which is offering daily exerciseto-music group fitness classes via a weekly
visiting instructor program.
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Wine + Cheese = Heaven
Wine might not be the first thing that
comes to mind when your clients think
of a vacation in Mexico, but the wine
produced in the Valley of Guadalupe in Baja
California is gaining recognition around the
world. Journey Mexico's 5-day The Valley
of Guadalupe Wine & Cheese Tour delves
into the valley's wine culture with visits
to wineries and local ranches that produce

Indian food in Mexico? Why not. Riu Palace
Cabo San Lucas, which re-opened late
last year, is home to an Indian restaurant:
Bombay. The dining venue was added during
the renovation, and with this addition your
clients booking the newly renovated Riu
property, can take their palate on a culinary
tour, hopping from Bombay over to San Jose
for some Mexican cuisine, and to Misaki,
where Japanese food is on the menu. There's
also fusion cuisine at Krystal; El Medano,
a poolside restaurant that turns into the
Steakhouse at night; and if they just can't
make up their minds, they can swing by Mar
de Cortes, the main restaurant serving an
international buffet. And they can top off
their dinner at Capuchino, the patisserie and
ice cream parlor. n
Contact Information

Grand Oasis Sens: oasissens.com
Hard Rock Hotels: hrhaic.com
Journey Mexico: journeymexico.com
Palace Resorts: palaceresorts.com
Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas: riu.com
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende: rosewoodhotels.com

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