Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive is a five-star hotel in Puerto Morelos. The hotel offers beachfront access, a pool and a spa. It scores 4.7/5 across 1197 guest reviews — an excellent rating. In our 2026 scans we observed rooms from US$280 per night. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Puerto Morelos: Puerto Morelos is the fishing village that stayed put between Cancún and Playa del Carmen, and its hotels come in three layers. All hotels in Puerto Morelos →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 10 priced stays for Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive, with rates from US$280 a night. Rates in Puerto Morelos move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive is at Boulevard El Cid, Unidad 28, Lote 1, Puerto Morelos, Mexico. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Puerto Aventuras, about 35 km away — compare Puerto Aventuras hotels too if your plans are flexible. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists bar/snack/cafen', barber/beauty salon, bars, breakfast and breakfast in room. On the wellness side there's fitness center, jacuzzi, kids pool, massage and outdoor pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, business center, car rental service, concierge and currency exchange. In the room itself: air conditioning, bath, bathrobe, bathroom, free wifi and hairdryer. The full list of 89 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the five-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
Puerto Morelos for hotel guests
The port side — leaning lighthouse, pier — keeps small hotels steps from a calm beach and the protected reef, 500 metres offshore. The colonia, across the highway and 2 kilometres inland, carries the low prices. And north and south of town stretch the big all-inclusive resorts that explain why our dataset's typical rate climbs to US$233, though rooms start at US$32. In all we logged 25 hotels with a real price in 2026. Honestly: the town is small and quiet by design — short nights, restaurants that close early — and sargassum visits these beaches from May to October, as it does the whole Caribbean coast. All hotels in Puerto Morelos →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.71197 reviewsI can’t say enough about this resort. The staff were always exceptional - from the cleaning staff to the restaurant staff to the reception and concierge - all were wonderful. I’ve never been to such a clean home-away-from-home and been catered to as I was this past week. We were greeted at the airport with cold waters and wet towels infused with aromatherapy, chauffeured to the resort where stiff margaritas and fruit punch were waiting for us, and guided through the resort by our personal concierge. Our rooms were very well appointed, clean and comfortable. Our personal plunge pool and jacuzzi…
From when we were picked up from the airport to when we left, we were treated like royalty. I was kind of worried the driver Ishtar have left, but I was able to call the hotel and they assured me he was waiting there and he was kind enough to help us with our luggage. The room we stayed in was amazing! It had a beautiful view of the beach the AC felt nice to come back in to after a day outside. The food was delicious and every employee we talked to was kind and always smiled. We even because friends with 3 bartenders. They were the best! We will definitely come back when we have the chance.
Our stay at Grand Residences was nothing short of exceptional. From the moment we arrived, the service was top-tier, and every detail was thoughtfully handled. A heartfelt thank you to Eduardo, Margarito and Eduardo who welcomed us each day at the restaurant with warmth and professionalism. Efraim, Kevin, Abel, Jesus and all of the pool staff were super friendly, went above and beyond to ensure our comfort daily and made our experience feel personal and unforgettable. This team truly sets the gold standard in hospitality. We can’t wait to return!
Planning your trip to Puerto Morelos
When to go
The dry season runs December to March: 28-30°C, low humidity and a flat sea most mornings. It is also the priciest stretch, peaking over Christmas, New Year and Holy Week. The local wrinkle is the nortes: two or three windy, choppy days a month between December and February, when reef boats stay tied up and the shoreline turns cloudy and brown.
From May to October comes the sargassum, and it deserves plain language: some weeks the sand is clean, others the weed piles up, smells and clouds the water. The town clears the central beach and each resort clears its own, but nobody manages the open sea. If snorkelling is your reason for coming, March, April and November are the safer bets.
September and October concentrate the rain, the sticky heat and the hurricane risk — and the year's lowest rates, plus a village that goes back to being a village. Storms are heavy and short, almost always in the afternoon. Travelling then, book something cancellable and read the hotel's storm policy: on this coast that clause gets used.
The rounded months are November, March and April: bearable heat, generally clear water, fewer people than at peak and mid-range prices. July and August fill the town with Mexican families and long European holidays, at 33°C and feeling hotter; you survive it with a pool, a siesta and a late dinner.
Getting there and around
Arriving is this town's trump card: barely half an hour from Cancún airport down Highway 307, with no city to cross. Private transfers are arranged in advance; airport taxis work on fixed zone rates, so agree the figure before the bags go in the trunk. Even a night landing is easy — the road is four lanes the whole way.
ADO buses do not come into town: they drop you at the highway junction, 2 kilometres from the pier, where local taxis wait and charge something in the order of MX$50-100 at 2025 prices. The colectivo vans running the 307 between Cancún and Playa del Carmen also stop there for a fraction of that, if you travel light and can stand and wait.
Inside the port you need nothing but shoes: plaza, pier, leaning lighthouse and beach fit into a handful of blocks. The colonia is a 25-30 minute walk away with a highway crossing that demands genuine attention; a bicycle or a local taxi settles it. Taxis charge by zone rather than by meter, so ask the price before you set off.
A car only earns its keep if you plan to leave. The Ruta de los Cenotes begins at that same junction and runs inland to the west, and the 307 puts Playa del Carmen and the botanical garden south of town within easy reach. Otherwise it is a nuisance: parking near the pier in high season is a patience sport.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The port side is where the town happens: small hotels, apart-hotels and low buildings scattered along the streets that face the water, north and south of the pier. You walk to dinner, breakfast by the plaza and the reef sits straight ahead. It also holds the fewest rooms in town, and it is the first inventory to vanish when the big dates come.
The colonia — Colonia Joaquín Zetina Gasca on the map — sits on the far side of the 307 and carries the cheap end of our dataset, with rooms from US$32 in the 2026 scans. It is a genuine neighbourhood, with a tortillería, a market and neighbour prices. The trade-off is that every swim means crossing the highway and covering 2 kilometres.
North along Bahía Petempich and south towards Playa del Secreto stand the private-beach all-inclusives, and they are what pushes our typical rate up to the order of US$233 a night. They work as a bubble — wristband, buffet, big pool — with the village as a taxi outing of ten minutes or so, roughly MX$150-250 each way.
By profile: couples and snorkellers, the port within walking distance of the pier; tight budgets and long stays, the colonia with a bicycle; families with small children who want to stop deciding things, an all-inclusive out of town. Always check three details: real metres to the sand, air conditioning in the room rather than a fan, and whether there is a pool — in August that is infrastructure.
Eating and going out
You eat fish here, and you eat it well. Ceviche, fish tacos, octopus and a whole grilled fillet are the standard repertoire; seafront places run around MX$250-400 a head with a beer at 2025 prices, while the cocinas económicas in the colonia serve a set lunch for MX$80-150. The fishing co-op still works off the pier, and the plate shows it.
Around the plaza, seafood joints, pizzerias, a bakery and speciality coffee sit side by side at tourist prices; two blocks inland the same food drops by a third. Two practical warnings: in low season plenty of places close one weekday, and mosquitoes arrive at dusk, especially after rain. Keep repellent in the daypack if you plan to eat outdoors.
Nights are short by design: kitchens wind down around ten and by eleven the town is quiet. A couple of bars with live music near the plaza is the whole catalogue, and that is the point — anyone wanting clubs has Playa del Carmen half an hour down the road. In exchange, waking at seven to a glassy sea more than settles the account.
Booking well
Puerto Morelos is a small market: 25 hotels with a real price in our 2026 scans, from US$32 with a typical rate in the order of US$233. The gap between those two figures is not a measurement error — it measures the jump from the colonia's guesthouses to the coast's all-inclusives. Before you react to the number, check what each rate actually includes.
With so little inventory, availability matters more than price. For December to March, Holy Week and Mexican long weekends, book one or two months ahead: the port-side hotels have eight or twelve rooms and go first. In September and October you can decide a few days out and find rates that look like they belong to another town.
Before you confirm, look at the cancellation policy — in hurricane season the flexible rate earns its premium — at what "beachfront" means measured in metres, and at whether the all-inclusive covers drinks, tips and activities, since reef snorkelling is almost always extra because the pier co-ops run it. And remember the figures on this page are 2026 observations, per night: check the live rate with the widget before you book.
Frequently asked about Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive
How much does Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$280 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive?
The address is Boulevard El Cid, Unidad 28, Lote 1, Puerto Morelos, Mexico, Puerto Morelos. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, ATM, Air conditioning, Alarm clock and Babysitting service. The full list (89 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Grand Residences Riviera Cancun All Inclusive?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
