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Iberostar Cozumel in frames

Low buildings under the palms on the quiet side of the island — and, a few steps off the sand, water clear enough that the fish are the best thing in the gallery.

HotelCozumel, Mexico30 photos
A bed with a striped cover under a ceiling fan, the walls washed pale blueThe room A hammock strung across a balcony, the door open onto palms and the sea beyondHammock and open door A glass shower and stone vanity, towels folded on the shelfThe bathroom The bathroom mirror catching the window and the corridor light behind itMirror and window Yellow loungers set out in the shade along the sandLoungers under the palms Late light across the water, seen from a covered terrace with a hammock and chairsSunset from the terrace The pool lit from below, the buildings behind it washed in pink lightThe pool at night A fire performer at a distance on the dark beach, flames trailing above the sandFire on the sand An iguana stretched out on the grass in the sunIguana A planted path running between palms, purple bougainvillea banked along itBougainvillea A carved stone relief set among the planting beside the pathCarved stone Towels folded into a swan on a bed made up in blue and yellowTurned down A thatched palapa at the edge of the pool, the water very bluePalapa by the pool Palapas and palms on the beach under a heavy skyGrey morning Flamingos standing in a shallow pond beside the restaurant terraceFlamingos A peacock picking its way through dappled shade under the treesPeacock A turtle crossing a patch of grass in the sunTurtle in the grass The painted letters spelling out the island's name, a thatched bar behind themCozumel A wooden pier running out over the water, sails on the horizonThe pier A single fish turning in clear green water, close to the lensFace to face Turquoise water running along the shore, palms and low buildings behind itThe shoreline A shoal of yellow-striped fish moving through shallow waterA shoal Wooden steps down into the sea, snorkellers out beyond themSteps into the water The beach and the water stretching away under a wide flat skyThe long view A large fish holding station in shallow water at the edge of the mangrovesSomething big, holding still A bed under a wrought-iron headboard, a folded towel set at its footMade up Cloud lit orange above the sea, the surf running in over the sandSun going down A small sandcastle in the foreground, the pier receding into a grey eveningSandcastle at dusk Looking out through the balcony rail and thatch to the sand and the seaFrom the balcony Fish gathered in clear water in the shade of the pier's timbersUnder the pier