I recently returned from a 4-day trip to Holbox, Mexico, where my younger brother was getting married. He and his now wife had been twice before and fell in love with the place; wanting to share it with friends and family, they organized a special weekend for 30 or so guests. It was a memorable occasion and made for a sweet visit.
I’d read about Holbox in the past—many years ago—when GQ magazine highlighted it as “the better Cancun” and Vogue called it “the new Tulum.” Any time this sort of glowing, hyperbolic coverage starts to proliferate I go into skeptical mode, but I did catalog it as a potential place to explore for the future.

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