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Papaya Playa ProjectvsCasa Malca
Papaya Playa Project and Casa Malca are both endorsed by professional travelers. Overall, Papaya Playa Project ranks significantly higher than Casa Malca. Papaya Playa Project ranks #1 in Tulum with endorsements from 5 reviewers such as Jetsetter, Travel + Leisure and Oyster.
Papaya Playa Project
Afar Magazine
Jetsetter
Travel + Leisure
The Telegraph Travel + Leisure
Michelin Guide
Km 4-5 Carr Tulum-Boca Paila, Tulum 77780
From $355/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Shuttle Bus
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Pool
Afar Magazine "Papaya Playa Project, in keeping with its natural surroundings, is low-key and laid-back." Full review
Jetsetter "Design Hotel’s breezy collection of beachside thatch-roofed cabanas in the heart of rustic-chic Tulum." Full review
Travel + Leisure "There are several villas here that are great for families, each with multiple bedrooms, a pool, and a private walkway to the beach. Like most hotels in Tulum, the beach here is the star attraction." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"Stylish, sustainable palapa huts on a seemingly deserted stretch of white-sand Caribbean coastline." Full review
Travel + Leisure "In Tulum, Papaya Playa Project is achingly cool with thatched villas, a beach club packed with digital nomads by day and stylish clubbers at night, and a robust calendar of wellness events"
Michelin Guide "Something of a throwback to the days when Tulum hadn’t yet filled up with luxury boutique hotels, the ultra-bohemian, ultra-sustainable Papaya Playa Project is nothing if not unique" Full review
Casa Malca Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
Mr & Mrs Smith The Telegraph
Condé Nast Traveler Travel + Leisure
Carretera boca Paila km 10.5, Tulum, Mexico
From $760/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Travel + Leisure "A compound of three-story beach houses, Casa Magna was reputedly built by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, and the outlaw couldn’t have chosen a more desirable location than the tiny Yucatán town of Tulum." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Courtesy of Casa Malca The 36-room property features a whitewashed villa complex fronting a secluded 600-foot-long beach." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith "More like a Bond-villain’s beach house than a luxury hotel, Casa Malca is set on the confectioners’ sugar-soft sands of the Riviera Maya, hidden from prying eyes within a concealed entrance." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"It's a Caribbean getaway where they do things in their own distinct and distinctly arty style." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "The 71-room hotel displays the private art collection of owner Lio Malca...three restaurants, such as the locavore Philosophy and the lunchtime sushi joint Ambrosia." Full review
Travel + Leisure "A boutique hotel that also boats original pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Holton Rower, and a bronze sculpture by KAWS.
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