Waldorf Astoria Riviera Maya

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Set in 100 acres of mangrove a half hour from Cancún airport, opened 2022 as the first Waldorf Astoria on Mexico's Caribbean coast. Forbes counts 173 rooms with private balconies, three restaurants and two infinity pools. Malpeque grills over open flame, and its 40,000-square-foot spa uses local peyote and Mayan white-smoke cleansing under book-matched marble rain showers.