MGH

Jun 20, 2008

My boyfriend and I went to Playa del Carmen in late May for a much needed vacation. We learned about Posada Mariposa through our travel agent and thought it sounded great (i.e. 1 block from the beach, literally steps away from La Quinta Avenida, etc.) so we booked it. I've never been greeted with such warmth at check-in.
The concierge, whose name I didn't catch, showed us to our room and basically treated us as family, which, believe me, is beyond awesome after a long day of traveling. There was a safe which was big enough to put all our valuables in, and we never had any problems with stealing, dishonesty, etc., that I've heard tell of from other tourists.
I guess it was sort of weird not being able to flush toilet paper down the toilets, but you get used to it after a day, and besides, that's the way it is in any non-resort place, or so I hear. My boyfriend thought the beds were a little hard, I agree but they didn't stop me from getting sleep he also thought the noise from the remodeling was too loud I'm from Manhattan so I wasn't aware of any noise and I slept through it. There's a security guard on at night so I felt completely safe at night the entire area is pretty safe too.
Mariposa is situated far enough from the loud nightlife, but close enough to get there in 5 minutes or so. Beware: they will charge you for damage we accidentally had some sunblock spillage on of the sheets, and they charged us $25 this didn't bother me much though, because they sent it to the cleaners and it didn't come out, and they also told us a few days in advance of checkout that we might get charged for it, so it wasn't like "Oh hey, you're getting charged for this" kind of thing at checkout 5 minutes before you leave for the airport. They also make you put down a deposit at check-in so it's not out of the blue.
The rooms are charming old style Mexico, unlike your typical cookie cutter resort. There is a working air conditioner a god save on those days, they'll hold your room key at the front desk if you want to keep it safe while you're at the beach, they have a discount on beach lounge chairs, they called us a cab the day we were in a hurry to get out of the airport, they help with your baggage, bottom line: we'll be returning for sure.

Rafael & Paula