Inland Michoacán
This 19th-century house has four lovely rooms set around a garden decorated with local pottery. The rooms vary quite a bit, but the best are extremely…
Must-see hotels in Mexico
Puerto Ángel
This rustic-chic hideaway sits in splendid isolation at lovely Playa La Boquilla – a place for really escaping the world. The simple fan-cooled bungalows…
Celestún
This friendly Canadian-owned place offers two comfortably decked-out rooms with kitchenette (think toaster and coffeemaker) and an apartment that sleeps…
San José del Cabo
A departure from the waterfront's cookie-cutter hotels, El Ganzo makes a big to-do about independent art, music and gastronomy, identifying itself as a …
San Miguel de Allende
This fascinating boutique guesthouse claims to offer 'exceptional hospitality' and that seems appropriate considering that it was once a brothel! Despite…
Palenque
At first glance, this spot looks very inviting, especially the attractive jungle setting and the sprawling jungleside pool (frequented by vocal howler…
Northern Central Highlands
The best budget choice in Jalpan, these simple but charming and comfortable rooms can be found in a pleasant garden site a 15-minute walk from the center…
Guadalajara
This bright-yellow downtown option is popular with a young crowd looking for a good time. The three dorms (men, women and mixed) are spacious and count…
Oaxaca City
On a quiet lane in the village of Tlalixtac de Cabrera, 8km east of the city, this is a charming retreat full of lovely art and crafts, and a good base…
Bahías de Huatulco
Not as monstrous in size as your average all-inclusive, the Binniguenda is a historical monument in Huatulco years. It was the resort’s first hotel when…
San Luis Potosí
The best hostel in San Luis is this delightfully renovated house named after the flowering fruit of the nopal cactus. The hostel has good dorms with bunk…
Chiapas
Spacious modern rooms feature rainforest showers, plasma TVs and great beds with duvets. Request a room with a patio or terrace. There's a good restaurant…
La Huasteca Potosina
Based in the rather scrappy agricultural town of Rio Verde, on the edge of the Huasteca Potosina, ‘The Mill’ has 15 neat and tasteful rooms (some around…
Zipolite
Stacked on a steep hillside away from the tourist center, this handsome yoga retreat is an aesthetic joy with six exceptionally well-designed bungalows…
San Agustinillo
The Rancho has all the calling cards of a quintessential Oaxacan yoga resort: quiet clifftop location; comfortable but simple ocean-view cabañas, most…
The Copper Canyon & Ferrocarril Chihuahua Pacífico
This artful place has been hosting travelers since 1975. Homey stone cabins, aging dorms and decent campsites (BYO gear) are dotted around grounds that…
Mazunte
Arquitecto looks slightly grungy from beach level, but venture inside its rooms and the quality shines through. Its quirk is its camas colgantes (hanging…
East of Mexico City
High on a hill between Cuetzalan and the nearby town of San Miguel Tzinacapan to the north, Tosepan Kali (‘our house’ in Náhuatl) resembles a tree house…
Yucatán State & the Maya Heartland
If you're looking for some peace and quiet, this is the place. Geometrically designed to get nice cross breezes, the spiral-shaped bungalows were inspired…
Chiapas
Run by a longtime Canadian expat, this laid-back fruit tree–filled compound has simple, but very pleasant cabañas, some with bathrooms. All have mosquito…
Yucatán State & the Maya Heartland
On a quiet white-sand coast just west of Dzilam de Bravo, the Perla Escondida (Hidden Pearl) truly lives up to its name. Don't be put off by the rather …
Bahías de Huatulco
The Zaashila is rendered in smooth white adobe on a lovingly manicured terraced slope above the ocean, giving it a palpable Greek Islands feel. You’ll…
Central Pacific Coast
If the frantic pace of Acapulco feels overwhelming, head to this laid-back spot in Barra Vieja, where life moves at a small-town pace. Ask for one of the…
Oaxaca City
A marvelous decorative aesthetic prevails throughout this welcoming guesthouse, with old-style tiles, mirrors, masks and all sorts of other Mexican art…
Oaxaca City
The first joy of Casa Arnel is its location in the hushed, cobbled Jalatlaco quarter. Second joy: like most houses in the barrio, it has a lovely 'secret'…
Chiapas
Often used by tour groups, the pretty, community-run Escudo Jaguar overlooks the river 300m from the main embarcadero. Its solidly built thatched cabañas…
La Paz
If you've ever wanted to live like royalty on a faraway desert beach, swimming with sea creatures by day and sleeping under the stars in a giant safari…
Calakmul
This upscale jungle lodge is 700m from the highway turnoff (from Hwy 186 for the 60km to the site). The 15 spacious bungalows are tastefully decorated…
Refugio de Sol & Hostal San Pancho
Central Pacific Coast
Kitted out with travelers' needs in mind, this guesthouse-hostel is set around its surf shop near the highway. It offers simple yet charming rooms and…
Puerto Escondido
'Fruit & Veg' might sound like a strange name for a hotel, but this is the surfer-hippie enclave of La Punta where being weird is considered relatively…
Puerto Escondido
The work of art here is not courtesy of Wolfgang Amadeus, instead it's a verdant tropical garden (Jardín Macondo) filled with avant-garde Peruvian…
Guadalajara
The bright, pastel-colored rooms of this cheery guesthouse are scattered around a spacious covered interior courtyard, decorated with pottery and flowers …
Mazunte
The words paz y amor (love and peace) greet you at clifftop Balamjuyuc, proof of its hippie credentials. The cabins here are pretty simple, focusing…
Guadalajara
The dimly lit, four-tiered colonial lobby with the stunning ceiling mural is a suitably impressive entrance to this excellent-value, central hotel…
Oaxaca City
Though it's set on the city's far northern edge, La Villada is preferred by some people for its good facilities, helpful English-speaking staff, spacious,…
Todos Santos
Located on a side of the highway 13km south of Todos Santos near the Pescadero surf break, this clean and surprisingly stylish place caters to wave riders…
La Huasteca Potosina
This small and quiet hideaway is set on a turquoise river, framed by a green lawn and surrounded by thick forest. Chill over a pool-bar margarita, swim in…
San Miguel de Allende
A slice of thoroughly modern luxury makes a striking contrast to the rest of San Miguel's staunchly colonial accommodations, but it works well here…
Zipolite
Lo Cósmico is old-school Zipolite, a throwback to the days when this place really was undiscovered, except by the odd cosmically minded hippie. Despite…
Central Pacific Coast
The domain of the rich and famous – foreign and domestic – this is one of the central Pacific coast's most upmarket resorts. Set on 100 jungled hectares…
