Hotel Esencia
A duchess's 1970s estate on fifty acres of Xpu-Ha beach – sixty rooms and villas, independently run, and the most decorated address on the coast.
Xpu-Ha, Xcaret & Tulum · Riviera Maya, Cancún & Tulum
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because it holds five-star standing and is one of only three hotels in the whole of Mexico to carry the hotel guides' highest distinction – on a private stretch of Xpu-Ha beach, with sixty rooms and villas and no brand between you and the house.
- Independent, on fifty acres of beachfront at Xpu-Ha – the stretch of coast south of Playa del Carmen and north of Tulum.
- Began as the 1970s estate of a duchess, and keeps the scale of a private house rather than a resort.
- Sixty rooms and villas in all.
- Holds five-star standing in 2026 and the hotel guides' highest distinction, given in 2024 and kept in 2025 – one of just three hotels in Mexico that can say so.
Suites and rates
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The neighborhood
Xpu-Ha, Xcaret & Tulum
The south – the Xcaret parks and their coves, Xpu-Ha's long beach, the cenotes of the Tulum jungle and, past the Tulum ruins, the edge of the Sian Ka'an biosphere, the farthest and wildest end of the coast.
- Xpu-Ha beach itself, from the door.
- Akumal's bay and its turtles, a short drive south.
- The Tulum ruins on their cliff, farther south along the highway.
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“A duchess's 1970s estate on fifty acres of Xpu-Ha beach – sixty rooms and villas, independently run, and the most decorated address on the coast.”
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