A to Z: Hotels in Detail

A vacation in Cancun, Cozumel, and the Mexican Caribbean has something different to offer every type of traveler; whether the goal is to visit the Mayan ruins, party from dusk until dawn, or simply relax on the beach being warmed by the sun.

Luckily, for every type of traveler, there is an accommodation that rises up to greet them.  The Mexican Caribbean includes the regions of Cancun, Cozumel, Playa de Carmen, and a number of ther cities that run along the coast, down to Chetumal and Xkalak along the Belizean border. Vacationers heading to the Mexican Caribbean have the option of choosing between a number of housing options, from resorts that cater to your every need, to rental properties that allow you a bit of freedom, and even camp grounds where you can pitch a tent and sleep under the stars. 

Resorts

Resorts, especially of the All-Inclusive variety, line the streets of the Hotel Zone in Cancun, and are popular in Cozumel and Playa de Carmen as well.  The sprawling properties often feature several buildings worth of rooms, restaurants, bars, and a variety of entertainment options such as pools, game rooms, and fitness centers.  Concierge services at resorts are well-versed in local happenings, and are able to direct you to the top attractions in the area, often even going the extra mile to set you up with a tour guide or car service.  Many resorts also offer extra perks such as resort dive courses in the pool or spa services.  These extra amenities may cost you a bit more, but having them available to you at one location is a convenience that appeals to many vacationers.

Small Hotels

Not everyone needs all the bells and whistles that come with a resort stay.  For many a simple hotel that offers the basic amenities such as a clean room, comfortable bed, hot shower, and maybe a small refrigerator is all they need to make their stay in the Mexican Caribbean a comfortable one.  These hotels are typically less expensive than resorts, though fewer amenities will be included in the room fee.  Small hotels may have a pool on property and perhaps even a bar and restaurant. 

Condos and Villas

When traveling with a large group, or staying for an extended period of time, it may behoove you to rent out a condo or villa, rather than book a hotel room.  Condos and villas offer a more homey feel, with separate living spaces, cooking and eating spaces, bedrooms, and bathrooms.  These locales come fully furnished, but otherwise, each property can vary quite a lot from the next.  Some condo and villa guests still receive full hotel-treatment, with maid services and a concierge desk in the main office, while others leave guests to their own devices, allowing them to treat the rental property as if it were truly a home away from home.

Picking a Property

The following compilation of alphabetically listed resorts, hotels, condos, and villas allows you to select a property that you find interest in, and learn more about it.  Find out which amenities are included in your stay, how many restaurants are on-site and what type of cuisine they serve, if the locale is family friendly, and which attractions are located nearby, among many more details.

• Acanto Hotel and Condominiums
• Acquasol Club Cancun
• Akumal Beach Resort
• Al Cielo Hotel
• Aldea Thai
• Alhambra Hotel
• All Riviera Resort
• Aloft Cancun
• Amansala
• Ana Y Jose Charming Hotel and Spa
• Antillano Cancun
• Aquamarina Beach Hotel
• Aristos Cancun Plaza Hotel
• Arrecifes Suites
• Avalon Grand Cancun
• Aventura Palace
• Azul Fives By Karisma
• Azul Resort & Spa
• Azul Sensatori Hotel by Karisma
• B2b Hotel and Plaza
• Balamku Inn on the Beach
• Banyan Tree Mayakoba
• Barcelo Costa Cancun
• Barcelo Maya Beach
• Barcelo Maya Caribe Resort
• Barcelo Maya Colonial Beach
• Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe All Inclusive Resort
• Barcelo Maya Tropical Beach
• Beachscape Kin-Ha Villas and Suites
• Bel Air Collection
• Best Western Cancun Clipper Club
• Best Western Plaza Caribe
• Blue Angel Resort
• Blue Parrot Hotel
• Blue Parrot Suites
• Blue Pearl Suites
• Blue Sky Hotel
• Blue Tulum Resort and Spa
• Bluebay Grand Esmeralda
• Cabanas Copal Hotel
• Cabanas El Mirador
• Cabanas Los Arrecifes
• Cabanas Maria del Mar
• Cabanas Tulum
• Calinda Beach Cancun
• Cancun Caribe Park Royal Grand
• Cancun Sunset Lagoon Hotel & Marina
• Cancun Sunset Royal Hotel
• Caracol Village
• Caribbean Paradise Resort
• Caribbean Princess Resort
• Carmen Beach Hotel
• Carmen Hacienda
• Carmen Inn Hotel & Suites
• Carmen Quinta
• Carmen Suites
• Casa Alvarez
• Casa Blanca Lodge
• Casa Caribe
• Casa De Los Angeles
• Casa De Los Suenos Resort And Spa
• Casa de Suenos
• Casa del Belam
• Casa del Mar Cozumel
• Casa el Pio
• Casa Ixchel Boutique
• Casa Ixchel Hotel
• Casa Luna
• Casa Mexicana Cozumel
• Casa Santiago
• Casa Turquesa Boutique Hotel
• CasaMagna Marriott Resort Cancun
• Casita De Maya Hotel
• Casitas Royale
• Catalonia Playa Maroma All Inclusive
• Catalonia Riviera Maya
• Catalonia Royal Tulum Beach & Spa Resort
• Catalonia Yucatan Beach
• Ceiba del Mar Spa Resort
• City Express Cancun
• Club Arrecife Cancun
• Club de Yates
• Club Mediterranean
• Club Verano Beat Hotel
• ClubHotel Riu Tequila
• Condo Hotel El Patio
• Condo Hotel Maya Pakal
• Condo Hotel Paseo Del Sol
• Copacabana
• Coral Princess Hotel & Resort
• Costa de Cocos
• Courtyard by Marriott Cancun
• Cozumel Palace
• Crown Paradise Club Cancun (All-Inclusive)
• Deseo Hotel & Lounge
• Desire Resort & Spa
• Diamante K
• Dolores Alba hotel
• Don Diego de la Selva
• Don Emilione Hotel
• Dos Playas Cancun
• Dreams All Inclusive Resort
• Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa
• Dreams Tulum Resort And Spa
• Ecotel Quinta Regia
• El Bocadito hotel
• El Cid La Ceiba Beach Hotel
• El Cozumeleno Beach Resort
• El Dorado Maroma Gourmet All Inclusive
• El Dorado Royale
• El Dorado Seaside Suites
• El Hotelito
• El Meson Del Marques
• El Pueblito Beach Hotel
• El Punto Hotel
• El Tukan Condotel
• Elan Resort And Spa All Inclusive
• Excellence Playa Mujeres Luxury Adults Only - All Inclusive
• Excellence Riviera Cancun Luxury Adults Only All-inclusive
• Explorean Kohunlich
• Fairmont Mayakoba
• Fiesta Americana Cozumel Dive Resort
• Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancun
• Fiesta Americana Villas Cancun
• Fiesta Banana
• Flamingo Cancun Resort & Plaza
• Flying Cloud Hotel
• Fontan Cozumel Dive Resort
• Freedom Paradise
• Fusion Beach Hotel Restaurant & Lounge
• Gala Beach Resort Playacar
• Genesis Eco-Oasis
• Golden Crown Paradise Spa
• Golden Parnassus
• GR Caribe Cancun
• Gran Caribe Real Resort & Spa
• Gran Caribe Real Resort and Suites
• Gran Melia Cancun
• Gran Melia Cancun
• Gran Porto Real Resort & Suites
• Grand Bahia Principe Akumal
• Grand Bahia Principe Coba
• Grand Bahia Principe Tulum
• Grand Coco Bay
• Grand Cozumel by Occidental
• Grand Marlon Hotel
• Grand Mayan Riviera Maya
• Grand Oasis Riviera Maya
• Grand Palladium Colonial Resort & Spa
• Grand Palladium Riviera Resort & Spa
• Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa All Inclusive
• Grand Riviera Princess
• Grand Sirenis Mayan Beach
• Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya
• Grand Sunset Princess
• Grand Velas Riviera Maya
• Great Parnassus Resort And Spa
• H10 Punta Coral & Punta Turquesa
• Hacienda Chichen
• Hacienda Chichen Resort
• Hacienda Maria Bonita
• Hacienda Morelos
• Hacienda Paradise Hotel
• Hacienda Punta Sam
• Hacienda San Miguel
• Hacienda Temozon
• Hacienda Tres Rios All Inclusive
• Hacienda Vista Real
• Hard Rock Hotel Cancun
• Hemingway Romantic Cabanas
• Holiday Inn Arenas
• Holiday Inn Chetumal-Puerta Maya
• Holiday Inn Express Cancun Zona Hotelera
• Holiday Inn Express Playacar
• Hostel Posada Lucy
• Hotel Akumal Caribe
• Hotel Albatros
• Hotel Aqualuna
• Hotel Aventura Mexicana
• Hotel Banana
• Hotel Barracuda
• Hotel Barrio Latino
• Hotel Basico
• Hotel Batab
• Hotel Be Live Cancun
• Hotel Be Live Grand Cancun
• Hotel Be Live Grand Playa
• Hotel Be Live Grand Riviera Maya
• Hotel Be Live Palm Beach
• Hotel Belmar
• Hotel Bonampak
• Hotel Casa Del Mar
• Hotel Casa Maya
• Hotel Casa Viento
• Hotel Coco Rio
• Hotel Cohiba
• Hotel Colibri
• Hotel Colon
• Hotel Costa del Mar
• Hotel Cotty Internacional
• Hotel Delfin Playa
• Hotel Dolores Alba
• Hotel Eclipse
• Hotel El Pueblito Beach Cancun
• Hotel Encanto El Faro
• Hotel Faro Viejo
• Hotel Flamingo
• Hotel Francis Arlene
• Hotel Garrafon de Castilla
• Hotel Grand Royal Lagoon
• Hotel Hacienda del Caribe
• Hotel Hacienda Maria Bonita
• Hotel Imperial Las Perlas Cancun
• Hotel Kai-Kaana
• Hotel Kinbe
• Hotel La Rana Cansada
• Hotel La Roca
• Hotel La Tortuga
• Hotel Lab Nah
• Hotel Las Golondrinas
• Hotel Las Palapas
• Hotel Le Reve
• Hotel Los Itzaes
• Hotel Lunasol
• Hotel Lunata
• Hotel Maison Lafitte
• Hotel Marina El Cid Spa and Beach Resort
• Hotel Marionetas
• Hotel Maya Luna
• Hotel MedioMundo
• Hotel Mimi del Mar
• Hotel Moongate
• Hotel Nueva Vida de Ramiro
• Hotel Pelicano Inn
• Hotel Pepita
• Hotel Playa la Media Luna
• Hotel Plaza Almendros
• Hotel Plaza Cozumel
• Hotel Plaza Kokai
• Hotel Plaza Playa del Carmen
• Hotel Posada Freud
• Hotel Quinto Sol
• Hotel Riu Palace Mexico
• Hotel Riu Palace Riviera Maya
• Hotel Riu Playacar
• Hotel Riu Yucatan
• Hotel Riviera Caribe Maya
• Hotel Roca Mar
• Hotel Secreto
• Hotel Suites Laguna Verde
• Hotel Tierra Maya
• Hotel Tropical Casablanca
• Hotel Villa Rolandi
• Hotel Villas Delfines
• Hotel Villas Kin-ha
• Hotel Villas Latinas
• Hotel Vista Caribe
• Hotel Xbalamque Cancun
• Hotel-Suites Caribe Internacional
• Hyatt Regency Cancun
• Iberostar Cancun All Inclusive
• Iberostar Cozumel
• Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso
• Iberostar Paraiso Beach
• Iberostar Paraiso Del Mar
• Iberostar Paraiso Lindo
• Iberostar Paraiso Maya
• Iberostar Quetzal
• Iberostar Tucan
• Illusion Boutique Hotel
• Imperial Fiesta Club
• Imperial Laguna Cancun
• Imperial Laguna Hotel
• In Fashion Hotel Boutique
• InterContinental Hotels Presidente Cancun
• InterContinental Hotels Presidente Cozumel Resort Spa
• Ixchel Beach Hotel
• Jardin de Marieta
• Jungla Caribe
• JW Marriott Cancun Resort and Spa
• Kantenah Palladium Grand Resort and Spa
• La Amada Hotel
• La Bahia Condominiums
• La Casona Real
• La Palapa Holbox
• La Riviera
• La Vita e Bella
• La Zebra Hotel
• Las Casitas Akumal
• Las Palapas Resort
• Las Palmas
• Las Ranitas
• Le Blanc Spa Resort Adults Only All-inclusive
• Le Meridien Cancun Resort & Spa
• Live Aqua Cancun
• Los Cocos Chetumal Hotel
• Luz en Yucatan
• Magic Blue Adult Only Boutique Hotel
• Magic Express Hotel
• Mahekal Beach Resort
• Mar Azul Isla Mujeres
• Margarita del Sol
• Margaritas Cancun Hotel
• Maria de Lourdes Hotel
• Maria Sabina & Happy Gecko Eco Hostel
• Maria's Kan Kin
• Marlon Heroes
• Maroma Resort & Spa
• Maya Caribe Cancun All Inclusive
• Maya Inn Playa del Carmen
• Maya Tankah
• Maya Tulum
• Mayafair Design Hotel
• Mayaland
• Mayaland Hotel & Bungalows
• ME Cancun Resort
• Melia Cozumel
• Melia Turquesa
• Mermaid Value Inn
• Mezzanine
• Moon Palace Golf Resort - All Inclusive
• Mosquito Beach Hotel Club
• Mosquito Blue
• Na Balam Beach Hotel
• Nachi Cocom Beach Club
• NH Krystal Cancun
• Nh Riviera Cancun All Inclusive
• Nina Hotel & Beach Club
• Now Jade Riviera Cancun
• Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun
• Oasis Akumal
• Oasis America Cancun
• Oasis Cancun All-inclusive
• Oasis Palm Beach
• Occidental Allegro Cozumel
• Occidental Allegro Playacar
• Occidental Grand Xcaret
• Ocean Breeze Golf Hotel
• Ocean Coral & Turquesa All Inclusive
• Ocean Hotel - All Inclusive
• Ocean Maya
• Ocean Spa Hotel
• Ocean Spa Hotel
• Om Hotel & Lounge-bar
• Omni Cancun Hotel & Villas
• Omni Puerto Aventuras Hotel Beach Resort
• Paa Mul Caribbean Paradise
• Paimera Cocos
• Palma Dorada Inn
• Paraiso de la Bonita
• Paraiso de la Bonita Resort & Thalasso
• Paraiso Del Desierto Express Hotel
• Parayso Hotel And Spa
• Park Royal Cozumel
• Park Royal Piramides Cancun
• Perla Del Caribe Marazul
• Petit Lafitte Hotel
• Playa Azul Golf and Beach Hotel
• Playa Del Karma
• Playa Maya
• Playa Palms Beachfront Hotel
• Playa Sonrisa
• Playacar Palace
• Poc-Na Hostel
• Posada del Mar
• Posada Dos Ceibas
• Posada Luna del Sur
• Posada Margherita
• Posada Mariposa
• Privilege Aluxes
• Pueblito Luxury Condohotel
• Puerto Isla Mujeres Resort and Yacht Club
• Quinta Real Hotel Villahermosa
• Radisson Hacienda Cancun
• Real Playa Del Carmen All Inclusive Resort
• Reef Club Cozumel
• Reef Playacar
• Reina Roja
• Ritz-Carlton Cancun
• Riu Cancun All Inclusive Hotel
• Riu Caribe
• Riu Lupita All Inclusive
• Riu Palace Las Americas
• Riviera del Sol Hotel
• Rosewood Mayakoba
• Royal Caribbean
• Royal Hideaway Playacar by Occidental
• Royal Playa Del Carmen
• Royal Resorts - The Royal Cancun
• Royal Sands
• Royal Solaris Cancun
• Sabor Cozumel Resort & Spa
• Sabor Cozumel Resort & Spa
• Sandos Caracol Resort & Spa
• Sandos Playacar Beach Resort & Spa
• Scuba Club Cozumel
• Sea Adventure Resort & Waterpark
• Secrets Capri Riviera Cancun
• Secrets Maroma Beach Riviera Cancun
• Secrets Silversands Riviera Cancun
• Sens Cancun
• Sens Del Mar
• Sens Del Mar - Formerly Grand Oasis Playa
• Shambala Petit Hotel
• Shangri-La Caribe Hotel
• Sheraton Cancun Resort and Towers
• Sina Suites Cancun
• Soberanis Hotel
• Sol Cabanas del Caribe
• Sol Y Luna Hotel Boutique
• Solymar Beach Resort
• Suenos Tulum
• Suites Bahia
• Suites Colonial
• Suites Costa Blanca
• Suites El Patio
• Suites Vima
• Sun Palace - All Inclusive
• Sunset Fishermen's Resort & Spa
• Sunset Royal Hotel (All-Inclusive)
• Tankah Inn
• Temptation Resort and Spa
• Terracaribe Hotel
• The Bric Hotel
• The Elements
• The Royal Cancun - Luxury All Inclusive Resort
• The Royal Haciendas
• The Royal in Cancun Adults Only All-inclusive
• The Royal Islander
• The Royal Mayan
• The Royal suites Yucatan by Palladium
• The Westin Regina Resort Cancun
• Tropical Casa Blanca
• Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas
• U-najil Cabanas
• Unika Unique Hideaway - Isla Mujeres
• Valentin Imperial Maya
• Velavento Hotel & Beach Club
• Viceroy Riviera Maya
• Villa La Bella
• Villa Las Iguanas
• Villa Maya
• Villablanca Garden Beach Hotel
• Villas Tacul Boutique Hotel
• Vista del Mar Hotel
• Vista del Mar Hotel Boutique
• Westin Resort & Spa Cancun
• Xaloc Resort
• Xaman Ha Condos
• Xbalamque Tulum Eco Camp
• Zahra
• Zamas Hotel
• Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita

The hotel you choose to stay at during your trip to the Mexican Caribbean can make or break your vacation.  Make sure to review your options carefully by determining if the location of the accommodations are central to the activities you wish to participate in, are large enough to house your party comfortably, have all of the amenities you desire, and does all of this within your budget.  Luckily, with the wide array of accommodation options available in Cancun, Cozumel, and the rest of the Mexican Caribbean, the perfect hotel for your trip is just waiting for you to find it.