Charmerende caribiske hjem på sandstrand, rolig vand og fantastisk snorkling!

The house is minimally maintained. The owners were very helpful with any issues/requests we had. The location is great, and very private. It's a little hot there in the Summer with A/C only in one bedroom. The Sargasso weed on the beach is not ideal, but once you get out beyond it (30' or so) the water and snorkeling is awesome. And, the house is located in an area surrounded by other activities like cenotes, ruins, adventure parks, etc.

What a fun beach adventure! The palapa home is a bit rustic, but has everything you need for a true BEACH vacation. (Although, we wished it had wifi!) It is not a luxury home. More so, it feels like spending a week in a hut on Gilligan's Island. The home is surrounded by lush vegetation, complete with bugs, lizards & hermit crabs. With a private driveway up the hill, the house is set back a nice quiet distance from the road. Walk out the back door and directly onto your own little slice of beach! Palm trees are huge and fabulous. I enjoyed sitting on the beach at night and listening to the breeze rustle through the palms above. We drove to Coba & rode bikes through the jungle, to the public beach of Akumal to swim with many huge sea turtles, and across the street to LabnaHa to swim in the underground cenote. All were fabulous. We did most of our own cooking after shopping at Chedraui, but feasted a couple of nights after buying amazing fish tacos off the main street in Tulum, and a complete Mexican chicken dinner from a street vendor in a village on the way back from Coba. (Remember to convert dollars to pesos before you arrive.) NOT impressed with Oscar y Lalo's. Save your strength to lug the heavy kayaks down to the water and back, as you will definitely want to make many trips out to the buoys to snorkel around the coral where you will see rays, sea turtles, urchins, barracuda, zillions of species of fish, and maybe even a lion fish! The kayaks & paddles are a bit old, but still do the job! The home itself is filled with interesting quirks... but was perfect for us. After 9 years of all inclusives, we crave private little homes like this. The hot water did not work in the downstairs bathroom, but Dan is hoping to fix this. We ran out of water once, but Dan worked well into the night to make sure the tank got filled. Mother Nature had dumped seaweed all along the Mexican coastline. Other beaches were being raked & cleaned up daily. Our beach was left natural. Oddly enough... most of the seaweed then drifted to the rental next door! How nice. We think Mother Nature likes Dan and Vera for the way they respect nature. You will enjoy daily sunrises over the bay if you get up early. The orange glow spills into an upstairs bedroom each morning. We walked north on the beach to the point to explore tide pools and watch the sunset behind the beach houses. We hope to return to Las Brisas for another week of fun in the Soliman Bay sun!

This home on Soliman Bay is a wonderful place to plant yourself while you enjoy all that Tulum offers. The beach and bay are ideal for children and the privacy afforded is an incredible treat, since your back door steps right onto the beach. Kayaks and equipment are in good shape and we took several rides around the bay in them. The home is as described, with the kitchen roomy enough to make meals while also visiting with others sitting in the dining area or living area. When the breezes are coming off the water, you can feel the coolness in all rooms. The downstairs bedroom has great air conditioning for the rare days when the breeze is light. There are plenty of places in the home to get some quiet time with a book or just your thoughts. One can truly get 'off the grid' with this rental.

It's 38 steps, across a dazzling, white sand beach, from the house to the water's edge. We spent most of our days lounging under the palapa, reading and admiring turquoise blue water.

We took out the kayaks daily to the reef and snorkelled. We were lucky enough to see turtles a few times. They seemed to hang around the turtle grass just to the left of the house and out on the reef. There are turtle grass beds in the water but the area just to the right of the house is wide and sandy.

The house was spacious and because of the way it was designed, there is a constant flow of air through the rooms which keeps out bugs.

This property is self-catering and there are no housekeepers on-site. Unlike many of the properties on the bay, Las Brisas is a single dwelling which means you never have to share the beach area in front of the house. We have two energetic kids, so it was nice to know they could make noise without disturbing other guests.

Dan and Vera were great hosts. We met them at check-in and they took the time to answer all our questions. I did contact them during the week to ask if we could borrow a cooler for a day trip into the Biosphere and Dan dropped one off promptly.

Dan showed us where the best part of the reef was, and where the buoy was located and Vera told us the route to take to walk to Casa Cenote at Tankah Bay. (Go before 10 am and you might be lucky to have the place to yourself).

The kitchen was well equipped and there were a few staples already there. We stopped on the way down at PDC to pick up groceries and stocked up in Tulum when we needed stuff.

Soliman Bay is blissfully quiet. We ate one afternoon at Chamicos at the south end of the bay and the kids would walk north up the beach to Tienda Bob for ice cream in the afternoon. The location is great for dining in Tulum. Just remember to exit kilometre 241 on the 307.