Villa Pescadores
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[5.7 miles]
Tulum ruins perched on a cliff and turquoise sea lapping talc-white sand: it’s all about location in this rustic beach-cabin retreat.
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Gran Cenote
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Last updated: 13 November, 2022
Covered in fragrant lilies, floating on a terrapin-filled pool of water as clear and fresh as mountain air and framed by a dramatic cave mouth, Gran Cenote is a beauty.
But while the cenote extends for miles underground, through spectacular caverns, the part snorkellers can visit is modest. To explore further you’ll need cave diving certification.
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Minimum age: Any
Age suitable: 6+
When: All year around
Getting there & doing it
It is easy to reach – lying right off the main Tulum-Coba highway 5km Northwest of Tulum village. There’s a car park, lockers and changing facilities and life jacket and snorkel rental.
When to do it
The cenote is open all year round, seven days a week for swimming, snorkelling and diving. Come early morning or late afternoon – the cenote gets very busy in the middle of the day and can feel uncomfortably crowded.
The weather in the Mayan Riviera is generally good all year round, and the water is always warm enough for swimming. The rainy season from May through October sees the fewest visitors to Mayan Riviera – and fewer crowds at the cenotes. The dry season – November through April – gets busy. If you can, avoid peak season in December to January, when it gets oppressively crowded, especially around Christmas and New Year.
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Kai Hotel Tulum
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[5.7 miles]
A good value hotel on the choicest stretch of sand and in the shadow of Tulum ruins. Its cabanas come with ocean views.
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Coco Tulum
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[9.3 miles]
Beachside party hotel with great value rooms in traditional barefoot-chic Tulum beach cabanas, with comfort. Adults only.
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Ma’Xanab Tulum
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[9.4 miles]
This boutiquey Tulum beachfront blends with nature and offer modern, modish toes-in-the-sand stays in comfort. Adults only.
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Mayan Riviera
Mexico
Talc-white beaches, reefs teeming with life, ruined temples in misty rainforests – the Riviera Maya offers a family or romantic beach holiday with a dash of Indian Jones adventure.
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Cenote Dos Ojos [swimming, snorkelling & scuba diving]
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[11.6 miles]
A stunning cenote with spectacular cave formations and glassy water, passing through caverns encrusted with stalactites. Mind-bogglingly beautiful for both snorkellers and PADI divers.
Best for ages: 8+ | £12
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Mayan ruins of Tulum
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[5.1 miles]
Iconic, though modest, Maya ruins perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful beach and a turquoise ocean.
Best for ages: 10+ | £2
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Xel-Ha
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico[13.7 miles]
A snorkellers’ theme park, comprising a series of broken, crystal-clear bays and glassy streams, teeming with brightly coloured marine life and fringed with low tropical forest. Safe, supervised snorkelling plus swimming with (captive) dolphins and manatees.
Best for ages: 4+ | £80
Aktun-Chen
Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico[18 miles]
A simple nature-based theme park with a safari-park zoo, a cenote for swimming, a spectacular cave and a rainforest canopy zip-line adventure.
Best for ages: 4+ | £30
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