Amazing All-Inclusives in Mexico

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We hit the beach, sipped the tequila and road-tested rooms to find the best all-inclusive resorts south of the border.

Best for Wine Lovers: Secrets The Vine Cancun Resort & Spa
The new, sophisticated, adults-only high-rise resort in Cancun features 495 sleek and luxurious rooms and suites, all with massive sliding glass doors opening to terraces with sweeping beach and Caribbean views. The honeymoon suites also boast an in-suite soaking tub. Eight restaurants (some offering dinners with select pairings) and six bars and lounges (including The Vine Bar with its 3,000-bottle cellar), plus sommelier-led tastings and wine-inspired spa treatments make the property the toast of the buzzy hotel zone with couples who adore wine. Tequila tastings an an array of margaritas are also served up day or night (room rates start at $630 per person, per night and are all-inclusive; secrets.com)

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Best of Both WorldsThe Royal Suites Yucatan by Palladium
If you like resorts that are small and intimate, but your guy enjoys the endless options and activities of larger hotels, you can both be happy at The Royal Suites, a 130-room, adults-only enclave set within the sprawling Palladium resort complex on a half-mile-long white-sand beach near Akumel on Riviera Maya. While you can enjoy butler service in your airy suite, with its Jacuzzi for two, and lobster at the exclusive gourmet El Jardin restaurant, you can also hit the buffet or enjoy Chinese, Mexican, Italian and more at 13 other Palladium eateries and 26 bars. A Royal Suites guest-only pool competes with the livelier main pool area, pretty, white sand beach and natural salt-water pool fashioned from a rock outcropping. Don't miss a treatment in the newly renovated spa with a variety of pools and water areas (room rates start at $296 per person, per night and are all-inclusive; royalsuitesyucatanresort.com).

Best for 24/7 Fun: Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort
One week may not be enough time to experience all that the four-resorts-with-in-a-resort Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort offers. Stretched along a splendid beach just outside of Cancun, the resort feautres a 27-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, dozens of restaurants and bars (including the chic Noir nightclub), a 39-room spa, a Dolphinarium, a FlowRider surf simulator, live big- name music and comedy performances (from Usher and Enrique Iglesias to former SNL cast members) and dozens of pools. All of the 2,000-plus guest rooms feature double Jacuzzis and brand-name liquor dispensers (book the Sunrise section for a hipster vibe or Moon Grand for more privacy), and while the property does welcome families and singles, honeymooners are treated to romantic extras such as breakfast in bed, a candlelit dinner and late checkout (room rates start at $386 per person, per night and are all-inclusive; moonpalace.com).

Best for “Suite” Luxury: Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit
You’ll want to hang the “Do Not Disturb” sign the moment you check in. Each of the light-filled, contemporary Mexican-style suites at this 267-all-suite property located just north of bustling Puerto Vallarta is more than 1,000 square feet and has a private terrace overlooking pretty Banderas Bay, where the sunsets are sublime. Plus, each guest room features a fully stocked minibar and dreamy goose-down bedding. Suites also have indoor or outdoor Jacuzzis and bathrooms that are spacious enough to enjoy a private spa treatment. If you ever choose to emerge from your romantic cocoon, the luxury follows: gourmet à la carte dining at four restaurants, as well as an alluring infinity pool with swim-up bar and activities from tennis and golf to yoga and salsa dancing (room rates start at $518 a night and are all inclusive; vallarta.grandvelas.com)

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