Maison Tulum, Tulum Pueblo, Mexico

You can visit the B&B's website at Maison Tulum or book through Expedia.com, as we did, to receive discounted rates for this place (or any other place in Tulum or Mexico).

Overall Comments:

This perfect little B&B is located in a peaceful and quite area of Tulum Pueblo and was a good choice for us to feel the last little bit of authentic Mexico as we ventured into the overly Americanized Mayan Riviera. Our room was beautiful, spacious and contained everything we wanted and more. The tasty, freshly baked breakfast provided enough nutrition and calories to keep us going for a few hours. The price we paid through Expedia.com was less than the posted rate and was a good value for the area.

Location:

Located in the quaint town of Tulum Pueblo, this bed & breakfast is conveniently located only 2 blocks from the ADO bus terminal in Tulum and 1 block from the main avenue of Tulum Pueblo. Although we attempted to jog to the beach one morning, we didn't make it as the distance proved too great for a quick jog. By all accounts, the beach is only about 5km away, but it seemed much further as the road leading up to it is long and mundane. Since we had a rental car, we ended up driving the few minutes to the beach instead and jogged once we got there.

Tulum town has fixed rates for taxi service to all destinations. The rate by taxi to Tulum ruins was 50 pesos at the time of our stay.

We preferred to stay in town as opposed to one of the beach-front places because it gave us more variety of restaurants and still felt more "Mexican" than staying at one of the beach front places. After traveling through the lesser known areas of Mexico, Tulum felt a little more like America as all of a sudden some of the prices were in US dollars and everyone spoke English. Tulum and the rest of the Mayan Riviera is too Americanized to really feel, taste and experience authentic Mexico, so staying in town is a good option to get a feel for the real, beautiful Mexico and their kind and hospitable people, if that's what you are after.

Room Comfort:

Our nicely-decorated, spacious room contained everything we needed, wanted and more. There was an in-room safe, cable television, air-conditioning, ceiling fan, hot water, good water pressure, security box, closets and good wireless internet just to name a few items. The small bathroom was decorated with local Mexican earthenware to give it a nice local feel.

Our shower had a problem draining, so even 5-minute showers resulted in water leakage into the room. Since we were only here for a night, we didn't bother discussing this with the owner.

Cleanliness:

The room was well-maintained and very clean.

Service:

The owner and staff were knowledgeable, helpful and friendly.

Food:

Breakfast consisted of a freshly baked croissant from their bakery adjacent to the hotel, bread, jam, coffee or tea. The breakfast was small but good.

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