Top 10 All-Inclusive Resorts with Swim-Up Suites in the Riviera Maya

·Large, modern adults-only resort with spacious suite-style rooms.

Barcelo Maya Riviera is the adults-only section of the Barcelo Maya Grand complex, for couples who want a modern suite and a polished atmosphere. The dining of a whole resort estate comes with it. It sits at Xpu-Ha on the Riviera Maya, about 75 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 850 rooms that are all junior suites or suites with terraces and hydromassage tubs, 110 of them with a private pool. It is not a small resort; it is a quiet one inside a very large one.

·Excellent adults-only romance profile.

·Exceptional swimmable beach and snorkeling.

Secrets Akumal is an adults-only resort of 434 suites on Akumal Beach, and the beach is why it scores 9.3 with us. The water is calm, the reef is close enough to snorkel from the sand, and this is turtle habitat, so the local rules about sunscreen and distance are worth reading before you swim. Sargassum still reaches this coast most springs and summers, which is the one thing the resort cannot manage for you.

·Exceptional design, art-focused architecture and strong food identity.

The adults-only, arts-themed member of the Xcaret family, and the headline perk is included access to the Xcaret and Xel-Há eco-parks. On site you get rivers and cenotes to swim, hands-on art workshops, and ten restaurants from celebrity chefs. Creative and very Mexican. Best November through May.

·Strong adults-only positioning with a polished, modern Mexican design identity.

UNICO leans hard into a sense of place, an adults-only resort where your personal 'host' books art walks and tequila tastings, and the Esencia spa is built around a cenote-style pool. Smaller and more design-led than the Riviera Maya giants, it's stylish couples' territory. Best November through May.

·Outstanding family and waterpark offering.

·One of the largest on-site water parks in the Caribbean with 14 slides and two lazy rivers

·True all-inclusive

Ocean Riviera Paradise is a very large family all-inclusive north of Playa del Carmen, for parents who want a water park and a dozen bars. Add a room with a pool at the door and the picture is complete. It is about 45 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 974 rooms, five pools, ten restaurants and twelve bars, a bowling alley, a theatre and a disco. It is a small town with a beach attached, and the beach is the part that disappoints.

·Excellent family infrastructure and water-park access.

·All-inclusive dining, with reservations required for Himitsu hibachi/teppanyaki tables.