Boutique hotels
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Básico
- Style
- Back to Básico
- Setting
- Sunny Caribbean shores
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Coqui Coqui Tulum
- Style
- Riffing on Mayan ruins
- Setting
- Beachfront Boca Paila
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Deseo
- Style
- All white now
- Setting
- Playa’s party central
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Esencia
- Style
- Less-is-more luxe
- Setting
- Tropical Caribbean seaside
Riviera Maya Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
(+52 984 803 0085)
Da Bruno
One of the oldest Italian restaurants in the area, Da Bruno has earned its place as a favourite with the locals for its delicious fresh fish and pasta.
(+52 984 131 1596)
Mezzanine
Head here for Thai food and an impressive collection of cocktails. It’s on Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila, near the ruins in Tulum.
(+52 984 873 1245)
The Glass Bar
This bar on Calle 12 in Playa del Carmen has excellent modern Italian food and the town’s best wine list; book a table outside for people-watching.
¡Que Fresco!
On the Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila in Tulum, this restaurant at the Zamas hotel has a beach location and offers fresh seafood with a Caribbean twist.
Bars
(+52 984 206 3350)
Blue Parrot
This bar-cum-nightclub on the beach on 1st Avenue is an institution in Playa. The bar is surrounded by swing seats. It gets busy in summer, but it’s ideal for an afternoon or sunset drink.
(+52 984 879 3620)
Hotel Deseo
Find Miami-Beach minimalism at this chilled-out open-air lounge bar.
(+52 984 803 2856)
La Santanera
This bar on Calle 12 has an outdoor area upstairs with comfy couches and enormous masks hanging from the ceiling, and a downstairs club.
(+52 984 803 2656)
Mambo Café
There’s live Latin music and salsa (and some interjecting heavy house when the band needs a break), on Calle 6 between 5th and 10th avenues.
(+52 984 803 2867)
Mamita's Beach Club
Playa’s hottest beach club at is a magnet for young, glamorous Europeans, so don your most filmstar-fabulous swimwear before coming. Have a martini delivered to you as you recline on a chaise longue, or sit in the open-air restaurant and feast on fresh salad and spicy Mexican treats.
Calle 28, Playa del Carmen
