Posada Luna Del Sur is an oasis in the town of Tulum. This beautiful, clean and well-maintained hotel is the best option in town. Janet, the owner, is friendly and extremely helpful with suggestions for restaurants and activities, and she is available for anything else you might need. She makes you feel like a guest in her home, not a client, and this enhances the experience greatly. This hotel offers amenities that you will not find in other places in Tulum like air conditioning, a refrigerator and cable TV. While other hotels in the area were doubling or tripling their prices for the New Years busy season, Janet only raised her nightly price from $45 to $60. I strongly recommend this hotel to anyone visiting the area. We will definitely return to Posada Luna del Sur.

I just spent six days in Tulum and kept a room at Posada Luna del Sur and an inexpensive, "rustic" cabana on the beach. Slept at Luna del Sur on the hot nights and showered in its softer water as the cabana lacked electricity and used hard cenote water. The Posada Luna del Sur rooms are quite large and spotlessly clean. Janet helped me find the open laundry and the better restaurants in Tulum.

My girlfriend and I visited Mexico and Tulum for the very first time in late August 2005. At first, we wanted to try staying in one of the low-key cabanas but we were a bit worried as to how hot it would get. As it was our first visit to Mexico we didn’t know if the heat and humidity would be too much for us at night. So, we made the following plan, we booked two nights at Posada Luna Del Sur, then two nights at La Conchita (and then, actually, we left a 5th night unbooked to play it by ear).

Well, Posada Luna Del Sur was a real gem. As a matter of fact we ended up going back to Luna Del Sur for our 5th night! The hotel is located at the end of the main road in Tulum, just a 5-minute walk to the bus depot of Tulum. Janet, the hotel owner, is very friendly and will give you plenty of information if you are not familiar with the area. We stayed in room #5 (on the ground floor) for our first two nights, and in room #6 (on the first floor -- or, second floor if you are an American) for our last night. Both rooms were very spacious and bright and with comfortable king size beds, and clean. They have an air-conditioner and two ceiling fans (one above the bed) so you can control the airflow. (The air-conditioner is located high up so it is either on or off (you can’t really control its knobs.)

In order to get around we had rented a car for a couple of days but for the other days we would walk over to the taxi stand and grab a taxi to get to the beach (around US$3.50 for the beach at Paraiso, for example).

Crisante, the maid at Luna Del Sur, is very-very sweet and she does a great job cleaning every day.

At night, the hotel is nice and quiet.

Overall, Luna Del Sur is a fantastic deal.

My girlfriend and I stayed at the Luna del Sur for 3 nights at the end of July 2005. Tulum is an interesting place - by day the town is quite sleepy but comes alive in the evenings and there are countless options for nightlife. The town itself is a taxi or colectivo ride away from the beach and the ruins, but if you don't fancy staying on the beach or in the hostel (i.e. the Weary Traveller - which is very close to the Luna del Sur) a room here is a reasonably priced alternative. The rooms are designed perhaps more for longers stays in the sense there are some kitchen facilities provided, but were perfect for us - clean, quiet, and have a/c. This would be a good place to base yourself for longer whiling exploring this area of the Yucatan - parking is available as well and a car would be handy for getting around Tulum. And of course Janet and her small team will make sure you have a pleasant stay and are always happy to help with any enquiry.