Heritage Design
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Decu Mérida, a SLH Hotel
“Restored colonial casona”
Adoro Hotel Boutique
“Restored colonial casona”
Hacienda Xcanatun, Angsana Heritage Collection
“Restored henequen hacienda”
Cigno Ermita Hotel
“Restored Yucatecan mansion”
Local
Treehouse Boutique Hotel
“Tropical courtyard residence”
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Michelin Keys $–$$$
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Design $–$$
Adoro Hotel Boutique
“Restored colonial casona”
Treehouse Boutique Hotel
“Tropical courtyard residence”
Hotel Sureño
“Whitewashed rooftop refuge”
Gold medals
Chablé Yucatán
“Restored jungle hacienda”
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Decu Mérida, a SLH Hotel
“Restored colonial casona”
Michelin Keys
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Medalled $–$$$
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Decu Mérida, a SLH Hotel
“Restored colonial casona”
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Editorial mentions
Chablé Yucatán
“Restored jungle hacienda”
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Hacienda Xcanatun, Angsana Heritage Collection
“Restored henequen hacienda”
Cigno Ermita Hotel
“Restored Yucatecan mansion”
Decu Mérida, a SLH Hotel
“Restored colonial casona”
Hotel Sureño
“Whitewashed rooftop refuge”
Adoro Hotel Boutique
“Restored colonial casona”
Secluded
Chablé Yucatán
“Restored jungle hacienda”
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Hacienda Xcanatun, Angsana Heritage Collection
“Restored henequen hacienda”
Design
Decu Mérida, a SLH Hotel
“Restored colonial casona”
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
Chablé Yucatán
“Restored jungle hacienda”
Adoro Hotel Boutique
“Restored colonial casona”
Treehouse Boutique Hotel
“Tropical courtyard residence”
Diez Diez Collection, an SLH Hotel
“Brutalist courtyard showpiece”
Hotel Sureño
“Whitewashed rooftop refuge”
Design New or redone
Hotel Sevilla
“Brutalist casona retreat”
Treehouse Boutique Hotel
“Tropical courtyard residence”
Adoro Hotel Boutique
“Restored colonial casona”
Luxe Quiet or secluded
Chablé Yucatán
“Restored jungle hacienda”
Cigno Ermita Hotel
“Restored Yucatecan mansion”
Galopina
“Sascab hill bolthole”
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Adoro Hotel BoutiqueTraditional pasta-tiled floors and a central courtyard swimming pool plastered in chukum.DesignHeritageLocal$$C
Chablé YucatánRestored nineteenth-century hacienda stone arches meet minimalist glass-walled casitas in the jungle canopy.LuxeWellnessDesign$$$$ Cigno Ermita HotelSpanish courtyard layout finished in rustic chukum stucco with geometric encaustic tiles.DesignLuxeHeritage$$$D
Decu Mérida, a SLH HotelRestored mosaic tile floors meet minimalist stone courtyards across a quiet colonial compound.DesignLuxeHeritage$$$ Diez Diez Collection, an SLH HotelRaw concrete meets rich hardwoods, monochrome tiling, and a Jorge Marín courtyard fountain sculpture.DesignLuxeSocial$$$G
GalopinaSuites and stone paths sculpted into a sascab hill using burnished stucco and whitewashed concrete.DesignLuxeLocal$$$H
Hacienda Xcanatun, Angsana Heritage CollectionContemporary chukum and limestone pavilions set against original eighteenth-century masonry walls.DesignHeritageWellness$$$ Hotel Las Brisas MéridaEco-forward courtyard suitesDesignSocialLocal$$ Hotel SevillaRaw brutalist concrete insertions, monolithic bars, and a sculptural spiral staircase contrast against preserved sixteenth-century stone ruins.DesignHeritageLocal$$$ Hotel SureñoRestored mansion rooms combine cool stone floors with wicker headboards and Yucatecan ceramics.DesignSocialLocal$$T
Treehouse Boutique HotelCourtyard architecture combines traditional Yucatecan craftsmanship with contemporary finishes and private terraces.DesignLocalLuxe$$Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.