Chablé Maroma Hotel

Mexico

Recharge your batteries in Mexico at a resort that borrows from ancient Mayan wisdom in everything from its menus to its spa treatments, while benefitting from native flora and fauna beyond compare.

Paradise awaits at the end of a small, unassuming dirt road on Mexico’s Riviera Maya,
home to awe-inspiring archeological sites, the second-largest coral reef in the world, bathwater-warm turquoise water – and the wellness-meets-beach haven that is Chablé Maroma.

A sense of balance and harmony pervades each of the resort’s 70 spacious stone casitas, highlights of which include indoor-outdoor showers, private pools framed by lush foliage, hand-carved sinks and woven artworks. The spa is a major draw, offering a host of pampering treatments inspired by ancient Mayan rituals, many of which make use of flower petals, heady essentials, oils, coffee, clay and tobacco scrubs and local quartz crystals. Skin – and frazzled nerves – smoothed, it’s time to kick back and soak up some sun on the beach – all palm trees and fine, powdery white sand – or flitting between the infinity pool and Jacuzzi.

Menus across the three restaurants impress, from breakfast huevos rancheros to round-the-clock ceviche, but fine-diner Bu’ul (Mayan for ‘bean’) tops our list, with artful dishes such as suckling pig with beans and sweet potato purée showcasing chef Jorge Vallejo’s considerable talent.

Casitas from £400pn. 00 52 998 387 0046, chablehotels.com

Words by Julie Alpine.

This review was taken from the December 2020 issue of Food and Travel.

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