POSADA DEL SOL is wonderful. I stayed there for 6 nights in the beginning of June. I stayed in room number 3 which is across the street from the beach and the rest of the hotel.The room is so beautiful-large tiled shower, high ceilings and lots of unique little features. The only thing that was bothersome was the loud traffic on the road in front. The woman, Diana, at the front desk was so nice and caring when I arrived late at night she had my room open so I could just climb into bed. And when I locked my keys in the car she helped get me a taxi and tell me where to go in town to get a locksmith to come and help. The little shop at the front desk is filed with wonderful jewelry, textiles and various other beautiful mexican things. The beach has plenty of lounge chairs and they give you large beach towels. It is a little rocky in the water but you learn the best places to go in. It is around a few other hotels which have great restraunts. Zahras is right across the street(they have good happy hour drinks!). I had a wonderful stay at Posada del Sol and will return!

This hotel is beautiful. We stayed in room #4 which is across the street and upstairs. The room was large, airy and creatively decorated with natural shells/textiles/ceramics/wood. As other travellers have remarked, the beach is small, but the proprieters were happy to allow myself and my daughters to go up the road to the sister property at Posada Lamar to enjoy the less rocky, larger beach front. I had no problem with the staff during my stay and found the front desk to be very kind to me and my daughters. The only drawbacks I found were a lack of hot water and the parking was incredibly slim fitting- so unless you have really amazing spatial capacity expect some challenge there! Trece Lunas has amazing food and is basically like having an onsite restaurant it is so close- the coffee is great, food is reasonably priced,fresh,healthy with friendly service.

We had booked this hotel for four nights on the web, thinking we would come to a great location. We were very disappointed with this hotel, which in fact is not a hotel: it's a souvenirs place that has some rooms for rent. You're not dealing with professionals. We had booked a room called "bungalow suite" which looks good on the website. First of all we had to pay for the four nights when we checked in, and the insistance of the owner to collect her money was very disturbing. No hot water, no towels, no soap, almost no light. The room was dirty, the door and the windows would'nt lock. How can you leave your bags during the day when the room is wide open on a street passage conducting to a public beach? That place looks very dark and unsafe at night with no lights. No breakfast in the morning. We decided to leave. The owner would'nt agree to pay us our money back for the other three nights. A bad place to avoid if you're on vacation.

We loved the central location of the hotel - right in the buzz of the hotel zone. When planning a 3 week holiday for a family of three with scuba diving, price is an important factor. This was the cheapest option that we could find, offering a proper room and own bathroom and we loved it! We had one of the rooms on the other side of the road and it did not bother us at all. We were out most of the day and basically used our room to sleep in. We loved the fact that each room is unique (stayed in two because of a double booking!). Our 5 year old loved the arty shower and hammock on the veranda! There are always taxis in this area, which makes it easy to get to Tulum at all times of the day or night. The two girls at receptions were wonderful in helping to book trips and assist in answering our hundreds of questions. We booked a day trip to Sian Kaan, which we felt was a waste of money (although great fun, it was a bit too touristy for us who wanted to see more of the wildlife and nature). Did the best cenote dives with Cenote Dive Centre in Tulum , including a very unsual cenote called, Angelita (highly recommended for advanced divers). We found the restaurants on the hotel zone overpriced so opted to rather take a taxi into town (we like local stuff!). If you want the real Mexican experience try the Cocina Economica on the left hand side at the bottom end of town. Where you choose your food in the kitchen - at half the price!!!
We also took many day trips from there, including Xcaret (although a big tourist destination, it was great, especially if you have children!). The day trip to Achumal was also fun, offering a wonderful beach and great snorkeling.
We never rented a car once, but used the local taxis (standard $4 from the hotel into town) and "collectivos" to get to other towns (Tulum to Playa $2.5).
Do not take the local bus (ADO)! We only decide to do it because our 5 year old wanted to go on the bus. We booked and paid for our seats, the bus was running late, and then were chased off the bus as all the seats were double booked!