CHABLE YUCATAN

The resort is deliberately isolated; the nearest city, Merida, is around 35 minutes’ drive away, but the Mayan ruins at Tulum and Chichen Itza are easily reachable for a day trip. Mexican star chef Jorge Vallejo oversees the resort's three restaurants; laid-back, poolside Kiol, with its menus of ceviche, tostadas and local grilled fish, a healthy spa restaurant serving vegetarian salads and smoothies at lunchtime and Mexican fine-dining joint Ixi'im, which boasts the world's largest private tequila collection.

SUITABLE FOR:

• Spa & wellness enthusiasts
• Nature lovers
• Serenity seekers

THINGS TO DO AT THE HOTEL:

• Sample some of the blissful treatments in the fabulous spa with its sauna, steam room, flotation room, salt chamber and infinity pool
• Work up an appetite at the running and cycling track
• Uncover the secrets of Yucatan cuisine at a cookery class
• Wind down with a cooling water therapy treatment or relaxing yoga class
• Relax with a wellness and meditative-based round of golf
• Sample the region’s best tequilas during a tasting at the bar

THINGS TO DO NEARBY:

• Explore the ancient Mayan ruins of Uxmal and Chichen Itza
• Cycle through the surrounding forest trails
• Absorb the nature and conservation work carried out at the Celestun Biosphere Reserve
• Enjoy a mouthwatering food tour around Merida
• Delve into the Merida’s fascinating past with a tour of the Centro Historico