La Llorona Cihuacoatl Campground
Mexico City
In Xochimilco, the ecotourism center Michmani arranges stays at La Llorona Cihuacoatl campground, which sits on a peaceful off-grid chinampa (Aztec garden…
La Llorona Cihuacoatl Campground
Mexico City
In Xochimilco, the ecotourism center Michmani arranges stays at La Llorona Cihuacoatl campground, which sits on a peaceful off-grid chinampa (Aztec garden…
Chichén Itzá
Getting long in the tooth at this point, and somewhat officious rather than personal, the Mayaland is less than 100m from Chichén Itzá and has a 'private'…
East of Mexico City
Basic shelter is available at Altzomoni Lodge, located by a microwave station roughly halfway between Paso de Cortés and La Joya. There are excellent…
Central Pacific Coast
Welcoming and popular with surfers but rather unkempt at last visit, this beachside spot offers spartan rooms in thatched multilevel wooden cabañas …
Guadalajara Region
Behind the stone walls of this hotel are a pool, lush gardens and plenty of private outdoor space. Some of the rooms are highly eccentric in style (the…
Mexico City
Although there are several upscale hotels linked to the terminals, this affordable hotel across the street serves just fine for weary travelers with…
Oaxaca City
In the highly competitive league table of Oaxaca hotels, Un Sueño probably wouldn't make the top 10, but there's function and tranquility in its 12 sharp…
San Agustinillo
On a spacious hillside site, Las 3 Marías enjoys awesome views especially from its pool and the mostly vegetarian restaurant. Its cabañas and rooms are…
Chiapas
Rambling and Escher-esque, this hotel has extremely basic rooms in need of a good pick-me-up. Room 26 has good views. It also has a restaurant (mains M$70…
Centro Vacacional IMSS Malintzi
East of Mexico City
Operated by the Mexican Social Security Institute, this family-oriented resort has 50 cabins, including rustic and ‘luxury’ options, at a frosty 3333m. It…
Morelia
Overlooking Plaza de Armas and the cathedral, the Casino's frontage hums with the addictive energy of Mexican street life. The 42 rooms themselves,…
Zihuatanejo
Its chain-hotel sterility won’t inspire much enthusiasm, but you can’t argue with the choice location right on Playa La Ropa. It's decked out in orange…
Zipolite
Tapping into Zipolite’s clothing-optional vibe, the Nude wears its nudist reputation fairly subtly (guests usually save their nudity for the beach)…
Tulum
About a 10-minute walk from the ruins, this beachside place resembles a little Smurf village with its painted cabañas. Bare-bones cabins (basically just a…
Mulegé
Dating to the 1960s, this hotel is a local institution. Plenty of famous folk have flown into the bumpy private airstrip here, including John Wayne. The…
Central Pacific Coast
Set in the center of town across the road from the beach, this incongruous modern building offers spacious tiled rooms with wooden beds and furnishings…
Mazatlán
Gorgeous Plaza Machado's only hotel is a mixed bag. Despite its lovely facade and the funky charm of checkerboard floors and wrought-iron beds, rooms are…
Taxco
As its name suggests, many of the 15 rooms at this straightforward hotel have small balconies overlooking the boisterous narrow street below. Just moments…
Veracruz
This friendly resort on the lakeshore, some 2km west of the town center, is rather dated and pricey (steep discounts out of season), and the beds are not…
San Miguel de Allende
This dated motel-style place at the back of the artisans' market is spread around large, leafy grounds. One of the better budget to midrange options…
Central Pacific Coast
A resort-like hotel that gets the thumbs-up thanks to the four brilliantly friendly Vazquez sisters, who make every guest feel at home. Rooms come with…
Central Pacific Coast
The thatched-roof cabañas (cabins) on stilts at this laid-back surfer joint are seriously basic but have electricity, mosquito nets (you'll need them),…
Veracruz
The centrally located Florida, opposite the Palacio Municipal, has friendly staff, a continental breakfast, and spacious rooms with big windows and views…
Veracruz
Follow Laguna Catemaco’s eastern shore along partially paved, badly rutted road for 17km from Catemaco and you can enjoy some waterfront tranquility at…
Chiapas
About 550m west of the central intersection, this campamento is run by a local family and has several options that are spread around a messy garden: wood…
Taxco
Facing the zócalo, Hotel Agua Escondida is popular with visiting silver importers and has two swimming pools, a spa and a cafe-bar on a high terrace with…
Morelia
A quintessentially Mexican-flavored guesthouse with two rooms and four large suites configured around a shared patio and dining room where you’ll be…
Troncones
Set at the north end of town on Manzanillo Bay is this endearing spot with comfortable rooms set in six split-level duplexes. Decked out with inlaid tile…
Veracruz
Right in the center of town, this no-frills place is a will-do-for-a-night budget option. Rooms have high ceilings and, though clean, are windowless and…
East of Mexico City
Half of the 16 rooms at this straightforward budget hostería are large, multiroom suites with kitchens, making it a bargain for families, groups or those…
Mahahual
Across the street from the beach and about 200m south of the end of the malecón (waterfront promenade), this spot offers simple fan-cooled palapa (palm…
Morelia
Putting in a solid performance in Morelia’s somewhat scant budget end of the market, the Valladolid delivers the basics: 21 clean, no-frills, relatively…
Veracruz
At the northern entrance to Villa Rica, this bright orange, low-rise resort hotel sits amid immaculate grounds in the shade of trees and bamboo thickets…
Puerto Vallarta
In an enviably central location, this hotel has spotless rooms that are rather nondescript but comfortable. Some are more spacious than others, and…
Sonora
A labyrinthine stone structure (built in 1927), this Old Port inn was once a casino-hotel-brothel for US mobsters, including, by all accounts, Al Capone,…
Chiapas
Officially this is Comitán’s single luxury hotel and true enough it provides complimentary welcome cocktails, professional service and spacious…
Zipolite
Aptly named and aptly subtitled too (the second stanza reads: 'Where people come to do nothing'), Nice Place has eight basic rooms, split four upstairs…
Chiapas
Down by the port, this medium-sized hotel has plenty of colonial stylings from the outside but very few on the inside. Rooms are arranged around a central…
Guanajuato
Behind a blue facade is this pleasant blue-and-white themed oasis – a secure and tidy B&B with a helpful English-speaking manager, Malí, and ever-so…
Isla Mujeres
Run by the same family that owns the pizza joint downstairs, Belmar offers neo-rustic rooms with tiled floors and (some) balconies. If you're looking to…