Aldea Thai opens on Calle 28 at the beach: carved teak, palapa roofs, stone Buddhas and Balinese guardians, the Mirror Pool running down to the sand and the broad Village Pool behind it, on twenty thousand square meters a block from the sea.
From new development to an icon of Playa del Carmen. Residences are sold to owners from Mexico, the United States, Canada and Europe, and rented through a succession of operators and independent managers. Many of those original owners have been coming back ever since, and a good number of families measure their years in trips here.
Owners, in partnership with a new administration, have begun what some are calling the renaissance of Aldea Thai: both pools refinished, new tile across the pool deck, new pool furniture throughout, a new air conditioning system for every residence, and a good deal more still to come. If you stayed here before 2025, you have not seen this building.
The building came with a collection, and most guests walk past half of it. Six pieces worth stopping at.
Everyone who has stayed here has a favorite corner of this place. The bench under the palapa at seven in the morning. The walk down the Mirror Pool when the sun comes up behind the sea. The bar at the shallow end on the fourth day, when you have stopped checking your phone.
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