Inside the 66 pages
Before you go
The booking checklist and travel essentials: flights, transfers and entry details, sorted before you leave. Pages 8 to 16.
Hotels, compared
My picks for Tulum town, Tulum beach and Mexico City, including Nomade Tulum and Casa Malca. Pages 18 to 26.
Seven days, planned
Arrival to final dinner: the ruins, cenotes and Cobá, slow beach days, then Coyoacán, the Frida Kahlo Museum and the Centro Histórico. Pages 27 to 63.
Extras worth considering
An optional Tulum town day, a sunrise hot-air balloon over Teotihuacán, and an afternoon on the Xochimilco canals. Decide what fits.