Comparison of Secrets Silversands and Capri Resorts in Cancun, Mexico

You're planning on going to Cancun, Mexico, and have narrowed your choices to Secrets Silversands and Secrets Capri. Both look like exciting places to vacation, but which one is for you?

Secrets Silversands Riviera Cancun
Bahia de Petempich
SM 12 MZ 31 Lote14-02
Puerto Morelos, Benito Juarez
Quintana Roo, Mexico 77580
011 (+52) 998 1931800
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Secrets Capri Riviera Cancun
Carretera Federal 387, KM 299
Solidaridad, Playa del Carmen
Quintana Roo, México C.P.77710
011 (+52) 984 873 4880
secretsresorts.com/capri/index.asp

Rooms and Amenities

Secrets Silversands is an all-inclusive resort with 433 rooms. All meals and snacks are covered in the price. The resort offers 24 hour room service and eight restaurants and eight bars, none of which requires a reservation.

Secrets Capri is an all-inclusive resort with 290 rooms. All meals and snacks are included in the price, with 24 hour room service and no-reservations six restaurants and five bars.

Silversands is more contemporary in appearance, but Capri is opulent with lavish charm.

Pools and Beaches

Silversands has eight swimming pools and a 16 and 20 person Jacuzzi. Capri has a 16,000 sq ft swimming pool and a jacuzzi. Although Silversands has beach access, the amount of beach access is not quite as good as at Secrets Capri. Secret Capri sits next to the world's second largest barrier reef.

Activities

Silversands activities include: spa, euro-bungee, dance lessons, basketball, ping-pong, volleyball. cocktail classes, bocce ball, Hobiecats, water aerobics, fitness center, billiards, water polo, kayaks, sailing and snorkeling.

Capri activities include: tennis clinics, sailing, spa, windsurfing, fitness center, tennis, kayaks, snorkeling, water aerobics, billiards, beach volleyball, scuba and scuba lessons.

Location

Secrets Capri is located 35 minutes south of Cancun International Airport and five minutes Playa del Carmen. Secrets Silversand is located 15 miles south of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula on the Riviera Cancun coast.

Included

Silversands includes all meals, spas, snacks, activities, room service, swim-up pool bar, maid service and turn-down service, all beverages, nightly entertainment, taxes and gratuities, evening market, pools, beach wait service and wristband free service.

Capri includes all meals, spas, snacks, activities, room service, swim-up pool bar, maid service and turn-down service, mini-bar, beach parties, all beverages, nightly entertainment, pools, beach wait service and wristband free service.

Extras

At Capri, scuba and scuba lessons cost extra. At Silversands, the nearby golf course costs extra.

Reference

Secrets Capri

Secrets Silversands