Just arrived home from one of the best family holidays we have ever had. If you want a Las Vegas experience, there are plenty of crowded tacky places to stay in Cancun, but if you want a relaxed, convenient and peaceful kind of holiday, Las Casitas is the place. Everything went like clockwork due to the excellent staff, ready to help you out at any turn. Las Casitas arranged a mini bus for us (5 adults) to be taken from the Cancun airport to Las Casitas roundtrip. Our driver was Miguel and such a sweet man. He stopped at the Walmart for us to load up on groceries and in one hour we had 2 carts full and back on the road. Upon arrival at Las Casitas, staff came out of the woodwork and help us upload the van in 5 minutes! The maid service was daily and gave the villa a good cleaning each day, floors and all. Did all our dishes too! We stayed in Villa #16 on one end of a set of 4 townhouse like structures. It is an excellent location with views from both floors and a porch off the master bedroom. It was the perfect temperature in Dec 6-12, so we never had to use the air conditioning; ceiling fans were fine and we woke up each morning to the sound of tropical birds singing, lovely! Each day we snorkeled from our beach to the reef and got to see all kinds of sea life. Every day we saw sea turtles, stingray’s, octopus, parrot fish, surgeonfish, sargent majors, too many to list. We did all our dives from the Akumal Dive shop, just 100 yards from our door, we just walked down the beach each morning to our dive boat. Rented everything for the week of diving and very reasonable! We did at least one dive per day and the staff there were also wonderful! we walked on the beach. There were several good resturants to walk to and we never had to drive or take cabs to find good food. La Buena Vida was our favorite place to eat and happy hour 5-7, get Carlos for your waiter, he was great! Enjoy. PS: beds are hard, so if that is an issue for you, don't stay here.

Instead of a typical hotel, imagine staying in your own private villa, kitchen, baths, a private "palapa" and lots of room. This is Las Casitas. Not for those who want an all inclusive with swimming pools and lively bars...
this place is private, quiet, sohpisticated, close to restaurants (LolHe, Turtle Bay and "Cueva" to mention some, The ambiance is RELAXING...from clothes to tempo. A gorgeous beach, a wonderful crystal clear bay that is shallow enough to be safe for kids, excellent snorkeling, world class SCUBA and plenty of excellent maid service and hotel amenities. Charter fishing trips are available, golf is just down the road, and the Casita's have a lighted tennis court set in the middle of the jungle, surrounded by flowers and birds. This place is absolutely amazing.

LA CASITAS AKUMAL is a very beautiful place and It has the best beach that is protected by a reef where you can experience a great snorkeling.
The location is great and very safe and the casita stand about 15 meters from a cristal clear water. The staff is just the best , so friendly and helpfull. Many things to do and to see around and a lots of good restaurant just few walks from the hotel.

We stayed at Las Casitas from September 16th to September 23rd, 2011. (My husband and I and my 10 month old baby). We stayed at Las casitas #317. It was very clean and the location was excellent. The maid service was great-they kept the place very clean. The staff was very courteous and helpful. They will do the impossible to make you happy. This particular casita was decorated a bit strange in comparison to casitas #316 and #319. The mattress in the master bedroom bed was the worst ever! We asked for a foam mattress which we got but still, the bed was awful. Las casitas is not a luxurious kind of place. It is very basic, no TV, radio etc. If you are looking to relax, enjoy the beach, snorkeling, fishing, eating good food and drinking; then Las Casitas is for you. Its location is the best in Akumal. It is next to Lol-Ha Restaurant and very close to Turtle Bay Restaurant. Lol-Ha is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and happy hour starts at 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Its setting is nice and the bar is a lot of fun. Turtle Bay Restaurant has a great breakfast and the menu for lunch was great too although we never made it for lunch. Las Casitas is about a mile from La Buena Vida Restaurant which in my opinion is the best in the entire Akumal. This place was lots of fun and happy hour starts at 5:00 to 7:00pm. My husband and I enjoyed the simple life Akumal had to offer. We did not rent bicycles or golf carts because we enjoyed walking and strolling our baby around in Akumal but you can do so if you wish. The two little convenience stores are very close to Las Casitas as well. These stores had everything you would need such as snacks, drinks, gifts, fresh fruits, pastries, etc. I highly recommend Las Casitas if you are looking to relax in a simple environment, plus its beach is the best in Akumal. We spent about $200 to $300/day for two people. This included food, drinks and tips. Deep sea fishing is fun and it was $150 for three hours. They take you out by Tulum and Xel-Ha pyramids. You can eat whatever you catch at Lol-Ha Restaurant. The captain will clean the fish for you and you can tell the manager at Lol-Ha that you would like your catch prepared whichever way. They are very accommodating and will do anything to make you happy. We caught red and black snapper, grouper and barracuda. We gave the barracuda to the captain as I did not care to it and they were happy to take it home and make ceviche. The restaurant charges a small fee to prepare the fish but the price includes all of the side dishes. September is a good month to go to Akumal because it is very quite- no crowds; however, there were lots of bugs and mosquitoes because it is the rainy season although it doesn’t rain much at all. It was very humid and super hot, but we enjoyed it so much.