Hotels in Cozumel
I’ve grouped Cozumel’s hotels by location—north of town, in town, and south of town. The prices quoted are public rates and typically do not include the 19% tax. I’ve listed the lowest possible rate for high and low season, which typically means the smallest room without a view. High season is from December to Easter and August (when Mexican families go on vacation). Expect rates from Christmas to New Year’s and around Carnival to be higher than the regular high-season rates quoted here.
Most hotels have an arrangement with a dive shop and offer dive packages. These can be good deals, but if you don’t buy a dive package, it’s quite okay to stay at one hotel and dive with a third-party operator—any dive boat can pull up to any hotel pier to pick up customers. Many dive shops won’t pick up from the hotels north of town.
There’s only one hotel on the island's windward side. The isolated, eco-friendly Ventanas al Mar (www.ventanasalmarcozumel.com; tel. 987/564-4287) is ideal for those who want a pure escape. It sits beside a long, pristine beach; Coconuts, a popular restaurant, is on the other side and closes at dusk. As an alternative to a hotel, you can try Cozumel Paradise Villas (www.cozumelparadisevillas.com; tel. 970/577-6153 in the U.S.), which rents villas and condos by the week.
Such websites as VRBO (www.vrbo.com), Flipkey (www.flipkey.com), Homeaway (www.homeaway.com) and others lists lavish vacation homes on the coast and smaller, more modest condos homes in town for rent by owner.
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Casa Mexicana
This modernistic building with an outdoor escalator rises above the sidewalk across from the downtown waterfront. A favorite with business travelers, the five-story hotel offers excellent free Wi-Fi, irons, desks, and shower-tub combos in the large rooms, which feature light-colored…$Downtown
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Hacienda San Miguel
Guests feel as though they have entered a large Mexican home as they walk through flower-filled gardens to rooms in a two-story, sand-colored hacienda that looks as if it belongs in the Yucatán countryside. Amiable staff members extend the kind of warm Mexican hospitality that makes…$Around town - Hotel
Hotel B Cozumel
General manager Beatriz Tinajero transformed the '70s-era Hotel Fontan into a chic boutique inn in 2011, and it's since become a favorite with international travelers seeking style, comfort, and reasonable room rates. Cheery lipstick-red umbrellas and turquoise wire chairs give the…$$Around town - Hotel
La Casona Real
Dark ochre and gold walls are livened with stenciled birds above the beds in the simple rooms at this bargain find, a long five blocks inland from the downtown waterfront. Rooms have individual (and sometimes noisy, air conditioning units), roomy showers, and cable television. Free…$Five long blocks from the Downtown Waterfront - Hotel
Playa Azul Golf-Scuba-Spa
Plenty of extras draw return guests to this boutique inn a five-minute drive north of downtown. Complimentary breakfast and free golf at the Cozumel Country Club are big pluses, as are the ocean views from all rooms (although the best views are from the upper floors). The smallest…$$Around town - Hotel
Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort and Spa
One of Cozumel's earliest and loveliest hotels, the Presidente is by far the best resort on the island, with an attention to so precise that it even has pyramid-shaped refuges for the hoary iguanas who call the place home. A long driveway lined with towering palms leads to the…$$$Around town - Hotel
Safari Inn
Amazing views of the downtown waterfront from some rooms enhance the benefits of staying in this immaculate budget hotel above the Aqua Safari Dive Shop. Up to five people can stay one of four rooms with a king bed and three twins, perfect for dive groups who prefer spending their…$Downtown
