Few countries can offer two oceans, rainforest, ancient rituals and a metropolis with world-class restaurants - all on a single trip. Mexico is exactly that kind of destination, and the luxury route through it runs across two coasts and one city that never sleeps.

The first stop is on the Caribbean coast - Mayakoba, a resort hidden among mangrove channels where luxury doesn't shout but whispers. Here the experiences aren't pools and buffets, but a temazcal - an ancient ritual with volcanic stones led by a shaman - and a night ceremony in a cenote under the moon. Silence is the main luxury.

Then comes the Pacific coast and Mandarina near Puerto Vallarta, where the ocean is wilder and the resort is set on dramatic cliffs above the water. Here the days begin with horseback riding at dawn along the shore, walks through the jungle to sacred trees and whale watching. The spa treatments use ancient healing techniques - less an escape from reality, more a connection to it.

The third point is Mexico City, specifically the Polanco district, with hotels offering different faces of the city - from Californian intimacy to contemporary urban energy. Here the experiences are of another order: a helicopter flight over the metropolis, a balloon over the pyramids of Teotihuacán at sunrise, dinner at a Michelin-recommended restaurant and a drink at a bar ranked among the best in the world.

This isn't a trip for everyone - luxury has its price. But the idea behind it is more interesting than the price: one journey that carries you from the silence of the mangroves, through the wildness of the Pacific, to the pulse of one of the largest cities in the world. Mexico doesn't ask you to understand it whole; it only asks you to let yourself go into its contrasts.