Best Swim-Out Rooms in Cancun and Riviera Maya: Review from a Travel Agent
If you’re a client or have been following my blog, you probably know that swim-out rooms are my favorite! So, I’ve compiled a list of the best swim-out rooms in Cancun and Riviera Maya. These are my top picks and a swim-out bucket list for the future. While all the resorts on this list are adults-only, there are also fantastic family-friendly options with swim-out rooms too!
Here’s my list of the Best Swim-Out Rooms in Cancun and Riviera Maya.
Barcelo Maya Riviera, swim-out room
This room was one of the best; it was big and bright and had lots of storage! The swim-out rooms are beautiful and have a built-in lounger in the pool for each room. They do not offer bar service at the swim-out rooms, so that’s a slight negative in the overall picture.
Premium Level is highly recommended. Barcelo hotels limit the number of sit-down restaurants you can eat at for dinner unless you have the Premium level. That means on a 5-night stay, you eat buffet for dinner 3 times without it.
The swim out here is only available in Premium. We had a great location right behind one of the bars.
The Barcelo Maya Riviera review is here.
Valentin Imperial Maya, walkout swim-up room
Valentin Imperial Maya swim-out rooms are located in the Golden building. They are not directly connected to the pool from the patio swim-out rooms. There’s a patio, a grassy area with 2 lounge chairs, and then the pool. It’s a great room and we loved it, but a little different than some hotels that have direct pool access from your patio. We have stayed at Valentin twice. Here is the review of the swim-out room, and here’s the oceanfront room.
Haven Riviera Cancun, ocean front swim-out room
Haven Riviera Cancun was amazing. All of their ground-floor rooms are swim-out. They have a garden view, a partial ocean view, and the oceanfront. We opted for an oceanfront swim-out, and it was a great view. They do have wait staff that come around to the swim-out rooms. Major plus.
The room was set up nicely. I liked the separate closet in the bathroom with a full-length mirror, but I wish there were more drawers. Staying 6 nights means a lot of clothes, and we just had them piled up on the shelves in the closet. I think Barcelo Maya Riviera had the best storage.
The vanity area in the bathroom was perfect, though. The drawer for makeup storage was a great idea!
The full review of Haven Riviera Cancun can be found here.
El Dorado Casitas Royale, swim-out room
We have stayed at El Dorado Casitas Royale twice, and it’s overall our favorite resort. Everything about it. The Casitas section offers a swim-out, private pool (upper floor), and a private pool swim-out. We opted for the private pool swim-out on the ground floor. It was perfect, with a private plunge pool and stairs leading to the lazy river. The lazy river takes you straight to the main pool and swim-up bar. The ground floor room categories do have waiter service in the room.
The full review of El Dorado Casitas Royale is here.
El Dorado Maroma, private pool room
El Dorado Maroma has swim-out and private pool options. When we stayed here in 2019, the swim-out was sold out, so we booked the private pool. It was on the 3rd floor. If you want more privacy, it’s a great option!
Our room was on the 3rd floor. This hotel does not have elevators in this section, which was a little rough at the end of the day. The room was beautiful, and we could just barely see the ocean through the palm trees off our balcony. There was a pool right below us, very convenient.
You can read the review of El Dorado Maroma here.
Bucket list of Swim-Out Rooms I want to experience!
In no particular order:
- Hyatt Zilara Cancun (it used to be the Royal Cancun). This hotel is one of the few in Cancun that has a swim-out room.
- Secrets Moxche Playa del Carmen. This one is a private pool, and we are staying here in December 2023. (Updated)You can find the full review of Secrets Moxche here.
- Atelier Playa Mujeres. The Inspira swim-out ocean view looks amazing. This hotel gets great reviews, it’s 16 and up, so it’s not a true adult-only, but no little kids.
What hotel has your favorite swim-out room?
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