Wednesday, September 2, 2026

  1. Canals thread through the mangrove forest right up to your room, so the line between resort and jungle stays genuinely blurry throughout your stay. This is a large luxury resort just north of Playa del Carmen, with nine pools, a Forbes Four Star rating, and enough complimentary activities, paddleboarding, catamaran tours, mezcal tastings, yoga, to keep a planner busy or an avoider pleasantly distracted. The adults-only infinity pool gazes out over the canals and mangroves, which is as good an argument for day-drinking as any.

    One honor, in evidence:

    The record strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 86

    How we score

Nearby in the record closest first

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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    Drink Score

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      Stay Score

      The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. It runs on the scored places nearby: more good stuff within reach, higher score. If it looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.