Hello Fridas Enamoradas!
For a lot of us one of our favorite parts in all of this wedding process is definitely choosing the spot for the honeymoon. We all deserve a nice break to enjoy with our partner after all the hurry and stress that we had during all these months that we spend planning a wedding. And of course you can’t ignore Mexico when you think about honeymoon!
Mexico is a country full of wonderful destinations that will never stop to amaze us and it's not only the most famous and touristic places in the world that are worth visiting; there's also some low-key places that are full of magic and that will make your honeymoon an unforgettable experience.
That's the main reason why we wanted to show you 10 destinations that will be the perfect alternative for having a dreamy honeymoon in Mexico.
Tulum, Quintana Roo.
Even though its popularity has incremented more in the last decade, Tulum still keeps its hip style and authentic essence. It's a place to disconnect yourself from everything but also gives you the chance to enjoy the night life with good drinks and the best of Mexican gastronomy.
How would it be to start your day with a little bit of adventure visiting de Sian Ka'an biosphere, practicing snorkel in a cenote or taking a trip to an archeological site at the sea short? After that you can relax and enjoy one of the most amazing food you will taste at Hartwood, where you can let the place surprise you with their menu that changes daily accordingly with what the sea and the area have to offer day by day.
And if we talk about lovely places, you can stop visiting Coqui Coqui, a fancy retreat with hotel, restaurant, spa and perfume shop that has such a dreamy architecture. But if you're more of a free spirited, then you would rather stay in en eco loft at the beach in Coco Tulum, that has a Zen Zone where you can enjoy of a Temascal (healing vapor bath), an outdoor massage and yoga lessons.
Loreto, Baja California Sur.
An ideal place if all you want is to relax and get away of the city bustle. Its spectacular waters are ideal for beach tourism. Diving, kayac, fishing and extreme sports fans will enjoy it as much as those who like to just observe the local biodiversity. From December to May you can be witnesses of one of the most amazing natural phenomenos in the area, mom whales giving birth to their little babies in the ocean. The best places for whale watching are the Carmen and Colorado islands, where you can also watch sea lions and many other species.
If you want to know more about the history of the area, in Sierra de San Francisco there's an extraordinay collection of ancient rock paintings with an age of 1,500 years that portrait daily life, magic and cosmology scenes.
And if you want to enjoy of a fancy hone moon, then you can stay at one of its resorts in places as Villas del Palmar or Loreto Bay Resort. But if you rather live a unique experience that totally reflects the place vibe, then you can visit La Damiana Inn, a boutique hotel with 7 rooms with traditional mexican decoration and an outdoor kitchen that will make you fall in love wih the place.
San Cristobal de las Casas.
A colorful colonial city that will make you fall in love with every step you take, their traditional daily life, its market and its people make San Cristobal de las Casas one of the most beautiful cities of Mexico and Latinamerica.
If you want to fully appreciate its architecture and culture, then you should totally visit its museums and churches, which can be the perfect activity to charge your energies and get prepared for the other adventures that this places has to offer. You can't miss a little tour to Cañón del Sumidero, El Chiflón waterfalls, the Laguna de Montebellos national park and the ruins of Palenque; all are places in which the history and nature make a perfect fussion and their amazing landscapes will totally take your breathe away.
If you want to have a really cool staying, the you can stop visiting one of its boutique hotels as the Plaza Gallery with spa and luxurious rooms with a neoclassic style, Hotel B¨O which is the ideal mix of the traditional and the Mexico of the new era or Casa del Alma that has 27 thematic suites that highlight the elegance and the details of the chiapanecan area.
La Huasteca Potosina.
The jungle charm make this destination a perfect place to put you in contact with nature as you never did before. Its amazing landscapes, rivers and waterfalls accompanied by their caves and archeologial sites make of La Huasteca an unfergattable place.
You'll have the opportunity to visit unique places as the surrealist gardens of Edward James, the Tamul waterfalls, Sótano de las Golondrinas and the waterfalls os Tamasopo, and you even will have the chance to dance a huapango in Xilitla.
The most important city of the area is Ciudad Valles, where you can find the biggest hotel scene of the region, among our favorites are Casa Ortiz, a boutique hotel with 12 rooms named after the fruits and trees that grow in the Huasteca area. And what do you think about staying at a bungalow with an amazing view to the El Salto river? You can do it at one the romantic suites at El Salto del Meco hotel. Or if you're an adventurer maybe you'd want to have a glamping night at Velaria.
Sayulita, Nayarit.
A magic town full of hippie chic vibes ideal for relaxing and forget the stress. It's not a place where you go to party hard but you'll find many activities that will make your honeymoon in Mexico unforgettable, such as horse riding, kayac, snorkeling at Playa de los Muertos, windsurf and kitesurf, go to excursion to the Marietas Islands or even living the unique experience of releasing baby turtles into the sea.
But if your thing is to relax, Haramara Retreat is the place for you, here you not only can just rest but you can also enjoy of many activities inside their instalations, such as group bonfires where you can sing an dance along under the moonlight, have a movie night at the beach or even taking a cooking lesson. And if you're looking to connect a little bit more with your spiritual side, then you can enjoy of the Temazcal or one of their yoga classes.
San Carlos, Sonora.
A destination where the desert, the sea and the mountains meet to give us one of the most beautiful landscapes. Because of the big diversity of ecosystems that we can find here, there is an endles list of things to do. As a variety of water activities, swimming in its beautiful ocean, ecoutourism and adventure tourism.
The Sea of Cortez is famous for being a perfect place for whale watching, so maybe if you're lucky enough you can be witness of this spectacular phenomenon while you're here. You can also have the opportunity of diving at the "Worlds Aquiarium" as it's called because of its big biological diversity
You can visit spectacular natural scenarios as El Sahuaral, the Nacapule Canyon, Canyon of Las Barajitas, Piedras Pintas beach and los Algodones Beach.
If you want to stay at a unique and different place apart from the local famous retreats, you might consider Casa Santuario, a luxury house renewed with an eclectic decoration with 5 suites and a wonderful seaview.
Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California.
The ideal destination to enjoy of the best wine and gastronomy in Mexico, a place where you go to totally relax and enjoy the good life. If you want to get to know the wine flavors that Valle the Guadalupe has to give you, then you can forget to make a tour around the popular vineyards and vine warehouses of the area, as Baron Balché, El Cielo, Cuatro Cuatros, Vena Cava and Monte Xanic.
If you want to live a different experience of the one of staying at a typical hotel, then you'll rather choose to stay at one of the eco lofts of Encuentro Guadalupe where you can totally enjoy of an amazing view, as every loft is located in the highest part of all Guadalupe Valley and they offer you luxury services that are ideal to enjoy your honeymoon, as massages in your room and fancy romantic diners.
Or if you're more of an adventurer soul then maybe you'll want to live the experience and get away to glamp and sleep around vinyards in one of the Cuatro Cuatros cabaigns.
Yelapa,Jalisco.
40 minutes away from Puerto Vallarta, this is a paradisical place that will make you feel that you escaped to a tropical island. Yelapa is the ideal place for those couples that want to spend their mexican honeymoon away from the busttle of the more touristic places, where you can enjoy your free time to chill at the beach, touring around the town and exploring the jungle. Also you can do activies as fishing, snorkeling, diving, parasailing and paragilding.
If you want to live the whole staying in the middle of the jungle experience then you can stay at Verana or Hotel Lagunita, both places full of hippie chic vibes in where you can totally relax as these places have special packages that will allow you to live the whole experience to the full.
Holbox, Quintana Roo.
This little island at the mexican caribbean might not have cars or asphalt streets, but it surely has mangroves and cenotes full of turquoise waters that will make you not miss the city at all while you're here.
Located at the northeast of Cancun is this full of bohemian vibes island that combines its traditional streets full of colorfull street art, markets and local crafts with the modern and chic of its gallery arts, signature brand stores and boutique hotels. If you want to live the Holbox experience to the full then Casa de las Tortugas is the place to stay, with its rooms full of boho vibes, the best drinks, food and amenities of the area.
All excellent options, don't you think? Rise your hand if you can't wait to have your honey moon already! Tell which was your favorite destination of the list. See you later!
