Tulum is enchanting in many ways, to the point that, at first glance, it might seem impossible to pick one place to stay. It’s a paradise for design lovers, to say nothing of Tulum boutique hotels. You’ll find the best hotels in Tulum along the white sandy beach, and you’ll want to try them all. Above all, here you’ll find our favorite Tulum beach hotels!
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1. Azulik Eco Resort & Maya Spa – The Eco-friendly Castle
Overall Experience
1. Design & Boutique Feeling: 5
2. Rooms & Other Facilities: 5
3. Food & Drinks: 4
4. Service: 5
5. Location: 3
Design & Boutique Feeling
While deceivingly castle-like outside, Azulik is not just a hotel: it’s unique among Tulum boutique hotels. In keeping with its Mayan core values, Azulik is a strictly eco-friendly hotel with candles instead of light bulbs, with dreamlike wooden paths taking you from place to place. You’ll feel transported to a simpler time thanks to this star among the best hotels in Tulum!
Rooms & Other Facilities
Besides the unique tree villas rooms, Azulik has a fantastic yoga practice in their dome, a unique place among Tulum boutique hotels. Its whole theme of returning to their roots makes Azulik stand out among Tulum beach hotels.
Tulum boutique hotels often focus on embracing the Maya legacy, and Azulik prioritized this above all others. They even offer an Apothecary and Herbal Remedy Lab dedicated to creating products based on Maya teachings!
Committed to its status as a spa with a Mayan twist, this is a spot to heal the body and soul. And it’s smack in the middle of Tulum beach hotels!
You’ll find traditional spa services like saunas and massage beds, plus the unique and ancestral healing services.
Food & Drinks
The food will not disappoint you. Whether you’re visiting fancy restaurant Kin Toh, enjoying a cocktail at the Beach Bar or powering up at the healthy Cenote Bar, you will get a memorable time!
Service
Once you enter this little castle, you are in for a treat in the style of Tulum boutique hotels. The service is top notch and the staff walk the extra mile to make your stay something to remember!
Location
The only downside of this gem of Tulum boutique hotels is the location. At the beginning of the beach, this is not where you get to experience the white wide famous Tulum beach. But with so many incredible things to do inside the resort, you will not want to leave your nest anyway. And in any case, the beach and the Mayan ruins are just 10 minutes bicycle ride away!
Azulik is a place like no other, even when compared to the other Tulum boutique hotels. The perfect escape for your body, mind, and soul!
Would you like to stay at Azulik? THEN BOOK IT HERE!
2. La Zebra – A Gem Among Tulum Beach Hotels
Overall Experience
1. Design & Boutique Feeling: 5
2. Rooms & Other Facilities: 5
3. Food & Drinks: 4
4. Service: 4
5. Location: 5
Design & Boutique Feeling
La Zebra, the modern luxury beauty of Tulum boutique hotels. With an Afro-Caribbean vibe, it’s accurately self-described as “beach chic.” La Zebra is fresh from a recent renovation, so the bungalows facing the sea are in top shape.
Rooms & Other Facilities
All cottages have a big balcony, and the decor is modern with inspiration from Africa. The bathroom in our bungalow had two showers and basins! The wifi here works a bit better than in the other Tulum boutique hotels, and the food is delicious. Well, La Zebra offers a bit higher class and comfort than many of the best hotels in Tulum.
In the afternoon La Zebra manages to create a great ambiance with fun music and Latin charisma with the DJ! Besides good staff service, this hotel offers fantastic experiences like scuba diving. This tiny place among large Tulum boutique hotels takes full advantage of its privileged location by the beach.
To avoid some the Tulum beach hotels downsides like lousy wifi and electricity, La Zebra is for you! We really charged up at the Tulum boutique hotels, and this was no exception.
Food & Drinks
This gem among Tulum Beach Hotels has a great restaurant and for sure one of the hotels with the best food and drinks. Loved the breakfast buffé, the tasty lunches and the bar was full of tasty drinks!
Service
The service here was good and very professional. The only thing lacking was the personal touch that you sometimes can miss in more luxury places like this. It’s a minor downside and something you can comfortably live with at one of the best hotels in Tulum!
Location
The location is perfect, one of the best among Tulum boutique hotels. Walking distance to all cute design boutiques and great Tulum restaurants.
Would you like to stay at La Zebra? THEN BOOK IT HERE!
3. Coco Tulum – The B&W Boho Chic Gem
Overall Experience
1. Design & Boutique Feeling: 5
2. Rooms & Other Facilities: 3
3. Food & Drinks: 4
4. Service: 3
5. Location: 4
Design & Boutique Feeling
Another beachfront property, the Coco Tulum is not only a hotel but also a great beach club. Easily one of the top Tulum beach hotels! Everything here breathes beach and chill lazy days in the sun. The B&W design and decor is very stylish, yet gives a laid back feeling!
Rooms & Other Facilities
Accommodations are beautiful cabanas in the sand instead of actual hotel rooms, for a unique experience among Tulum boutique hotels. Don’t be tricked by the rustic exterior, as the décor inside each room is in minimalist B&W, providing a very modern take on the beach cabana trope without losing any of the sweetness.
Notably, you’ll find the beach club with a bar, hammocks (see the featured image) and weekly music parties. To sum up, it’s the spot among Tulum boutique hotels to get lost in the Caribbean’s infinite shades of blue.
Food & Drinks
The food and drinks here are great and the place we went to for lunch and after beach when staying at Viento De Mar. Loved drinking a mojito while relaxing in the swings, watching the turquoise water and the never ending white sandy beach! Life quality at its best!
Service
The service is a bit slow here, especially in the bar and the sun bed area gets quite crowded! So, if you stay here and want some more peaceful days, I would recommend a day at Viento De Mar. The beach area there is bigger, better and quieter, so that you can return home in the afternoon, fully charged. Still, it’s one of the top Tulum boutique hotels!
Location
5 minutes walk from Viento De Mar, the location is great. At one of the best part of the beach and walking distance to the shops and restaurants. A top choice in the list of the best hotels in Tulum!
Would you like to stay at Coco Tulum? THEN BOOK IT HERE!
4. Ginger – The Hip Town Boutique Hotel
Overall Experience
1. Design & Boutique Feeling: 4
2. Rooms & Other Facilities: 3
3. Food & Drinks: 3
4. Service: 3
5. Location: 3
Design & Boutique Feeling
Coco Tulum has a sister hotel in Tulum town – Ginger – and we likewise stayed here one night. This charming town boutique hotel with small bright rooms and the Caribbean vibe is an excellent value for money choice. Tulum style with Caribbean vibes and colors.
Rooms & Other Facilities
This is a small hotel and so are the rooms. Yet bright and modern and perfect for one or two nights. There is a small breakfast restaurant too as well as a very small pool – more for your feet than to swim in.
Food & Drinks
The breakfast was tasty with a limited but good assortment!
Service
The service was lovely, as often happens in Tulum boutique hotels.
Location
I would strongly recommend staying on the beach as this is the best way to experience Tulum boutique hotels. This is where the best restaurants and hotels are, and the town as such is not super charming. However, staying in Tulum town can be a good value for money alternative. In the event that you want to experience the town vibe, Ginger is a perfect choice!
Ginger has a great location because it’s opposite the main street, with numerous restaurants and bars.
Just around the corner, there’s a grocery store, and 5 minutes away you will find some bicycle shops where you can rent a bike to get a ride down to the beach area! Plus, you can spend the day in its sister among Tulum boutique hotels, Coco Tulum!
Would you like to stay at Ginger? THEN BOOK IT HERE!
So, what else?
There are two Tulum boutique hotels where we didn’t stay, even though they looked terrific: Nomade Hotel, at the main Tulum beach and the luxury resort Be Tulum, by the sea cliffs. Check them out!
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