About The Retreat

Palmaïa – The House of AïA, with 234 vegan-friendly ocean-front suites, is a unique environmentally conscious progressive wellness resort concept, offering plant-based restaurants, over a mile of secluded white sand beach, a variety of wellness activies, meditation, thai chi and yoga classes and daily “Rituals of Sound” performances, all included in the suite rates and with a minimal carbon footprint.

Strategically situated at the tail end of the most beautiful beach in the Riviera Maya, The House of AïA brings us Palmaïa, an exclusive beach enclave focused on connecting us to nature, ourselves, and the sanctity of life.

Every effort was taken to ensure the original landscape remain untouched to feel the healing authenticity of old-growth trees andnaturally occurring, cool-water cenotes.

All guests reside in ocean-front suites: some with swim-out access to the infinity pools, others with sweeping views of the sea, and a few nestled among the ocean-side mangroves.

Guests also enjoy high-end amenities without sacrificing evironmentally friendly practices, while the restaurants offer the best cuisine in the region, extensive plant-based options, and impeccable style.

Rooms

All of Palmaïa’s 234 Oceanfront Suites are cruelty-free, as they have been assiduously planned as free of animal products and animal-tested products, offering an enlightened space that celebrates the value of all life on Earth with zero use of leather and feather-free bedding.

8 different layouts provide the perfect fit for everyone, featuring private terraces on all levels and a combination of spaces designed to fit families and couples’ needs.

Choose between King or Queen beds, second bedrooms with bunk beds for children, or sofa beds, luxury tubs, or showers.

In the vegan suites all furniture is non-leather, toiletries are cruelty-free and the mini bar includes kombucha and coconut water.

You have the option of booking a room on one of the top floors with a sea view, or a swim-up room on the ground floor, which opens directly onto the pool.

Cuisine

The food is all inclusive with a vegan and plant based a la carte menu, and the option to add non-vegan toppings.

When our chefs prepare their ingredients in the early morning hours, placing them on the ledge of the window to receive the first light of day, it matters. Because, love is what brings the best of us to bear: for our craft, for a sustainable present, for a healthier future.

Plant-based Travel Made Easy

The House of AïA is the first resort of its kind to prepare all of its menus with full, plant-based ingredients, while still offering exquisite, non-vegan options.

Our founder’s vegan sensibilities merge with our Executive Chef’s inspired guidance to unveil daily menus that are as exquisitely delicious as they are fresh and thoughtfully prepared.

Traveling while eating plant-based has never been better. Here are just a few of our favorite dishes:
(•) soy-marinated, watermelon poke bowl
(•) smoked-carrot toast
(•) Palmaïa burger with sweet potato fries
(•) pb-cheese and mushroom quesadillas

Not everyone can be vegan and we respect that. We show our guests how delicious plant-based food can be. That way, meat and fish eaters are exposed to a new type of culinary experience, balancing their diets and exploring flavors they didn’t expect, or even know were possible.

We create a level of cuisine that is hard to match, especially at an all-inclusive resort, because it plays against the paradigm that food is qualified by its price. By doing it our way, guests can let go, be pampered, and not think about cost—as true luxury is.

Restaurants

The Health Cafe & That Bright, Caribbean Blue
Whether it’s the soaring windows that lift above the canopy, the hand-painted murals depicting local wildlife, the thoughtful furniture, or just the impeccable food, our health café shatters expectations.

LEK
Elevating his native Mexican, small town, culinary wisdom to the rarified heights of international, haute cuisine, Chef Eugenio brings a mastery of hyperlocal flavors rivaled only by his artistry of presentation, secretly enhanced by select spices and herbs cultivated in his personal greenhouse.

Su Casa
Welcome to your new home, open from morning to night. Relax into the laid-back, Caribbean beach ambiance and the primal delight of sand beneath your feet. Seasonal delights, vegan, vegetarian, meat, fish… simple, delicious, comforting… just as home cooking was meant to be.

Ume
This is the entry point to Asia, a place imbued with sensual fragrances, exotic flavors, and a densely rich color palette, fusing Thai cuisine with its continental counterparts in an act worthy of heavenly worship

Charly’s Vegan Tacos Pop-Up Food Truck
Charly’s Vegan Tacos quickly became a Tulum staple for traditional Mexican food lovers as well as any foodie that took their experimentation and acquisition of food knowledge seriously. In fact, CVT’s biggest fan base were flexitarians looking for healthier food options that did not sacrifice the taste and flavor of traditional foods – and a major success it was too, going on to win the best LA Vegan Taco competition in 2018. Influenced by his grandmother’s traditional Mexican Cooking, Chef Charly brings his much-loved food concept to Palmaïa, offering a healthier alternative to typical Mexican

Street food and to show the boundless possibilities of plant-based food to convince even the most stringent meat fanatics, that plant-based food can also taste amazing. Open daily from 12-5 pm, you will find the Food Truck poolside between The Mushroom and Eolo Beach Club

Wellness

Included in the rate, are a selection of 4 or 5 wellness activities offered throughout each day.

Spa treatments can be booked for an additional charge at Atlantis: The Spa in the Jungle where healing takes on all the benefits of mother nature’s embrace. Private treatment rooms nestled among the trees, expert hands,fresh water cenotes, therapies, special herbs, sacred Mayan rituals.

Weekly Wellness Schedule

Classes run from 7am – 5pm

Mondays

Pranayama
Soft Hatha Yoga
Geometry of Power
Tibetan Bowls
Full Body Workout
Talk With the Shaman
Vinayasa Yoga

Tuesdays

Pranayama
Hatha Vinyasa Yoga
Drawing Class
Mind Body Control level 1
Full body workout
Ancestral Dance
Soft Hatha

Wednesdays

Pranayama
Hatha Vinyasa Yoga
Gravity Control
Gong Bath
Full Body Workout
Constellations
Watercolor Painting Class
Soft Hatha Yoga

Thursdays

Pranayama
Hatha Vinyasa
Yoga Drawing Class
Deep Healing Mantras Level I
Full Body Workout
Awakening Ritual Mind Control Level II
Soft Hatha Yoga
Meditation

Fridays

Pranayama
Hatha Vinyasa Yoga
Sacred Women’s Circle
Cacao Ceremony
Full Body Workout
Geometry of Power
Deep Healing Mantras
Level II Yin Yoga

Saturdays

Pranayama
Soft Hatha Yoga
Meditation
Meditative Concert
Full Body Workout
Forgiveness Ceremony
Hatha Yoga

Sundays

Pranayama
Therapeutic Yoga
Drawing Class
Gratitude Ritual
Full Body Workout
Watercolor Painting Class
Soft Yoga
Meditation

Pricing per night

From US $500.00 per adult per day all inclusive.

Included

• Holistic practices from the Architects of Life Program
• Rituals of Sound Series
• À la Carte Breakfast & Lunch
• Nightly Chef’s Selection Dinner
• Voyage
• 24-hour Room Service
• Premium Domestic & Int’l Beverages
• Fiber-Optic WiFi
• Eolo Beach Club & Bar
• Atlas Club Lounge
• Nomadic Guides & Concierge

Location and how to get there

Palmaïa – The House of AïA is located in Playacar, a gated residential community just 10 minutes south of Playa del Carmen Mexico and about 50 minutes south of the Cancun airport.

The resort is about 1 hour north of Tulum. Private airport transportation is available for $150.00 US each way.

Booking

To book or enquire about this Palmaïa – The House of AïA, send us a message via email below.