9 Reasons to Spend Your Next Mexican Vacation on Isla Holbox

Although casting away to Holbox is catching on, the journey to get there — an almost two-hour drive from Cancun through remote countryside and a 30-minute ferry ride from Chiquila or a very expensive private charter flight on Aerosaab from the mainland — often proves too taxing for unadventurous tourists. There are no paved roads, hotels with more than 45 rooms, shuttles, or rental cars or golf carts play the role of taxi, so big groups and families with infants/toddlers tend to stay away as well, allowing you to tan in tranquility. Internet service can be iffy, but who among us couldn't use a digital detox?