Mr & Mrs Smith

Casa Sandra

Riviera Maya, Mexico

Set on secluded Isla Holbox, a sandy and serene island just off Mexico’s Riviera Maya, Casa Sandra hotel promises a textbook beach vacation of hammock-swinging luxury in a setting so laid-back that sunset cocktails are de rigueur and shoes are practically verboten.

Need to know

• Rooms 17, including 10 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $326.32, excluding tax at 14 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency ($326) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include Continental breakfast and welcome cocktails.
• Facilities Spa, art gallery, reading room, board games, free WiFi in common areas. In rooms: radio, free bottled water, herbal bath products. In room spa treatments can be arranged.
• Poolside The heated outdoor pool is shaded by palms and surrounded by sunloungers. The sea’s on the doorstep, too, and day-beds, palapas loungers are available on the North Beach.
• Check-out Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children The remote location and low-key style make this hotel best-suited for adults.
• Also Check the tidal forecasts before booking: occasional changes in currents send heaps of seaweed onto Casa Sandra’s adjacent beach, which can make for iffy beach conditions (and fishy fragrances).

Food and drink at Casa Sandra

• Hotel restaurant

  The laid-back restaurant, which opens out to the beach, is Holbox’s finest, serving fresh fish with a mix of Cuban and Mexican flavours. Dishes include lobster tamales, mango-spiked ceviche, fresh fillets with coconut curry, and saffron fish with garlic. On Saturdays, the restaurant serves Cuban dishes, including ropa vieja with fried sweet potatoes, and beer-soaked shrimp. For breakfast, sip fresh watermelon juice with spicy cheese-topped eggs. With advance notice, the restaurant can arrange for a romantic, torch-lit dinner on the beach.

• Dress code Island casual: kaftans and Havaianas are perfect, though you’re welcome to dine barefoot.
• Top table Take a table with wicker chairs outside overlooking the ocean for the best mealtime scenery.
• Last orders The pool bar serves cocktails and a light snack menu from noon until 6pm. The restaurant serves breakfast from 7am until 11am; lunch is offered from 1pm until 3pm, and dinner is available from 7pm until 11pm.
• Room service The full restaurant menu is available in your room from 7am until 11pm.
• Hotel bar

  There is a casual bar by the pool with a few stools, where guests can order light snacks and cocktails with a Cuban angle, including mojitos.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Casa Sandra Calle Igualdad, Lazaro Cardenas., Holbox Island, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, 77310