El Dorado Royale

The short version

Couples who want a grown-up beach stay with plenty of places to eat should have El Dorado Royale on the list. It is an adults-only beachfront resort between Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos, with swim-up suites on a lazy river, luxury junior suites and a two-bedroom villa. Restaurants run from wood-fired pizza and tacos to Asian and barbecue, there's a dinner show, and the lobby martini bar has a pool table. Golf courses are within reach nearby.

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Good to know

• Adults-only and right on the beach, between Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos, with access to golf courses nearby.
• Rooms range from luxury junior suites to swim-up suites on a lazy river and the two-bedroom Royal Retreat villa.
• Restaurants include Kampai (Asian), Santa Fe (barbecue and breakfast), Cocotal (international), Rincón Mexicano, D'Italia Villas (Mediterranean), Spot Taquería and the wood-fired La Cabaña Pizzería. The Fuentes dinner show is listed too.
• For drinks there's the La Isla swim-up bar, a lobby martini bar with a pool table, and Guacamayas.
• The address is Km 45 of the Cancún–Tulum highway. Generations is next door, and its guests over 18 may use the facilities here.

Before you book

This resort is adults-only, so it won't work for a trip that includes children.