Four-star One MICHELIN Key Cenotes Ring reserve, under an hour from Mérida, Mérida
Galopina
Five suites on a low hill in the Yucatán scrub, inside the Ring of Cenotes reserve, each with its own terrace over the treetops. Mérida is about fifty minutes away.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, new in 2026
- Suites
- 5, each with a private terrace
- Opened
- 2022
- From the airport
- 55 km from MID, about 50 minutes
The hotel
A guest house on an old henequen farm.
Galopina stands on a plot of forty by eighty metres that once belonged to a henequen farm, near the village of Seyé. The ground rises into a small hill of sascab, the pale limestone the Maya used for building. The Mérida architects TACO cleared the weeds, kept the trees and set the rooms into the slope and on its crest. It opened in 2022.
The owners, Elisa and Guillaume, run it themselves. Elisa did the interiors, mostly with second-hand furniture found at markets and restored. Around the house lies the Ring of Cenotes reserve, low jungle full of sinkholes. The MICHELIN Guide gave Galopina a Key in 2026. Mayapán, Izamal and Uxmal are all within a day's drive, and there are cenotes for swimming about forty minutes away.
- The pool in the hill A round dipping pool behind the main house, cut into the hillside and half enclosed by a curved wall.
- From the garden Breakfast is included, and dinner of three courses, usually fish or vegetarian, is cooked on request with produce from the hotel's garden.
- Cenotes and ruins Cenotes about forty minutes away, Mayapán about twenty-five, and Izamal under an hour.
Rooms & suites
Five suites in the trees.
Every suite has a terrace, air conditioning and a shower room. Concrete and wood throughout.
- Standard Jabin and Toh About 35 square metres each, with a double bed and a terrace.
- On the crest Yuya and Chel About 35 square metres each, higher up with a view over the treetops.
- Largest Ciricote About 45 square metres, with a separate living room.
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon. A car is the easiest way to get around; the hotel can arrange an airport transfer.
- Children Guests must be 12 or older.
- Pets Not accepted.
- House rules Guests are asked to keep the place calm, and outside food and drink are not allowed.
Getting there
Flying to Mérida.
Mérida International is about 55 kilometres away, some fifty minutes by car. It takes scheduled flights and private jets, the jets through a general aviation terminal with customs. Downtown Mérida is 39 kilometres from the hotel.
- Cancún 45 min
- Mexico City 1 h 40
- Miami 1 h 45
- Houston 1 h 50
- New York 3 h 50
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Galopina have?
- One, awarded in the 2026 selection.
- How far is Galopina from Mérida?
- About 39 kilometres from the centre and 55 from the airport, roughly fifty minutes by car either way.
- Can children stay at Galopina?
- Children aged 12 and over are welcome; younger children are not accepted.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Mérida?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Mérida, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Mérida
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Chablé Yucatán Forty casitas with private pools in the forest around a restored hacienda, and a spa built over a cenote.
- Hotel CIGNO Ten rooms in a nineteenth-century mansion, several with balconies or a plunge pool, for adults only.
- Hotel Sevilla Twenty-one rooms around leafy courtyards in a sixteenth-century villa, its stone arches kept beside new concrete.
- Decu Downtown Eight suites turned inward around a garden and pool, with a lounge on the roof.
- TreeHouse Boutique Hotel Fifteen rooms around a large garden with a plunge pool and a bar kept for guests.
- Hotel Sureño Seventeen rooms with antique writing desks and local ceramics, under a rooftop pool and bar.
Staying at Galopina?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Mérida, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.