Beachfront Penthouse in Hacienda del Cuyo

I was born in Germany and finished my school career there. Then I went to Disney World in Orlando Florida for 1 year and worked there in the German Pavilion, then 2 years at Lufthansa in Frankfurt.
Driven by wanderlust, I followed Mexico's call in 1993.
I have been living in Cancun, Mexico, for 25 years now, still working part-time in hotels and living with my family partly in Germany and partly in Mexico.
19 years ago I started renting my first apartment in El Cuyo.
We are the owners of these houses, are represented on site by our caretakers Magally and Remigia, and can be reached at any time via WhatsApp and email. In the competition for landlord of the year 2011 we got 3rd place, and in 2012 we even got 1st place. It is a lot of fun to pass on our many years of Yucatan and Mexico experience to our guests. We look forward to welcoming you at one of our rentals.

Who do we recommend renting an apartment in El Cuyo?

If you would like to get to know the country and its people, are flexible, can adapt and want to experience something of the local life away from the big blocks of flats and all-inclusive things, ... our apartments are just right for you and we welcome you.


Who should think about it?

However, if you want to experience all-inclusive and all-round carefree holidays, are inflexible, are looking for 5 star amenities and do not want to get involved in Mexican customs, you should indulge yourself in a 5 star hotel with an american tour guide.
Please do not rent a private vacation rental.

Hacienda del Cuyo ground floor, penthouse and Casa Maya Lodge

On our days off we like to explore the Yucatan to learn about the legendary Mayan culture, and are trying to get away from our busy life.
One day we happened to be in El Cuyo. The arrival was amazing...we crossed a pink lagoon with hundreds of pink flamingos .. and we came to a quiet village full of coconut palms.
You pass a Maya pyramid on which a lighthouse is built, and now you can even climb the lighthouse.
The streets in El Cuyo are still made of sand, coconut palm trees as far as the eye can see and endless fine white sandy beaches.
We have been to many places in Yucatan, but none of them had coconut palms as they were wiped out by a plague.
Not so in El Cuyo, all the palm trees in the village and on the beach were still there, we were delighted with the Caribbean feeling, and then every free weekend we visited this heavenly quiet place until someone offered us a small house for sale. At that time it only consisted of a ground floor. We fell in love with this 'rough diamond' immediately and renovated it with a lot of passion. We didn't even think about renting it out as an apartment.
Then we built the penthouse on the 1st floor and the Casa Maya Lodge on the 2nd floor.

Hacienda Antigua

We bought this apartment in 2002 and lovingly converted it into a hacienda Antigua in 2012. Outside, a natural stone facade was painstakingly handcrafted, inside a Maya artist from Izamal decorated the house with hand-painted details. A large, typical, pyramid-shaped palapa was built above the terrace.
A year later we built the hacienda lodge with its own shower room, kitchenette and a mosquito-free terrace.