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Grand Palladium Select White SandRomance bungalows on a lagoon and a pool of 3,678 square meters on the Riviera Maya
Grand Palladium Select White Sand is a 5-star, 24-hour all-inclusive family resort on the Riviera Maya, built in 2005 and refurbished in 2025, with direct access to a white-sand beach and a lifeguard on duty.
Photos: Palladium Hotel Group
- 8.6
- Fabulous, 74 reviews
- 5★
- hotel class
- 425
- rooms and suites
- 4
- pools
Guest rating from Booking.com, updated 2026-11-05.
Grand Palladium Select White Sand is a 5-star, 24-hour all-inclusive family resort on the Riviera Maya, built in 2005 and refurbished in 2025, with direct access to a white-sand beach and a lifeguard on duty.
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The 425 rooms are mostly Junior Suites, 150 facing the garden and 60 beachside. Thirty Suites Garden View and 12 Suites Beachside sit above them, and 12 Romance Bungalows stand by the lake. There are also 14 villas.

Two show cooking restaurants, four à la carte restaurants, a pizzeria, an ice-cream parlor and a café split the dining. La Hacienda is the international buffet, El Dorado serves steak, La Adelita Mexican, Sumptuori Japanese, Portofino Italian, La Paisana Argentinian, Bahia e Brasa Brazilian, Poseidón fish, Chang Thai Thai, La Dalia international, and Las Olas runs Spanish food trucks. The Grand Gelateria handles ice cream.

The Select White Sand pool measures 3,678 square meters, and pools are shared with Colonial and Kantenah. A Baby Club (ages 1 to 3), Mini Club (4 to 12) and Junior Club (13 to 18) run for children. Zentropia Palladium Spa & Wellness is on site, and the Chic Cabaret & Restaurant has an entry fee.
It suits families who want the choice of a large resort and a lakeside bungalow for couples.
What's included
- 24-hour all-inclusive
- Show cooking and à la carte restaurants
- Pizzeria, ice-cream parlor and specialty coffee bar
- Over 19 bars including a 24-hour bar
- Pool Concierge service
- Clubs and playgrounds for ages 1 to 19
- Nightly shows, live music and themed events
- Daily beach and pool activity programme
At the resort
- Beachfront
- Spa
- Kids club
- Teens club
- Water park
- Weddings
- Luxury
Who it suits
- Families, with a kids club on site
- Families with teenagers, who get a club of their own
- A trip built around the spa
- A splurge: one of the most indulgent stays in the region
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The details
- All-inclusive (operator's wording)
- Grand Palladium Select White Sand is a 5-star 24-hour all-inclusive family resort in Riviera Maya (Quintana Roo, Mexico). Source
- Rooms
- 425 rooms on the page and the fact sheet; built 2005, refurbished 2025; 14 villas and 12 bungalows on the fact sheet. Source
- Pools
- The fact sheet lists 4 swimming pools, including the 3,678 m2 Select White Sand pool and pools shared with Colonial and Kantenah. Source
- Dining
- 2 show cooking restaurants, 4 à la carte restaurants, 1 pizzeria, 1 ice-cream parlor, 1 cafe; over 19 bars on the page, 8 bars plus 10 dine-around bars on the fact sheet. Source
- Kids clubs
- Baby Club ages 1-3, Mini Club 4-12, Junior Club 13-18. Source
- Beach
- Direct access to a white sand beach, lifeguard on duty. Source
- Airport
- 90 km and 90 minutes by taxi on the fact sheet; the airport is not named. Source
- Extra charge
- Chic Cabaret & Restaurant (entry and reservation fees), Zentropia spa treatments. Source
- Rooms
- Junior Suite Garden View (150), Junior Suite Beachside (60), Suite Garden View (30), Suite Beachside (12) and Romance Bungalow by the lake (12); 14 villas on the fact sheet. Source
- Restaurants
- La Hacienda (international buffet), El Dorado (steakhouse), La Adelita (Mexican), Sumptuori (Japanese), Portofino (Italian), La Paisana (Argentinian), Bahia e Brasa (Brazilian), Poseidón (fish), Chang Thai (Thai), La Dalia (international), Las Olas (Spanish food trucks) and the Grand Gelateria. Source
- Website
- palladiumhotelgroup.com
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