Hotel Esencia

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"Once the seaside estate of an Italian duchess, this property is set within 50 acres of pristine beachfront and positioned around a main house, where footpaths lead to 47 suites and four white stucco villas that evoke Old World glamour; each is tucked into tropical gardens, many with private plunge pools and terraces that open directly onto powdery sand. Mornings usually begin with breakfast pastries and coffee delivered to your balcony, followed by yoga and lazy hours at the palm-shaded pool before the Caribbean Sea; during a stay, guests can enjoy wood-fired seafood at Beefbar or Japanese-Mexican fusion at Taiyo, and when it comes time for relaxation, the spa is a downright showstopper with its private temazcal sweat lodge and temple-like ambiance drawn from Maya healing traditions, offering treatments in open-air pavilions perfumed with copal." - Michaela Trimble