AZULIK Tulum

AZULIK is the Tulum hotel that the rest of the town spent ten years trying to imitate — Roth's all-wood architecture set into the jungle on the beach side of the road, the deliberate absence of electricity in the villas (candlelight, no Wi-Fi in the rooms), the bathtub on the deck, the rope bridges between buildings. The SFER IK contemporary-art museum on the property is a serious cultural offering in its own right, and the eight dining concepts mean you do not have to leave the compound for the week.

For honeymoons and significant anniversaries this is the most photographed accommodation in the Mayan Riviera, and for the right couple — adults only, design-led, willing to trade some convenience for the experience — it remains the singular Tulum room. Book the Sky Villa for the private rooftop and the best canopy view.

The treehouse hotel that made Tulum.