Events at this location

To celebrate the holidays Mayan-style as part of its monthly Mayapalooza events, Hotel Maya will feature “Seaside Santa with Reindeer and Sleigh,” a real, live animal experience in a waterfront winter wonderland setting in the sculpture garden adjacent to Fuego for educational purposes and complimentary photos on Sunday, December 10, from 12-3 p.m. Guests and visitors are encouraged to eat, drink and celebrate the Mayan culture while enjoying brunch and meeting Santa and one of his reindeer.

In the Mayan culture, deer are considered a symbol of strong, stable, regal energy. The deer also covers the four levels of being physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Recently fragments of a mural showing a deer were found in Guatemala and are thought to be the earliest evidence of the Mayan ritual calendar dating back to 200-300 B.C.