EAT Hartwood [the whole restaurant is outside & everything is cooked on open wood fire; make reservations ahead of time]; Casa Banana [same as Hartwood; great cocktails]; Arca [beautiful outdoors restaurant with delicious & creative food & cocktails]; Chamico’s [a laid back beachside cafe under a thicket of palm trees. It has no phone, website or address. To get there, turn off the highway onto a small dirt road - look for the sign for the Jashita Hotel - and drive down to Soliman Bay. Give the guard at the makeshift gate a look that says you know what you’re doing. Then drive past palatial villas until the road ends. Cash only. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — or whenever the owner feels like it. You have to order the fried fish!] The Real Coconut at Sanara [good for healthy breakfast, juices & smoothies] Posada Margherita [although I did not eat here, it’s a great space a friend swears about their food]
SLEEP Coqui Coqui [we stayed at this great boutique hotel that unfortunately no longers exists]; Sanara [eco chic boutique hotel right at the beach] Be Tulum [although a bit out of the way, it’s a beautiful hotel with a lounge area at the beach you will never want to leave] Mi Amor [although I did not see this hotel in-person, it definitely fits my sense of style :-)]
TO DO Cenotes [Nick is a fantastic tour guide if you want to visit cenotes which are natural swimming holes around Tulum. He can be reached at: [email protected] or http://tulumliving.com/avatar-adventure-tours-tulum/] Mayan Ruins [ride a bike there in the morning before all the tourists arrive; very nice beach] Spa [Yaan - http://yaanwellness.com - beautiful treatment cabanas & very unique Mayan-influenced treatments] Yoga [plenty of yoga can be found in Tulum, but no space beats Sanara where you practice in a glass building right at the beach]
