{"key":"casa-don-rey","blocks":[{"section":"intro","body":"Casa Don Rey is organised by level, which is what makes ten bedrooms workable rather than chaotic. The sub level is the loud floor: theatre room, full bar and game room, an experiential lounge, and the bunk suite sitting right beside them. Level one is the social heart, with the kitchen, the dining room, the heated pool and hot tub, and the two master suites opening straight onto the terrace. Level two is where most of the group sleeps. Level three is the quiet top, with two sky villas, an outdoor kitchen, the rooftop infinity pool and a terrace over the canopy."},{"section":"setting","heading":"Gated, Eight Minutes Out","body":"The villa sits inside a gated community with round-the-clock security, on the jungle side rather than the beach road, which for a group of twenty-six is the difference between a house that works and one that argues with its neighbours. The beach zone is six kilometres away, about eight minutes by car. Tulum Pueblo is ten minutes for groceries and restaurants, Cenote Calavera ten and Gran Cenote fourteen, and the ruins about fifteen. Cancun airport is ninety minutes north, which at this group size usually means arranged transport in several vehicles rather than a taxi rank.","bullets":["Secured gated community with 24/7 security","Tulum Beach Zone 6 km, about 8 minutes by car","Tulum Pueblo 7 km, about 10 minutes by car","Cenote Calavera about 10 minutes, Gran Cenote about 14","Tulum Ruins 10 km, about 15 minutes","Cancun Airport 130 km, about 90 minutes","Fibre optic Wi-Fi on five mesh routers"]},{"section":"interiors","heading":"Ten Rooms By Level","body":"Two king master suites on level one open onto the main pool and terrace and carry indoor-outdoor en-suite bathtubs. Five more king bedrooms sit on level two with bird's-eye views over the canopy. Two queen sky villas take level three, with the outdoor kitchen, the rooftop infinity pool and the sky terrace outside the door. The bunk suite is on the sub level, built around four bunk beds and placed beside the theatre room and the game room, which is where a group travelling with teenagers should look. Thirteen bathrooms serve the ten rooms. Inside, the theatre runs a one hundred and forty inch screen with stadium seating, and the full bar, game room, speakeasy lounge and chandelier room give the group four distinct places to be at once.","bullets":["Ten bedrooms and thirteen bathrooms across four levels","Two king master suites on level one, opening to the pool and terrace","Five king bedrooms on level two","Two queen sky villas on level three, opening to the sky terrace","Bunk suite on the sub level with four bunk beds, beside the theatre","Theatre room with a 140 inch screen and stadium seating","Full bar and game room, speakeasy lounge and chandelier room","Electric safes"]},{"section":"outdoors","heading":"Two Pools, Two Fire Pits","body":"The heated main pool sits on level one with a hot tub beside it, and heating is worth more than it sounds on a January morning in Tulum. The sixteen-person jacuzzi is the piece that decides most evenings. At the top of the house the rooftop infinity pool looks over the canopy, and the sky terrace beside it carries an outdoor kitchen with a wood-fire oven, so dinner can happen above the trees. Two sunken fire pits handle the hours after that. A yoga deck and a cabana lounge cover the quieter end of the day. With twenty-six guests, outdoor space spread over separate levels is what stops the house feeling crowded.","bullets":["Heated main pool with hot tub on level one","16-person jacuzzi","Rooftop infinity pool and sky terrace on level three","Two sunken fire pits","Outdoor kitchen with a wood-fire oven","Yoga deck and cabana lounge"]},{"section":"activities","heading":"How Big Groups Split Up","body":"Twenty-six people need somewhere to split up, and this house gives them four floors to do it on. Mornings tend to run on the yoga deck and the sky terrace, afternoons around the heated pool, and evenings move between the fire pits, the full bar and the theatre. Events are permitted with prior approval for up to forty guests, covering birthdays, anniversaries, bachelor and bachelorette weekends and corporate retreats, with music ending at eleven and quiet hours until eight. Off site, the cenotes are ten to fourteen minutes, the ruins fifteen, and the beach zone eight minutes down to the coast.","bullets":["Events for up to 40 guests with prior approval","Approved event types: birthday, anniversary, bachelor or bachelorette, corporate retreat","Music must end at 11 PM, quiet hours 11 PM to 8 AM","Theatre nights on the 140 inch screen with stadium seating","Wood-fire oven dinners on the sky terrace","Cenotes 10 to 14 minutes, ruins 15, beach zone 8","Three-night minimum stay"]},{"section":"staff-service","heading":"Running A House Of Twenty-Six","body":"Twenty-six guests is the point at which a house stops running itself, and this one arrives with the team to do it: a butler, a private chef and a concierge. The chef works on site, which counts for more here than at a smaller villa, because a table for twenty-six in Tulum in high season is not something that gets arranged on the afternoon. The team coordinates everything from grocery runs to excursions. Staff greet arrivals rather than leaving a code, check-in from three is flexible, and late checkout can be arranged, which is worth asking for when the group flies out of Cancun in the evening.","bullets":["Butler, private chef and concierge with the house","The team coordinates everything from grocery runs to excursions","The chef works on site, with a wood-fire oven on the sky terrace","Staff greet guests on arrival rather than leaving a code","Late checkout on request, useful for evening flights out of Cancun","24/7 security across the gated community"]},{"section":"ideal-for","heading":"Best For","body":null,"bullets":["Large multi-family groups, up to twenty-six","Milestone birthdays and anniversaries, with events approved to forty","Corporate offsites that need fibre internet and separate lounges","Groups with teenagers, who get the bunk suite beside the game room","Bachelor and bachelorette weekends approved in advance"]}]}