Four-star One MICHELIN Key Tulum beach, Tulum
La Zebra, a Small Luxury Hotel
Fifty suites and casitas on the sand at kilometre 8.2 of the Tulum beach road, with a rooftop bar, yoga on the beach and tortilla classes for the children.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- MICHELIN
- One Key, new in 2026
- Rooms
- 50 suites and casitas
- Setting
- On the sand, Tulum beach
- From the airport
- About 35 minutes from TQO (our estimate)
The hotel
Barefoot on the beach road.
La Zebra belongs to Colibri Boutique Hotels, a small Tulum group, and is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. It stands at kilometre 8.2 of the road to Boca Paila, with every suite and casita built directly on the sand and facing the sea. In the spring of 2017 the jungle plot at the resort hosted Noma Mexico, René Redzepi's seven-week pop-up.
The style is barefoot: a beach bar, a Mexican kitchen using what is in season, craft beer and local wine. Children are welcome at any age, with tortilla and guacamole workshops, crafts and piñata parties, while adults have the spa, the yoga shala on the beach and the rooftop bar. In 2026 the MICHELIN Guide gave La Zebra its first Key.
- On the sand Every suite and casita is built on the beach itself, with the Caribbean in view.
- For families Guests of every age, cots, babysitting and children's workshops, plus mini golf.
- Up on the roof A rooftop terrace with a pool and a bar.
Rooms & suites
Fifty rooms on the sand.
Fifty suites and casitas, all with sea views, from beachfront rooms to a casita and a master villa. The whole hotel is non-smoking.
- On the beach Beachfront and Sea View Rooms Rooms on the sand with the sea in front.
- Casita Sea View Casita A small house of its own looking over the water.
- Largest Beachside Suite and Master Villa The suite and the villa for those wanting more space.
Dining
Mexican cooking by the sea.
Dining as described by the hotel and the MICHELIN Guide. Shown for information.
- La Zebra restaurant Mexican, seasonal On the beach
- Beach bar Cocktails, local craft beer and wine On the sand
- Rooftop bar Drinks On the roof terrace, by the pool
Recognition
Listings.
- One MICHELIN Key 2026, first award
- Small Luxury Hotels of the World Member
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children All ages welcome; guests from 16 count as adults. Cots and babysitting on request.
- Smoking The hotel is entirely non-smoking.
Getting there
Flying to Tulum.
Tulum International, opened in December 2023, is about 35 minutes away by car, our estimate. Cancún International has the widest choice of flights and lies roughly 70 miles north. Private jets can land at Tulum's general aviation terminal, open from 7 am to 7 pm.
- Miami 1 h 40
- Mexico City 1 h 55
- Houston 2 h 05
- New York 3 h 45
- Los Angeles 4 h 45
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Does La Zebra have a MICHELIN Key?
- Yes. La Zebra received one MICHELIN Key in the 2026 selection for Mexico, its first.
- Is La Zebra suitable for children?
- Yes. Guests of any age are welcome, with cots, babysitting and children's workshops such as tortilla making and piñata parties.
- Is La Zebra on the beach?
- Yes. All the suites and casitas stand on the sand at kilometre 8.2 of the Tulum beach road.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Tulum?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Tulum, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Tulum
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Hotel Esencia A duchess's former house on the beach at Xpu-Ha, up the coast towards Playa del Carmen, and the only hotel in Quintana Roo with three MICHELIN Keys.
- Wakax Hacienda – Cenote & Boutique Hotel Forty-eight rooms laid out like an eighteenth-century hacienda, with a lake and three cenotes, one of them open for swimming at night.
- Sana Tulum Twenty-four adults-only rooms around a courtyard of carved arches and brass lanterns, laid out like a Moroccan riad.
- Be Tulum Beach & Spa Resort Suites among gardens and palms, some with plunge pools, at the southern end of the hotel road beside Sian Ka'an.
- MILAM Curving plaster walls, local clay and swim-up drinks for adults only, away from the beach on the edge of town.
- NABOA Hotel Tulum Ten garden suites by the architects Jaque Studio, some with bathrooms open to the sky, between the town and the beach.
Staying at La Zebra, a Small Luxury Hotel?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Tulum, 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.