What to expect: Guests arriving from all over the world are greeted warmly by resort staff. Visitors come for small-resort tranquility; world-class fishing, diving, and snorkeling; and the pleasures of village life on a Caribbean beach. Amenity highlights: The Dolphin Discovery program in the large lagoon adjacent to the hotel's entrance offers shallow-water or scuba diving encounters with bottlenose dolphins.
Festooned with thatch-roof palapas for shade, and furnished with a volleyball net, the expansive, white-sand beach fronting the hotel is usually lapped by calm waters thanks to the coral reef just off shore. Beach waves are large enough to thrill children and, at times, accommodate boogie boarding.
A large, three-part pool on a spacious sundeck above the beach includes a children's section and a relaxation section furnished with tile lounges for cool, shallow-water sunbathing.
Insider tip: From the marina it's a 90-minute ferry ride to Cozumel, Mexico's largest island.