The Best Wellness Retreats in Mexico

Wellness retreats in Mexico are often shaped by the country’s special landscapes, traditions and rituals. Many draw on ancient healing practices, like cenote bathing, once used in Mayan ceremonies; movement sessions held in the jungle at first light; or personalised programmes that weave together nutrition, massage and mindfulness activities.

Vineyard estates, desert lodges and coastal hideaways all offer spaces to slow down, guided by thoughtful architecture rooted in a strong sense of place. Here, we’ve picked our top wellness retreats in Mexico that define wellbeing through a connection to nature, cultural heritage and a gentle, restorative pace of life.

Set within a restored 19th-century hacienda surrounded by the Yucatán jungle around Mérida. Chablé Resort & Spa is a design-led retreat shaped by Mayan culture and ritual. The rooms are private casitas and villas, each incorporating original stone walls and contemporary interiors with private pools set within the gardens.

The wellness offering here centres on Chablé’s spa, which is built around a natural cenote pool – considered sacred in Mayan tradition. Treatments draw on regional Mexican herbs, clays and traditional techniques in tandem with modern therapies. Dining unfolds across three restaurants: Ixi’im, focused on contemporary Mexican cuisine; Kiin, offering lighter regional dishes; and a spa restaurant, serving relaxed, healthy snacks. The hotel also has a huge library of tequilas to taste, and cooking classes teach you to make local dishes.

Need to know: The spa offers both individual treatments and structured wellness programmes themed around renewal and balance, involving treatments like massage, cacao exfoliation, intention-setting rituals, ancestral cleansing and hydrotherapy.

Set in Baja’s wine country, Banyan Tree Veya is a quiet retreat shaped by its valley setting. You stay in villas designed to feel at home in the Baja California landscape, with stucco architecture, light-wood décor and natural textiles chosen to reflect the surrounding arid terrain. Shared spaces include a swimming pool set among large boulders and terraces with views across the Valle del Guadalupe – Baja California’s burgeoning wine country.

Food is an integral part of the experience. At Aldea, which overlooks the vineyards, the menu focuses on seasonal Baja ingredients; and Cinco, the hotel’s speciality restaurant, offers Asian-inspired cuisine. Wellness facilities include a fitness centre and spa, with movement and reflection sessions, such as yoga, sound healing, exercise experiences and intimate spa rituals influenced by Asian traditions.

Need to know: Stays are guided by the resort’s eight-pillar wellbeing philosophy, with spa treatments and time in an ancestral sweat lodge.

Set within a private coastal reserve on Mexico’s Pacific shore, Imanta is defined by space, seclusion and its close relationship with the surrounding jungle and sea. There are 12 villas scattered through palms and forest, creating an intimate, quiet environment. Each is built from local stone with a soft pink hue and furnished with contemporary Mexican design, embroidered textiles and natural materials. Some have plunge pools and sculpted stone bathtubs carved directly from rock.

Wellness here is experiential rather than prescriptive, with a spa set in open-air cabins where the crashing waves and sea breeze provide the soundtrack for your treatments. Trails offer access to the surrounding reserve by bike, foot, horse or kayak. Dining is either at the more formal Tukipa or on the beach at Catch of the Day, which serves Mexican dishes and seafood with your feet in the sand. Evenings often draw you to the Observatorio bar, perched above the landscape with wide views.

Need to know: You can also stay in a separate, three-level treehouse located a short drive from the main lodge, with access to all hotel facilities but greater privacy and seclusion.

Hidden within the jungle-fringed shoreline of the Mayan Riviera, BE Tulum is a small beachfront hotel with a relaxed, surfer-chic sensibility. Rooms are tucked into tropical foliage, creating a quiet, intimate atmosphere in Tulum, just steps from the Caribbean. The retreat is less than a kilometre from the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, known for its wetland ecosystem and home to manatees, sea turtles and a vast array of birds. The soothing design combines contemporary aesthetics with natural textures like stone and cotton. And many rooms open onto private patios where hammocks encourage unhurried downtime.

In the dedicated wellness programme, you can join daily yoga and meditation sessions, along with other mindful activities offered throughout your stay. The Yäan Healing Sanctuary spa draws on Mayan rituals, energy healing and rejuvenating spa treatments in spaces shaped by shade and breeze. Meals and moments of rest unfold in open-air settings, while bicycles and kayaks offer ways to move gently through mangroves and along the shoreline. Evenings are low-key and sociable with cocktails at the lounge or relaxed gatherings by the pool.

Need to know: The hotel is a 15-minute drive from the Mayan ruins of Tulum, making archaeological excursions easy to combine with beach and self-care time.

Set on Isla Mujeres’ North Beach, Na Balam is an intimate, barefoot-style hotel where light, air and proximity to the sea create a sense of wellbeing. Whitewashed walls, palapa roofs and pared-back interiors place the focus firmly on the surrounding Caribbean blues and tropical greens. Rooms and suites are spacious and simply furnished with air conditioning and handmade organic bath products adding quiet comfort.

Wellness here is gentle, with no commitment to a stringent programme – you can join activities as you like. Yoga classes take place in dedicated studios, while the Water Lily Spa offers a calm space for massage and relaxation. You can also be immersed in nature through scuba diving and marine excursions. Meals are served in the retreat’s open-air restaurant, where sea breezes move through the terrace. And days naturally revolve around swimming, time on the beach and unhurried island life.

Need to know: Our top tip is to visit Isla Contoy National Park, known for its palm-fringed beaches and mangroves, home to pelicans, cormorants and sea turtles.

Set in the cactus-studded desert outside Todos Santos, Paradero encourages physical connection to the surrounding nature of Baja California. Brutalist concrete buildings sit among agave and native plants, forming a botanical oasis that opens directly onto the desert and the Sierra Laguna mountains beyond. There are only 35 suites, each finished in raw wood and soft neutrals. They also have a star bed: a flat, outdoor hammock designed for stargazing, meditating or dozing beneath Baja’s clear skies and minimal light pollution.

Wellness at Todos Santos is active and outward-looking. Your stay weaves together cycling, hiking, surfing, yoga and meditation, plus other self-care activities like cooking and farming classes, and guided art walks through Todos Santos. Evenings draw people together at Tenoch, the resort’s Michelin-recognised open-air restaurant, where farm-to-table dishes with Mexican and Japanese influences are prepared communally.

Need to know: There is no room service at Paradero; meals are intentionally shared in communal spaces to encourage connection and conversation.