Amy Adejokun
Section editor
The Royal Tulum is a fairly luxurious 5 star hotel complex. It is a quiet complex with not much organised entertainment and is exclusively reserved for adults. Refined and elegant, the decor is very carefully thought-out and adapted to a clientèle looking for tranquillity.
Catalonia Royal Tulum - © Antoine Lorgnier / EASYVOYAGE
Catalonia Royal Tulum - © Antoine Lorgnier / EASYVOYAGE
The hotel is located between the Tulum and Playa del Carmen villages. You will need a car to visit some of the villages in the area. A taxi will cost about £13. The complex is around an hour from Cancun International Airport.
The standard rooms are decorated in a colonial style, and are equipped with two comfortable king-size beds and a large-screen satellite television with a wide range of international channels. There is also a small desk where you can write your postcards and a little terrace that opens onto the tropical garden where you can get some fresh air. The marble floor and wooden furniture give the rooms a welcoming ambiance. The bathrooms, though, are not what you would expect from a 5 star hotel: they only have a shower and the toilets are not separate.
The facilities here are impressive. On entering, guests will discover a magnificent palapa that leads onto a luxurious lobby, where you can rest after your flight while waiting to check in. The furniture is rather contemporary and refined. Just off the lobby are two charming cocktail bars, one of which has a billiard table for guests' enjoyment. The swimming pool area has a number of assets: gentle music, peace and quiet, and comfortable deckchairs all awaiting guests. Just next to the pools is the beach, with its enticing crystal clear waters and fine white sand. The hotel also has a small spa that offers a wide range of treatments and massages in an elegant setting. Guests will no doubt appreciate the relaxation area outside, set underneath a palapa surrounded by tropical vegetation. Lastly, sport enthusiasts can keep up their usual training routine in the gym, which is equipped with all the latest sport technology. All of the facilities are high-quality and worthy of a 5 star hotel.
The complex has a restaurant that serves Italian cuisine à la carte, as well as a tapas restaurant just above a cenote (a natural freshwater water hole) with beautiful surroundings. La Selva restaurant proposes international cuisine with a huge buffet for breakfast. The food is of good quality.
The beach is very pleasant, as in the rest of the region, with fine white sand and crystal clear waters to enchant visitors. The comfortable deckchairs are perfect for total relaxation.
The hotel mainly attracts young couples between the ages of 30 and 40. Children are not allowed.
hammam, massage, keep fit, beauty salon, spa, Turkish bath, wellness, sauna
gym, tennis, canoe, aqua gym, volleyball, aerobics, sports, water-polo, beach volley, kayak, fitness, golf
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This hotel review is a translation of the French version published on our French site Easyvoyage.com.
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This hotel review is a translation of the French version published on our French site Easyvoyage.com.
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This hotel review is a translation of the French version published on our French site Easyvoyage.com.
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