This was my first time traveling to the Yucutan Penninsula and I wanted an experience away from the resorts and all inclusives. I found Posada Sirena on Tripadvisor and e-mailed her directly. Sirena was so fast in responding and communication in setting up our trip was great.
We stayed in Punta Allen at Posada Sirena's for 7 nights (I wish it could have been 7 months!). Sirena set us up in the Casa Grande, a cute swiss family robinson style house with plenty of room for our little family of 3. There was a kitchen so we could prepare our own meals and plenty of space to really spread out. Even after a couple of brief rainshowers our little house stayed nice and dry.
Sirena is a truly magical person and a wonderful soul! I loved just hanging out in her garden reading about her life adventures and then talking with her about it all. Sirena is truly a local and so helpful in setting up any kind of tour or justing pointing out the "local spots" to go on your own.
We felt so safe and secure and definitely relaxed the whole time and I know I would not have had any better of an experience anywhere else. getting to meet the other visitors and socializing in her garden was great (hi John and Paolo) Simply put going to Posada Sirena is going home.

With numerous trips around the Yucatan, Three to Punta Allen, and my second stay with Sirena, I would not trade the experience for anything.

Sirena has made lemonade out of lemons subsequent to last August' hurricane. Her tropical garden area is my outdoor home there, a place for visitors to gather, socialize and make plans.

Sirena bounced back from the hurricane better than even before.

It is truely Sirena's personality and graciousness that helps make me so happy to have found this little remnant of pleasure. Sirena will do anything to accomodate your adventuring around the Punta Allen area. DO NOT MISS THIS VISIT.

We stayed in the Casa Grande with a kitchen and more than enough room for our family of 4. Traveling with kids can be stressful, so showing up at Sirena's was the best thing we could have done! We felt completely welcome, cared for, all our needs attended to, and Sirena somehow knew just what would put the frosting on the cake for our vacation. She arranged for our son to meet some of the kids in the village and they had a great time playing together. She arranged a wonderful boat tour when we were ready, taking special care to get a boat with an awning so our baby would have shade, and the skipper even held our baby while we went snorkeling! Almost as soon as we arrived Sirena explained where everything in the town was so that we would feel at home and know where to go to get the things we needed. Another thing we loved was getting to know this amazing woman through her book of incredible adventures, shipwrecks, Amazon treck, and spiritual journey to where she finally landed in Punta Allen! (There is one in each accomodation) The thing we had the hardest time with was allowing ourselves to relax enough and trust enough to let her care for us! We were planning to spend only 5 nights in Punta Allen, and ended up staying twice as long. It took us the first 5 days just to get relaxed, the next 5 days were truely fabulous!
If you are expecting a 5 star accomodation, find a 5 star hotel.
If you want a low key, home grown, loving atmosphere in a sleepy Mayan village by the sea, Posada Sirena is the place to be.

Punta Allen is a fascinating place, and we loved our experiences of the local people and nature there. However, we feel it is important to let travellers know what they will be really experiencing when they take the time and trouble to journey to Posada Sirenas. Initially the owner is friendly and welcoming. This is not a b&b and should not be listed under b&b'/Inns. We were never offered breakfast but told where we could go to get it. We were asked to pay in full up front, which was a mistake on our part as we left a day early and were told that the owner had already spent the money/didn't have it to give back to us. This despite having a buiider in early in the morning to build an extension. We met some wonderful fellow travellers there. All of us interestingly had the same negative experiences. The two other people we met who stayed there at the same time as us were promised coffee in the am, but never got it. When we asked for some (having offered to make tea or coffee for us in the mornings the first day we arrived) the owner boiled some water then handed us the cups and jar of instant coffee to make it ourselves. We did stay in the cheapest palapa and weren't expecting too much for the price, but were not too happy that the outside bathroom we had use of was never cleaned. The bin where the toilet paper is thrown was not emptied once, and after three days with exceptionally high humidity and heat, the smell was getting too much. The electricity in Punta Allen goes off at midnight, which is part of its charm. However, it will be getting 24hr electricity in the next little while according to the locals. At this time of year (mid July) this will be a benefit at night as with no fan, and no cross breeze in the palapa, we really suffered with the heat. We checked out a day early for this reason. Importantly we should add that the palapa was filthy. The mosquito nets were too dirty and smelt too much to let down and use. There was very little privacy, and we felt quite exposed when changing, going to bed etc. My pillow cases and sheets may have been clean and perhaps just not used in a while, but they seemed to have old stains etc. on them, and were covered in dust/dirt.
We are very used to camping conditions, roughing it etc. and love the fun of it, but think that when you are offering a particular service and charging for it, you should fulfill that service. We did have some great experiences, the owner arranged our trip out to the reef, which was wonderful. We met fantastic new friends and spent time with them on the local deserted beach, at the reef and having dinner with them. We encourage anyone to visit Punta Allen, it is an outpost of a fascinating area, just research thoroughly where you plan to stay.