travel42 Hotel Review: Casa Malca

Casa Malca travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Opened in 2014, this art-oriented hotel sits on a wide swath of sugary sand just south of Be Tulum and a growing number of notable contemporary castaway resorts. It's about 30 minutes from Tulum town or a two-hour drive from Cancun and the airport (CUN).

This eponymous hotel, named for the proprietor, New York art dealer Lio Malca, is one of the biggest vanity projects south of New York City's Trump Towers. From start to finish, this artistic endeavor rea...