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Grand Riviera Princess vs Mahekal Beach Resort

Both Grand Riviera Princess All Suites Resort & Spa and Mahekal Beach Resort are rated highly by professionals. On balance, Mahekal Beach Resort is the choice of most professionals compared to Grand Riviera Princess All Suites Resort & Spa. Mahekal Beach Resort has a TripExpert Score of 82 with recommendations from 5 sources such as Travel + Leisure, Oyster and Jetsetter.

Grand Riviera Princess
Grand Riviera Princess
7 / 10
Prolongacion 5ta. Avenida Mza 20 lote 006, Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen 77710
From $149 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
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Star Service Star Service
"The enormous fun-packed accommodations are mostly composed of junior suites, and its standardized pleasures are aimed directly at the middle of the market." Full review
Oyster Oyster
Upscale
"The 672-room Grand Riviera Princess All Suites Resort and Spa is a hacienda-like big resort outside of Playa del Carmen." Full review
Mahekal Beach Resort
Mahekal Beach Resort
8 / 10
Calle 38, Entre Avenida 5a y Zona Federal Maritima, Playa del Carmen 77710
From $217 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
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Fodor's Fodor's
"With candy-colored palapa-roofed bungalows and a great location—on the sand but just two blocks from the town's upscale northern end—this may be the perfect beach resort." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"This massive Caribbean resort, which dates to 1982, may not be heaven on earth, but it does have white sand beach, a sea of shaded palapas, and an ocean of palm trees." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"This “hotel-village” offers the most seductively comfortable version of the palm-roofed beach hut: spacious, beautifully decorated and with all modern amenities."
Oyster Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"A boho-chic, beachfront property, the upper-middle-range Mahekal Beach Resort has 122 rooms with garden or ocean views, many of which have thatched roof bungalows." Full review
Jetsetter Jetsetter
"Boho-chic sleep in Playa del Carmen, with 800 feet of soft sand, hammock-strung beach bungalows, and two pools." Full review
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