Alea Tulum

Very friendly staff, big shout out to Diana for the amazing tips on trips to do. Beautiful room with complimentary mini bar in an idyllic place outside of the busy Zona Hotelera of Tulum (highly recommend renting a car, upon airport arrival, because it's too remote to move around with bicycles and taxi's are very expensive - read 100 USD for a 20 min ride). Elaborate delicious breakfast and big plus on the available equipment to go kayaking or snorkling in the sea. Perfect if you want to relax at the beach with the comfort of a 4star boutique hotel (I think they have around 15-20 rooms).

We loved the secluded location, private beach, free water activities, free large breakfast, large balcony, dipping pool, swim-up to room, friendly and helpful staff. Small grocery store nearby is helpful too.

- The hotel is absolutely beautiful. We had an ocean front swim-up room and could hang out by the pool while overlooking the ocean. - The facilities/services are great: you can pick up paddle boards, kayaks, bikes and snorkel gear at no cost. - The staff are so great (shoutout to Erik and Julio!!! Erik was the funniest and Julio essentially planned all of our activities) - The breakfast was the best part. It's included with the room, includes local cuisine, is so well prepared, and so filling. I must also mention their cocktails and their dinner menu. SO yummy. - We got sick at the end of our stay (at no fault of the hotel), and had to stay one extra night. The staff were so accommodating and helpful to us. - Having a rental car is key. All the restaurants/shops were 15-20 minutes away from the hotel.

The staff were so helpful and friendly in particular Franzcelia who not only arranged honeymoon decorations and bubbly in our room but also helped arrange a car to collect us after we had an 8hour delay on arrival due to BA flight. Delicious freshly prepared breakfast each day, very relaxing stay. Also it was close to a Cenote which we went to, you couldn’t see many fish but apparently there is a friendly crocodile in there!

What a hidden gem this place is. Alea is set away from the bustle and traffic of Tulum. The accommodations were top notch, the amenities were amazing, the staff and service was bar none and most importantly it was nice to be away from the main area. I would highly recommend a rental car if you are staying here and plan to explore at all or even wan to head downtown because taxis are +/- $25 US each way from the Hotel and back. That said we rented a car for a couple days when we arrived and did not need it the entire time.