Twelve beach destinations in Mexico, from the Pacific to the Caribbean. Each one with what actually matters before you book.
Bigger swell, cooler water, mountains and towns with a life of their own.
A 100-kilometre bay with mountains falling into the sea, a genuine historic centre and beaches you can only reach by boat. Our home and our reference point.
From Nuevo Vallarta to Chacala: seven towns, the best learning waves on the Mexican Pacific and the Marietas Islands. Same airport as Vallarta, a completely different pace.
Twenty kilometres of malecón, a restored historic centre and the best seafood culture on the Pacific, at half the price of its famous neighbours.
El Arco, the Sea of Cortez, grey whales and two completely different towns linked by a resort corridor. Expensive, dry and spectacular.
Zicatela, the Mexican Pipeline, bioluminescent lagoons and Oaxacan cooking in its coastal version. Cheap, raw and no place for careless swimmers.
More than thirty beaches across nine bays, a national park on top and environmental rules that kept the high-rises out. Quiet by design.
Turquoise, warm and flat water, reefs, cenotes and Maya ruins.
22 kilometres of white sand, the best air connectivity in Mexico and a real city behind the resorts. How to enjoy it without falling into the traps.
Caribbean beach, a walkable town and cenotes half an hour away. The middle ground between Cancún's scale and Tulum's calm, with a ferry to Cozumel from downtown.
The only Maya city facing the sea, a postcard beach and cenotes twenty minutes away. Also Mexico's priciest and most misunderstood destination.
Palancar, Santa Rosa and El Cielo over the world's second-largest reef, plus a wild east coast almost nobody drives. Less sargassum than the mainland.
Playa Norte, golf carts, summer whale sharks and an island you can cover in one afternoon. And it usually escapes the sargassum.
A sand island inside a biosphere reserve: dirt streets, golf carts, flamingos, summer whale sharks and bioluminescence on moonless nights.
