Nomade Holbox is a wellness-focused luxury hotel concept on Mexico’s beautiful island getaway.
Three hours south of Cancun and only reachable by boat, with 26 miles of splendid beach and pristine jungle and crystal clear, flamingo-flecked waters tucked between the Gulf and the Caribbean—Mexico’s Isla Holbox takes a bit of effort to get to and thus has long been an insider’s escape, a bit of a gem hidden in plain sight.
And while development is on the increase, so far new hospitality projects have been sensitive to the unspoiled nature of the environment, especially critical on an island with limited infrastructure where there are essentially no cars. Boutique luxury hotels with minimal footprints are the only viable option.
Of course, the quality of these can vary widely. But the recent opening of Nomade Holbox is a big win for the island. Yes, the original concept comes from Tulum—and you will find purists who say they don’t want Holbox to be the “new Tulum,” with hordes of reckless partiers descending en masse—but there seems little danger of that for the foreseeable future. Nomade, with its focus on wellness and sustainability, is perfectly in keeping with Holbox’s more organic aesthetic.
And Holbox, by virtue of being an island, located within the federally-designated Yum Balam Nature Reserve, is both infinitely safer and more laid back, bohemian but not the Prada-wearing kind. It also has more room to accommodate different types of projects, rather than having to cram them all along the same stretch of unpaved road, though high-rises will never be welcome anywhere on the island thanks to strict regulations.
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