Coyoacán & San Ángel
Don’t let the ‘hostal’ tag fool you: this family-run place has decked out rooms more along the lines of a guesthouse. Each of the six wooden-floored…
Must-see hotels in Mexico
Northeast Mexico
In a great location near the plaza, this good-value spot has spacious and comfortable rooms that face a shaded terrace and that all-important heat-busting…
Sonora
One of the best hotels in the area, friendly La Posada de Río Sonora offers home-cooked meals and horseback riding, and is a good place to base yourself…
Southern Baja
Located on the approach to town, this big, new, charmless motel has rooms in a much classier category than elsewhere in town, with earthy colors, chunky…
Northeast Mexico
A three-story turquoise and yellow hotel, this place is tough to miss. Rooms are spic-n-span with tile floors, hand carved headboards and bright Mexican…
Querétaro
Housed inside a converted convent dating to 1750, this excellent-value place has rooms with high ceilings, colorful and richly textured walls, firm beds …
Cancún
On a quiet downtown backstreet, this affordable hotel is one of the better budget deals you'll find in the area, despite its shortcomings (beds and wi-fi…
Central Pacific Coast
On a quiet side of town, this place rests easy with just four modern rooms and bungalows. The largest bungalow is fresh and feels like a small apartment…
Centro Histórico
Backpacker central, this HI affiliate is abuzz with a global rainbow of young travelers. Low-ceilinged dorms and private rooms are cramped but tidy and…
Chiapas
The María Eugenia is a good full-service option in the city center, its 83 airy, bright and spacious rooms aren't anything memorable but they're very…
Mérida
Casa Ana is a casual but intimate escape and one of the best deals in town. It has a small pool and a cozy overgrown garden. The four rooms are spotless…
Centro Histórico
This well-maintained historic gem underwent an elaborate makeover to preserve its facade and Talavera-tiled walls. Well-appointed rooms with contemporary…
Mérida
On a slightly gritty side of town, this well-managed hotel is surprisingly quiet inside. Rooms surround two courtyards and have two price categories;…
Tapachula
If you're craving a good night's sleep and guaranteed comforts then this large, business-style hotel to the south of the center ticks all the boxes. The…
San Agustinillo
A decent budget option on the east end of town, the fan-cooled rooms at Posada Paloma overlook a small garden and open-air lobby with an on-site…
Playa del Carmen
Smallish rustic-chic rooms here are attractively adorned with vintage objects purchased from flea markets and haciendas. At night guests mingle in a lush…
Xalapa
This modern hostel is no half-baked nod to the backpacker market. Rather, it’s a spotless, well-organized place featuring airy rooms with decks and…
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Rossco Backpackers is a friendly, sociable and well-run hostel with good dorm rooms (one for women only), a guest kitchen, a movie-watching loft and a…
Palenque
A modernish hotel with airy rooms, all with wrought-iron beds, reading lights and cable TV. Most rooms face into a courtyard which serves as a motel-style…
Campeche
Not much in the way of frills here, but the plaza-side location and big rooms in this classically crumbling building make this about the best budget hotel…
Mahahual
This trendy hotel on the malecón (waterfront promenade) is clean and comfortable, yet some rooms are smallish and only a few have ocean views. For more…
Cuernavaca
This exclusive little hideaway is a short walk from the center of town and boasts just 11 rooms behind its unpromising exterior. But once inside you'll…
Palenque
This formal hostel is in the process of being revamped into a decent budget hotel. It has good natural light and views from the upper floors and it's…
Bahía de Kino
A no frills apart-hotel, Porto Alegre has spacious two-bedroom apartments with full kitchens (BYO utensils and dishes) and squeaky clean bathrooms…
Teotihuacán
Just south of the Zona Arqueológica, this elegant hotel has a small gym, a heated outdoor pool, a lit tennis court, a playground and a spa with temascal …
San Cristóbal de las Casas
A three-story hotel with moderately sized rooms sporting one king- or two queen-sized beds; some include details like fireplaces, stained-glass windows…
The Copper Canyon & Ferrocarril Chihuahua Pacífico
Set on a grassy plot in the middle of town, Margaritos offers simple, well cared for units with exposed brick walls, firm beds and kitchenettes; each has…
Loreto
A cheerful boutique hotel built into a former two-story apartment complex, with an intimate and classy little bar just beside the pool. Rooms are…
Mahahual
One of the fancier hotels in town, the rooms here have cushy beds and private balcony. It's on a quiet beach north of the boardwalk and 350m south of the…
Central Pacific Coast
A fine midrange deal in a town where hotel rates have soared in recent years. Comfy ground-level rooms with air-con and dark-wood furnishings overlook a…
Southern Baja
This attractive, sand-colored hotel blends well with its desert surroundings, as do the modern rooms and, come to that, the bathrooms – all are decorated…
El Caracol Bungalows & Trailer Park
Central Pacific Coast
On the quiet beach of Lo de Marcos, about 10km north of San Francisco, El Caracol has roomy bungalows with kitchenettes and a small circular pool…
San Miguel de Allende
Perched on a hill behind the Mercado El Nigromante, this ornate and deeply Mexican place has spacious rooms in a decorative colonial mansion, lavish…
Northern Central Highlands
This lovely, centrally located spot is set around a grassy courtyard and pool in an 18th-century colonial stone-built mansion. The rooms are bang up to…
Zacatecas
This small, friendly and very smart, centrally located option is run by a proud owner. It has 14 contemporary and slightly sparse rooms, but is by far the…
Loreto
This elegant small hotel exudes a chic atmosphere with ocher-and-cream paintwork, forest-green tilework, dark-wood furniture and lashings of white linen…
Chiapas
A friendly, family-run place, this excellent budget option has neat, super-clean rooms with dark wood furniture and ceiling fans. It also has comfortable…
Centro Histórico
Chill with other travelers in one of two downtown apartments that have been converted into colorful guesthouses with hardwood floors. Street-facing rooms…
Valle de Bravo
Twenty minutes northwest outside town, this gorgeous hillside hotel has an infinity pool, fountains, an in-house spa and rooms with magnificent lake views…
Oaxaca City
Painted in the warm colors of a Mexican sunset, the Azucenas is a small, friendly, well-run hotel in a beautifully restored century-old house. The 10…
