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Papaya Playa Project vs Casa Malca
Papaya Playa Project and Casa Malca are both endorsed by professional travelers. Overall, Papaya Playa Project ranks significantly higher than Casa Malca. Papaya Playa Project ranks #1 in Tulum with endorsements from 5 reviewers such as Jetsetter, Travel + Leisure and Oyster.
Papaya Playa Project
Afar Magazine
Jetsetter
Travel + Leisure
The Telegraph
Travel + Leisure
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Km 4-5 Carr Tulum-Boca Paila, Tulum 77780
From $355 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Shuttle Bus
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Pool
Afar Magazine
"Papaya Playa Project, in keeping with its natural surroundings, is low-key and laid-back."
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Jetsetter
"Design Hotel’s breezy collection of beachside thatch-roofed cabanas in the heart of rustic-chic Tulum."
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Travel + Leisure
"There are several villas here that are great for families, each with multiple bedrooms, a pool, and a private walkway to the beach. Like most hotels in Tulum, the beach here is the star attraction."
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The Telegraph
8.0
"Stylish, sustainable palapa huts on a seemingly deserted stretch of white-sand Caribbean coastline."
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Travel + Leisure
"In Tulum, Papaya Playa Project is achingly cool with thatched villas, a beach club packed with digital nomads by day and stylish clubbers at night, and a robust calendar of wellness events"
Casa Malca
Travel + Leisure
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Mr & Mrs Smith
The Telegraph
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Carretera boca Paila km 10.5, Tulum, Mexico
From $760 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Travel + Leisure
"A compound of three-story beach houses, Casa Magna was reputedly built by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, and the outlaw couldn’t have chosen a more desirable location than the tiny Yucatán town of Tulum."
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Travel + Leisure
"Courtesy of Casa Malca The 36-room property features a whitewashed villa complex fronting a secluded 600-foot-long beach."
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Mr & Mrs Smith
"More like a Bond-villain’s beach house than a luxury hotel, Casa Malca is set on the confectioners’ sugar-soft sands of the Riviera Maya, hidden from prying eyes within a concealed entrance."
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The Telegraph
8.0
"It's a Caribbean getaway where they do things in their own distinct and distinctly arty style."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"The 71-room hotel displays the private art collection of owner Lio Malca...three restaurants, such as the locavore Philosophy and the lunchtime sushi joint Ambrosia."
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