Tulum's peerless beaches

I wrote about Las Ranitas when I passed a couple of nights there in December. It's one of those places one might be reticent about recommending too strongly in case it were to be spoilt by 'them'. The French owners spoke of their own concerns that the airport at Tulum might soon be upgraded to cater for international flights.

Nevertheless, you can already get a cheap return flight to Cancun from London from as little as one hundred and fifty pounds, and the peerless beaches of Tulum are just a couple of hours' ride further south.



Before departing for Belize I got up around six and went for a last stroll along the beach...