Hacienda Xcanatun

Rooms

Privacy is a priority here and all 18 suites and rooms are scattered in one- and two-storey clusters throughout the flowering nine-acre gardens. Each has its own private veranda or balcony slung with hammocks and lush garden views.  Rooms are large and decorated with an appealing combination of Mexican and Far Eastern antiques, colonial Caribbean hand-carved furnishings, hand-woven textiles and original oil paintings. All have high beamed ceilings, full-length windows, grand carved cedar wood doors, polished stone and marble floors and big comfy beds (either kingsize or twin 4-posters).

Bathrooms are huge (even in the cheaper Superior Rooms) and spotlessly clean with hydrotherapy or soaking tub and shower, fluffy towels, bathrobes and hairdryer.

The nine light and airy Deluxe Suites have a comfortable sitting area with a jacuzzi tub and loungers set outdoors on a big private veranda screened by greenery. The slightly more expensive Master Suites have a separate, rather formal, living room and two of them have bathrooms with an incredible handcrafted stone tub replenished by a cascade. We stayed in the Anna Master Suite (room 102), which was fabulous.

Other features common to all rooms include air-conditioning, overhead fans, mini-bar and CD player; welcome fruit baskets await you in the Master Suites. There are no TVs but a DVD player, fax, e-mail and internet connection services can be ordered from the reception desk. Tea/coffee making facilities are also available on request.