Where to stay in Yucatán
Henequen haciendas around Mérida, and the Caribbean coast down to Bacalar
Maroma, A Belmond Hotel
Punta Maroma, Mexico
from €958 / night
Specific guides to Yucatán
Focused comparisons to choose the right area and hotel for the trip you actually want.
MICHELIN Key hotels in Mexico: the 2026 selection, region by region
Mexico has 98 hotels with a MICHELIN Key in 2026, nine more than a year ago. Where they are, which three hold three Keys, what changed, and the eight we rate.
3 October 2026 · 8 min read
Yucatán, Oaxaca or Mexico City: a first trip to Mexico
Three regions, three different trips: Caribbean beaches and Maya cities, a food capital with a surf coast, and one of the great cities of the Americas. Who each one suits, how to join two in ten to fourteen days, and how long the flights between them take.
30 September 2026 · 8 min read
Where to stay in Yucatán: Mérida, the coast or Bacalar
The peninsula is three trips in one: a colonial capital with its haciendas, a reef coast, and a freshwater lagoon near Belize. Six hotels, what each part is for, and how to put them together without spending the week on the road.
30 September 2026 · 9 min read
Yucatán: good to know
Mérida or the Caribbean coast?
Mérida and the haciendas for architecture, cenotes and food; the Caribbean coast for the sea. With a week or more, split it: fly into Mérida and out of Cancún, or the other way round.
Do you need a car in Yucatán?
It helps inland, where the haciendas, cenotes and ruins are spread out, and the roads are straight and quiet. On the coast, most of these hotels arrange transfers from Cancún or Tulum airport.
When is sargassum a problem on the Caribbean coast?
Mostly in the warm months, roughly spring to early autumn. Winter is usually clear, and inland Yucatán is not affected.