Hotel Boca Chica Acapulco

With a lofty cliff-face position above one of Acapulco's favorite beaches, this stylish resort combines a 1950s interior (decorated by Mexican artist Claudia Fernández) with some thoroughly contemporary, bright rooms with iPod docks and retro showers. The pricier doubles have hammocks on balconies, and other boons include a pool terrace, spa and thatch-roofed restaurant blending Mexican and Japanese cuisines.