Riviera Maya · New Year’s week
Dec 26 to Jan 2. Villas, lagoons, beach.
New Year’s week runs December 26, 2026 to January 2, 2027, and December through April brings the driest, coolest weather on the Riviera Maya. Cancún airport is the gateway, and many families stay from before Christmas into the new year.
For a group, look for villas of two bedrooms and up, suites with their own pools, and a calm beach. These six cover it, from Mayakoba down to Tulum.
Fifteen villas of two to six bedrooms plus the six-bedroom beachfront Founders Villa, the Mayakoba Two-Bedroom Suite and the Cenote Two Bedroom Villa; every suite has an open floor plan, 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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A quiet peninsula at the southern tip of Cancún’s hotel zone with a sheltered beach, about fifteen minutes from the airport. Book a Villa, the Master Suite or the Penthouse for the dining credit; every booking includes a private transfer on arrival and a hydrothermal session at NIZUC Spa by ESPA.
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One hundred and fifty-nine private-pool villas threaded through Mayakoba’s lagoons and mangrove canals, with the beach club, the El Camaleón golf course and the cenotes close by. Higher villa categories can carry a higher resort credit, and we can arrange tee times with your booking.
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Three hundred and forty-nine rooms and suites among the mangroves, with five pools and 11 restaurants. Rooms run 505 square feet with one king or two queens and a balcony tub for two; families spread into the Tropical View and Ocean View Suites, the Governors Suite or the Presidential Suite.
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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, the one for a couple in the group who want quiet.
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A beachfront mansion turned hotel by collector Lio Malca, with KAWS and Keith Haring in the lobby. Families take the Family Village Suite or the Townhouse Labyrinth Suite; couples the beachfront Master Suite. Not a Virtuoso property, so we book it through our direct relationship.
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A six-bedroom villa on the beach or a two-bedroom suite with a butler. Send us your dates and who’s coming and we’ll tell you which villa is worth it.
Check my datesRosewood Mayakoba, with villas of two to six bedrooms, the beachfront Founders Villa and 24-hour butler service in every suite. NIZUC’s Villas, Master Suite and Penthouse are the other strong choice, fifteen minutes from the airport.
Maroma, Belmond’s 72-room hideaway on Punta Maroma, or a private-pool villa at Banyan Tree Mayakoba.
NIZUC is about fifteen minutes away with a private transfer on arrival included. Rosewood Mayakoba is about 25 miles, and Maroma about forty minutes. Transfers are arranged with the booking.
Yes. You pay the hotel’s own rate. Booked through us, the Virtuoso hotels here add their extras in writing: daily breakfast for two per bedroom, a resort or dining credit, an upgrade when available and early check-in or late check-out. Casa Malca is booked through our direct relationship with the hotel.
You pay the hotel directly. We confirm availability, attach the extras in writing and hold the room, suite or villa for your dates.
