At Etéreo, a New Resort on the Riviera Maya, Modern Design Meets Mexican Tradition | Vogue

"Upon arrival, I was greeted by the spirit of Mayan tradition: a man in white linen dramatically blew a conch shell as I stepped out of my airport transfer, my personal guia welcomed me, offered a fresh-squeezed juice, and asked if I wanted to receive an ancient blessing—which I accepted. The ritual signaled I was leaving the mundane world and entering the ethereal—etéreo in Spanish—even though the property is just a 40-minute drive from the Cancún airport. Set atop a sprawling mangrove forest, the 75-room resort, opened in December, billows out onto nine acres of white-sand beach; when I visited in mid-February, the shore was so pristine it looked freshly vacuumed. For some man-made beauty, there’s also a palatial pool area lined with swinging hammocks and punctuated by a few floating fire pits." - Jessie Heyman