One of the newest resorts to open on the Yucatan Peninsula may also be one of the most intriguing. Chablé Resort, located some 25 miles from Merida, comes as a welcome segue from many of the mass-marketed golf and family resorts on the Riviera Maya and the quaint, but less sophisticated boutique properties scattered about the coastal by-ways of the Yucatan on the Gulf of Mexico.

The luxury resort opened this week with 40 ultra deluxe villas and 750 acres of Mayan forest to create a private retreat that not only takes guests back in time, it slows time down to a long, drawn breath. READ MORE …

Lark Gould
Author: Lark Gould

Lark Gould has been a travel industry journalist for more than 30 years. She shares her insight on cruise travel, air travel, hotels, resorts, popular activities, attractions and destinations to assist travel advisors and travelers with the current news and information they need to travel well.