Cancún’s vivacious Hotel Zone checks off every vacation essential plus some. White-sand beaches, practically limitless beach hotel options and exciting nightlife make Cancún the perfect destination for friends, couples and families. While many associate popular tourist destinations with long lines at hotel chains and kids splashing in the pool, Cancún has a selection of hotels made just for adults. Book a room at an adults-only beach hotel in Mexico’s hottest vacation spot for luxurious ocean-view balconies, enticing spas and the R&R that only comes from a kid-free getaway.
Best Adults-Only Resorts in Cancún
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Beloved Playa Mujeres By Excellence Group
Cancún, Mexico
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Don’t let the words “all inclusive” deceive you, this hotel is very much boutique and adults only. Exchange Cancún’s bustling Hotel Zone for a quiet stretch of white sand just 30 minutes away. The all-suite accommodations come with ocean views, furnished terraces and even plunge pools overlooking the sea. With plush bedding, neutral tones and BVLGARI toiletries, these suites make the perfect haven from the sun after a long day of pampering and lounging.
There’s no lack at Beloved Playa Mujeres when it comes to dining. Four fine-dining restaurants plus a breakfast buffet, unlimited premium alcohols, pool and beach service, and 24-hour gourmet room service give you a fabulous experience in the setting of your choice. If you’re worried about health—mental or physical—the 35,000-square-foot fitness center and spa should be your escape. Indulge in a therapeutic massage or facial or get in some active rejuvenation with a yoga class or seaside bike ride.
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Hyatt Zilara Cancún Hotel
Cancún, Mexico
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The Hyatt Zilara Cancún resort is geared toward fun loving, luxury beach lovers. From the swim-up pool bars to cabana beds on the beach, there’s plenty of time for fun in the sun here. Make the most of the all-inclusive amenities, including six restaurants serving everything from Asian food to Mexican cuisine. Among the other amenities, the resort also hosts nightly entertainment and other activities including a weekly foam party. The Zen Spa, ocean-front infinity pool and fitness center here all exist so you have ultimate rejuvenation on your beach vacation to Mexico.
The rooms here are equally as refreshing, Colonial-style and each equipped with balconies overlooking the ocean. Luxury amenities include designer toiletries, whirlpool tubs and rainfall showerheads.
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Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancún
Cancún, Mexico
Adults only and all inclusive? What more could you want! This peaceful, AAA Five Diamond award-winning resort supplies a beachfront paradise where you won’t lift a finger. Your personal butler attends to your every wish while you embrace a vacation state of mind in modern rooms with whirlpool tubs for two and your choice of aromatherapy scent. Each of the 260 rooms has beach bag, liquor cabinet and minibar awaiting your arrival. You’ll never have to search to satiate your appetite here—delicious snacks and treats are always waiting in lounges throughout the resort and you have Lumiere, Blancitalia, Blancsasia and Blancinternational options for your main meals. Whether you’re feeling fancy or want to enjoy a casual drink, Le Blanc has a bar for you—six actually. If you’d rather not leave your room, order dinner and settle into the in-room entertainment—you have limitless choices with Apple TV and Netflix included.
Gaze out at the Caribbean Sea from the resort infinity pools that seamlessly blend in with the shoreline, offering a view as expansive as your relaxation options. Or, lounge in a beach cabana with a bottle of wine and the ocean breeze on your face. Blancspa has couples cabins, single suits, complimentary hydrotherapy and more. Indulge in 50 minutes of pure heaven with the Serenity Massage or exfoliate your past away with a refreshing body scrub before you head to the hydrotherapy circuit. If you’re looking for an experience you won’t soon forget, try a Fish Spa Pedicure. The nearby Moon Spa & Golf Course has 27 challenging holes designed by Jack Nicklaus—you can even use your resort credit towards it. The on-site fitness center has state of the art equipment plus pilates, TRX and spinning classes. Or, get your exercise outdoors with beach or pool volleyball. Finally, the Sand and Breeze ballrooms are perfect for a destination conference with a 440-person capacity meeting space and access to an open-air patio with Nichupté lagoon and beach views.
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Live Aqua Beach Resort Cancún
Cancún, Mexico
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Not your typical all-inclusive experience, Live Aqua Beach Resort Cancún puts a different spin on beach vacations in Cancún’s Hotel Zone with an upscale adults-only property. The 371 guestrooms all come equipped with modern and artsy decor, a mini bar and even aromatherapy.
A stunning beachfront makes for non-stop fun in the sun. Lounge on a linen-draped cabana beds by the beach or take a dip into the property’s main pool. Dine at any one of the resort’s restaurants from Azur, an open-air, rustic eatery, to Inlaakeech Lobster & Grill, which, as you probably guessed, specializes in lobster. A thriving social scene here, Egos Bar, Akka Bar and the Pool Club Bar are all alive both day and night.
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Riu Palace Las Americas
Cancún, Mexico
Courtesy of Hotel Riu Palace Las Americas
You’ll feel like you’re in the lap of luxury at Hotel Riu Palace Las Americas, an all-inclusive adults-only resort. Leave your sumptuous suite each morning with a full day of activities planned, or plan to do nothing at all. Play volleyball, sail on a catamaran or go kayaking or scuba diving. Grab some snacks or pastries at one of the two lounges. Enjoy the beach or one of the three on-site pools. Get a rejuvenating spa treatment. For dinner, choose from Mexican, Japanese, Italian, a great steakhouse, or have a romantic dinner for two on the beach. It’s all included, and it’s all yours. Indulge.
