Loved our stay! If you need to relax and want to be at a quiet location this is a great place. The property is well taken care of by Luis and his wife. The studio apartment was well equipped and very nice. You’re right on Soliman Bay and it is amazing! The second largest reef is right there. We were able to kayak right to it. The snorkeling was wonderful. I saw a turtle every day. Lots of beautiful fish. The house has kayaks and paddle boards you can use. The bay is pretty shallow but I wore a life jacket so I could just float freely without having to worry about standing up when I got tired. Amazing!!!
Tulum is about a 20 minute drive. Every where we ate was wonderful. The Mexican restaurant, Oscar & Lalo’s is right across the highway from the road to the house, it was one of the best meals we had. My favorite restaurant in Tulum, El Vegetariano was amazing.
Nothing negative about where we stayed, it was the best part of our trip.
The negative about our trip, I’ll share in hopes that I can help someone else be better prepared. I feel dumb but this was our first trip to Mexico and last minute so we didn’t do a lot of research. Our fault.
Renting a car, it’s very convenient but here’s a couple things to know. If you rent a car your personal car insurance won’t cover your car rental in Mexico. The least expensive “insurance “ was $25 dollars extra each day. Our rental online was listed as under $200. Once they added all the fees, insurance, gas refill, extra driver, taxes, etc. it was around $600 US dollars. And it was a crappy small Toyota. Hopefully you’ll have more time to research and find a better deal. 2nd, VERY IMPORTANT, on your way back to the airport there are police stops. If you get the luck of the draw, they’ll pull you over and tell you you were speeding. I truly don’t believe we were but we weren’t going to question them, they are very intimidating. They will ask for your drivers license and tell you that you can pick it up at the police station the next day knowing full well that you’re most likely on your way to the airport. They told us the ticket was around $3000 pesos which is around $175 US dollars. We only had $140 US. They said that would work, we paid them, left. What a scam/racket. Lesson learned.