Must-see hotels in Veracruz

  • Hotel Posada Doña Lala

    Veracruz

    Doña Lala is a handsome colonial-style hotel with spacious, elegant rooms with high ceilings. For great views try to get a room overlooking the riverside…

  • Fiesta Inn

    Veracruz City

    A block away from the malecón and overlooking the sea, this chain hotel is all spacious rooms and blond-wood furniture. A decent on-site restaurant, small…

  • Hostal de la Niebla

    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…

  • Hotel Posada San Martín

    Veracruz

    Midway between the main road and the main plaza, this hacienda-style posada is a good deal and a very unexpected find. It has a small pool set in a…

  • Orizaba Inn

    Veracruz

    The interior of this hotel offers bright, whitewashed rooms, with turquoise accents, and thoroughly modern bathrooms and mod cons. Some rooms come with…

  • Hotel Casa del Río

    Veracruz

    Creating modern, stylish, minimalist rooms in a colonial mansion is definitely a challenge, but the Hotel Casa del Río does a good job of it with its nine…

  • Hotel de los Perez

    Veracruz

    Slick business hotel with welcome splashes of color, right off the main square. Expect parquet floors, flat-screen TVs, valet parking and yuppie ambience…

  • Hotel del Río

    Veracruz

    A pleasant place and a good-value price make this a surefire winner. It has an attractive location right by the Río Orizaba, simple modern rooms with…

  • Mucara Hotel

    Veracruz City

    New in 2019, this centrally located hotel in a revamped old building offers a touch more style in its decor than similar midrange options. Plus there's…

  • Hotel Mision Orizaba

    Veracruz

    The comfortable but somewhat plain rooms here, set around a courtyard and a tiny swimming pool, are enlivened by fresh flowers, writing desks and coffee…

  • Hostal El Patio

    Veracruz

    This friendly guesthouse combines a warm color scheme with spacious, well-appointed rooms (with rain showers) and a leafy courtyard. The resident…

  • Hotel La Finca

    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…

  • Hotel Florida

    Veracruz

    The centrally located Florida, opposite the Palacio Municipal, has friendly staff, a continental breakfast, and spacious rooms with big windows and views…

  • Prashanti Tebanca

    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…

  • Posada los Naranjos

    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…

  • Villas Arcon

    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…

  • Hotel Familiar La Pasadita

    Veracruz

    It's worth paying extra for rooms with windows here; they're less damp and have more space than the fairly uninviting cheapest options. The location is…

  • Hotel Santa Luisa Finca-Resort

    Veracruz

    While this hotel isn't on the beach (or even in Tecolutla) it boasts a riverside setting surrounded by dangly palm trees and tropical flowers. The rooms…

  • Real del Mar

    Veracruz

    As posh as Tecolutla gets, this aspiring ‘resort’ has light, colorful rooms, some with ocean-view balconies. Cheapest rooms face the lobby. Rooms surround…

  • Hotel Bello

    Veracruz

    Brightly painted in yellow and thus hard to miss, this modern hotel is spotless and well located just moments from the main square. The rooms are fresh,…

  • Hotel Limón

    Xalapa

    The term ‘musty jewel’ could have been invented with this 1894-vintage hotel in mind. The ‘musty’ part refers to the dark rooms on the ground floor, with…

  • Hotel Posada del Viajero

    Veracruz

    This narrow, central hotel doesn’t look overly appealing from the outside, but it’s unusually good value, and is kept clean and tidy and is run by a…

  • Aqua Inn Hotel

    Veracruz

    This modern place in the middle of town and a short walk from the water has clean, functional rooms, all with cable TV. It has a small rooftop pool and…

  • El Faro

    Veracruz City

    This no-frills place is a central budget option, just a short wander from the seafront. Room prices depend on the size and number of beds, and the cheaper…

  • Ruíz Milán Hotel

    Veracruz City

    This aging, but smartened-up property on the malecón offers decent value, comfortable rooms and friendly staff who work hard to make guests feel welcome…

  • Hotel del Parque

    Veracruz

    San Andrés’ main central option is clean, modern and has a busy cafe on the ground floor where locals love to drink coffee and gossip. Some rooms have…

  • Hotel Palacio

    Veracruz

    A good budget option in Córdoba is this large place with a smart, bright lobby and rather less impressive, characterless rooms, only some of which have…

  • Hotel Plaza Palacio

    Veracruz

    You can't get more central than this place; the windows look directly onto the Palacio de Hierro. It's nothing special architecturally, and the rooms are…

  • Hotel Los Arcos

    Veracruz

    Centrally located, Los Arcos is a friendly, well-run place with neatly decorated, small rooms with their own semi-private outdoor space and seating area…

  • Oyster Hostel

    Veracruz City

    Bright, clean and well run, this is the best backpackers in town, though it can be low on atmosphere. The breakfast spread is unusually good for this…

  • Hotel Posada Oliver

    Veracruz

    The pick of Tlapacoyan's hotels (not that it's much of a horse race), Posada Oliver is just off the main square, with stone arches and a greenery-filled…

  • Campamento Río Salvaje

    Veracruz

    These simple, adobe-walled, fan-cooled bungalows on a peaceful riverside patch on the western edge of town are a boon for groups and families. It has a…

  • Hotel Hostal del Moncayo

    Veracruz

    Looking like an eccentric castle, this family-run place is in a quieter part of town, less than 10 minutes' walk from the center. It has some pleasant,…

  • Hotel Reforma

    Veracruz

    The grand exterior of the Reforma leads into a smart atrium lobby with a small fountain and some 98 comfortable if rather functional rooms. They include…

  • Hotel Acuario

    Veracruz

    This friendly budget option has 25 clean rooms just off the zócalo. It's well kept, though plain. Some rooms have balconies and views – try for one of…

  • Posada Casa Regia

    Xalapa

    Pleasant and colorful, this small orange hotel lures you in with its appealing plant- and tile-filled lobby. The inward-facing rooms are on the small side…

  • Hotel Provincia Express

    Veracruz

    This welcoming hotel offers spacious, bright and pleasant rooms looking out across the main square – great for catching the town's atmosphere, but not so…

  • Hotel Puente del Virrey

    Veracruz

    This impressive 16-room hotel in the middle of town is a welcome addition to Cosco's accommodation options, offering sparkling clean, brightly painted…

  • Hotel San Andrés

    Veracruz

    Perfectly serviceable cheapie off the main plaza, with compact rooms, some with partial views of the square. The popular cafe downstairs fills up with…

  • Hotel Citlaltepetl

    Veracruz

    This family-run cheapie gets mixed feedback from its guests. It's adequate for an overnight stay, but there's a 10pm curfew and the place is crying out…