travel42 Hotel Review: Alila Mayakoba

Alila Mayakoba travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Turning off the Tulum-Cancun freeway, a winding drive along a one-way road leads through tropical forest and mangroves to the first glimpses of tamed landscape—an 18-hole Greg Norman-designed golf course. The narrow road ends at a contemporary porte-cochere reminiscent of a palapa.

The property is home to thirteen two- and three-story buildings distributed lagoon side and beach side. Bird-inspired mural art identifies each building as a nod to the name Mayakob...