Rosewood Mayakoba

Rosewood Mayakoba threads through freshwater lagoons and canals behind a Caribbean beach in the Riviera Maya, where arrival is by private boat through the waterways. Its hundred and twenty-nine suites and lagoon-side villas come with twenty-four-hour butlers, oversized terraces and al-fresco showers, and many add private plunge pools and boat docks, from around eight hundred and fifty-eight square feet up through deluxe lagoon villas, oceanfront and wellness suites to the six-bedroom, sixteen-thousand-square-foot Founders Villa with its ninety-two-foot infinity pool. Sense, A Rosewood Spa occupies its own private island across the lagoon, named the number-one spa in the world by Forbes Mexico, while El Camaleón hosts championship Greg Norman golf and two beach clubs split adults-only from family. Dining runs to La Ceiba's al-fresco Mayan-inspired table under a Ceiba tree, the adults-only Aquí Me Quedo with its food truck, a raw bar and a tequila library, and on-site cenotes hide in the grounds. It is around forty-five minutes from Cancun and holds Two Michelin Keys, on a room-only base — a lagoon-and-canal sanctuary for couples, families, wellness travellers and golfers alike.