Casona Los Cedros
Espita, Mexico
★ Verified by our editors · September 2026
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The verdict
A family house on a corner of Espita, a quiet town north of Valladolid, that later served as a cantina and then stood empty for some thirty years. The French architect Laura Lecué, of Collectif COMO, restored it in 2021 with chukum — the Maya lime render — and cedar made in the village, and added eight rooms around a garden with an infinity pool. It is in the MICHELIN Guide without a Key, and its restaurant is the reason most people come.
A night or two between Valladolid, Ek Balam and the north coast, with a serious dinner.
You want a full-service resort: it has eight rooms, a pool and a restaurant, and the town is sleepy.
Book dinner at CASONA for the first night, not the last, and walk to the main square in the early evening, when Espita comes out to sit.
The rooms
Eight rooms and suites in the new wing, with concrete and lime walls, cement-tile floors, local wood and embroidered textiles; each bathroom opens onto a small planted patio. The suite has a private pool.
The setting
In the centre of Espita, in eastern Yucatán, where few travellers stop. The old house holds the reception and the bar; the garden's old trees were kept, and the rooms are set among them around the pool.
The food
CASONA, the restaurant, is chef Jorge Ildefonso's cooking of the region, seasonal and partly grown in the hotel's own vegetable garden, with recipes contributed by people from the town. It serves from breakfast to dinner and is open to non-guests.
Getting there
About an hour from Valladolid by road, two from Mérida and two and a half from Cancún. A car is essential.
Good to know
The lamps are woven and the textiles embroidered by people from Espita. Weddings are held here from time to time; check dates if you want the house quiet.
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