Met and driven to Polanco. If you land early we send you to Chapultepec for a walk, and dinner is somewhere unpretentious in Roma Norte.
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Mexico / North America
Mexico City, the Yucatan and the Coast
Two nights in the capital, colonial Merida, Maya ruins and the Caribbean
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Duration
9 nights, 10 days
Pace
Early starts at the ruins, slow afternoons
Best time
November to April, dry and comfortable on both coasts
From
$13,900 per person
The idea
Why this works
Mexico is too often reduced to a beach. This version starts in the capital, which is one of the great food cities in the world, then flies east to Merida, where the mansions on Paseo de Montejo were built on rope money. Uxmal and Chichen Itza are both timed for opening or closing, not the middle of the day. The last three nights are on the coast at Xpu Ha, with a snorkel morning at Akumal and not much else.
What sets it apart
- Mexico City with a food writer, from Mercado de Medellin to a mezcaleria in Roma
- Frida Kahlo's house at Coyoacan, booked ahead so you are not queueing
- Uxmal at opening, when the Puuc carvings still hold the shadows
- A cenote swim on private land, with nobody else in the water
- Turtles at Akumal with a marine biologist rather than a crowd
The plan
Day by day
Open any day to see where you are, where you sleep and what the day holds. The map follows along, and every point on it opens the day that belongs to it.
A morning eating through Mercado de Medellin with a food writer, the Rivera murals at the Palacio Nacional, then Frida Kahlo's blue house in the afternoon with tickets already held.
Breakfast, lunch
A two hour flight to the Yucatan capital and a colonial house near Santa Ana. The evening is free for the plaza, where the city eats late and loudly.
Breakfast
First through the gate at Uxmal for the Pyramid of the Magician and the Governor's Palace, back to the hacienda for lunch and an afternoon that goes nowhere near a schedule.
Breakfast, lunch
Merida's colonial centre and the mansions built on sisal rope, then out to a cenote on private land where you swim in cold clear water under a collapsed roof.
Breakfast
The drive east breaks at Valladolid for the convent and a lunch of cochinita pibil, then Chichen Itza in the last two hours of the day when the light is long and the site is emptying.
Breakfast, lunch
Nothing at all. Lagoon, beach, boat if you want one.
Breakfast
Out early to Akumal bay with a marine biologist to swim with green turtles over the seagrass, back for lunch and an afternoon in the water at the hotel.
Breakfast
The ruins at Tulum sit on a cliff above the sea and are worth the early start. If you would rather not move, we cancel it and book the spa instead.
Breakfast
Private transfer to Cancun, about fifty minutes up the highway.
Breakfast
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Where you would stay
The hotels we partner with
Your ZOMA perks
Held on every stay in this itinerary
Because we book through preferred partner programmes, the rate matches or beats what you would get direct, and the extras are guaranteed before you travel, not negotiated at check in.
- Room upgrade on arrival, whenever the hotel can offer it
- Daily breakfast for two
- Property credit for spa, dining or experiences
- Early check in and late check out where possible
- VIP welcome and a direct line to your advisor while you are away
The fine print
What the price covers
Included
- Nine nights across three hotels with upgrades and credit held in advance
- Internal flight from Mexico City to Merida
- Private vehicles, drivers and guides throughout the Yucatan
- Food walk in Mexico City, private cenote swim and the Akumal snorkel
- Entry and timed tickets for Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tulum and the Kahlo house
- Reservations at the tables that book out weeks ahead
Not included
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Dinners other than those noted
- Spa treatments and diving
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