Riviera Maya  ·  Christmas & New Year’s 2026

Christmas week
on the Riviera Maya.

Short transfer. Villas with pools.

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Rosewood Mayakoba
Rosewood Mayakoba
What to look for

A residence with its own pool, close to the airport.

Christmas week runs Dec 19 to 26, 2026, and New Year’s week Dec 26 to Jan 2. December through April brings the driest, coolest weather on the Riviera Maya, and most of these resorts are under an hour from Cancún airport.

For a family or three generations, look for a multi-bedroom residence or villa with a kitchen and a private pool, then a kids’ club and a calm beach. These six deliver.

The hotels

Where we’d send you.

Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba
01Mayakoba · Exclusive 3 Bedroom Villa, ground floor

Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba

The ground-floor three-bedroom villa runs to 4,603 square feet, sleeps eight and has its own kitchen, terrace and private pool; three- and four-bedroom Penthouses are the other option. Residents use everything at the Fairmont Mayakoba resort, including the kids’ club for ages five to eleven, the spa and the Greg Norman golf course.

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Rosewood Mayakoba
02Mayakoba · Mayakoba Two-Bedroom Suite and villas to six bedrooms

Rosewood Mayakoba

The Mayakoba Two-Bedroom Suite, the Cenote Two Bedroom Villa and 15 villas of two to six bedrooms sit between lagoon, jungle and beach; every suite has an oversized terrace and 24-hour butler service. About 25 miles from Cancún airport, with El Camaleón golf on the property.

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NIZUC Resort & Spa
03Cancún · Villas, Master Suite or Penthouse

NIZUC Resort & Spa

The Villas, Master Suite and Penthouse are the family rooms on this quiet peninsula with a sheltered beach, about fifteen minutes from Cancún airport. A private transfer on arrival and a hydrothermal session at NIZUC Spa by ESPA come with every booking through us.

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Banyan Tree Mayakoba
04Mayakoba · private-pool villas

Banyan Tree Mayakoba

Every room is a private-pool villa, threaded through Mayakoba’s lagoons and mangrove canals, with the beach club and El Camaleón golf at hand. Higher villa categories can carry a higher resort credit when booked through us.

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Hotel Esencia
05Xpu-Ha · Pool Villas and the Private Villa

Hotel Esencia

A 50-acre estate on Xpu-Ha cove, built as the private home of an Italian duchess, with 45 suites and villas reached by footpaths from the Main House. The Pool Villas and the Private Villa suit a family; the duplex villas add another level of privacy, and Cancún airport is about fifty minutes away.

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Maroma, A Belmond Hotel
06Punta Maroma · Belmond low-rise

Maroma, A Belmond Hotel

Hand-built palapa architecture on one of the Riviera Maya’s calmest stretches of sand, forty minutes from Cancún airport. A low-rise 72-room hideaway between jungle and reef, where breakfast for two per bedroom and a resort credit come with your booking.

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Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba
Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba
Rosewood Mayakoba
Rosewood Mayakoba
NIZUC Resort & Spa
NIZUC Resort & Spa
Banyan Tree Mayakoba
Banyan Tree Mayakoba
Hotel Esencia
Hotel Esencia
Maroma, A Belmond Hotel
Maroma, A Belmond Hotel
Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba
Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba
Rosewood Mayakoba
Rosewood Mayakoba
NIZUC Resort & Spa
NIZUC Resort & Spa
Banyan Tree Mayakoba
Banyan Tree Mayakoba
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How many bedrooms, the children’s ages, golf or no golf. Send us your dates and who’s coming, and we’ll match the residence or suite.

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Questions, answered.

Which resort works best for three generations?

Fairmont Heritage Place Mayakoba: the ground-floor three-bedroom villa is 4,603 square feet, sleeps eight and has a kitchen and private pool, with the kids’ club taking ages five to eleven. Rosewood Mayakoba’s villas run from two to six bedrooms with butler service.

Which is closest to Cancún airport?

NIZUC, about fifteen minutes away, with a private transfer on arrival included when you book through us. Rosewood Mayakoba is about 25 miles, Maroma forty minutes and Hotel Esencia about fifty minutes.

Which suits a couple?

Banyan Tree Mayakoba’s private-pool villas in the lagoons, Maroma’s palapa hideaway on calm sand, and Hotel Esencia’s Jungle Suites with plunge pools.

Is the rate the same as booking direct?

Yes. You pay the hotel’s own rate. Booked through us, these resorts add their extras for our clients, such as daily breakfast for two per bedroom, a resort credit, the arrival transfer and spa session at NIZUC, and an upgrade when available, confirmed in writing.

Do I pay you or the hotel?

You pay the hotel directly. We confirm availability, attach the extras in writing and hold the residence or suite.

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