Must-see hotels in Chiapas

  • Posada Rocio

    Chiapas

    Just off the main plaza, this humble little faded orange guesthouse ticks all the budget-hotel boxes with its decent-sized clean rooms, friendly…

  • Centro Ecoturístico Nahá

    Metzabok & Nahá

    A friendly place with simple well-screened thatched huts with mosquito nets and bags of Tarzan character or startlingly luxurious cabañas with hot-water…

  • Hotel Grajandra

    Chiapas

    Hotel Grajandra is a super-friendly place next to the OCC bus terminal, with well maintained, bright, large rooms with colorful decor and a breezy…

  • Hotel Colonial Campestre

    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…

  • Campamento Topche

    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…

  • Hotel Hacienda de los Ángeles

    Chiapas

    Officially this is Comitán’s single luxury hotel and true enough it provides complimentary welcome cocktails, professional service and spacious…

  • Hotel Santiago

    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…

  • Jungle Palace

    Palenque

    A basic option in El Panchán, the Jungle Palace offers rudimentary cabins with fans and hot water; some units back onto a stream. The best are…

  • Awa Hotel & Spa

    Chiapas

    Relatively new and currently one of the town's better options, this small 14-room place borders on the boutique. The rooms have marine flavours and…

  • Hotel Chan-Kah Centro

    Palenque

    In the town center and overlooking the park, this multi-layered place has 17 small, air-conditioned and stone-adorned rooms with terraces and a park-view…

  • Anthara Hotel

    San Cristóbal de las Casas

    Solar-heated hot water and heated floors distinguish this three-floor hotel centered on a small garden courtyard. Rooms have dark-wood furniture and large…

  • Hotel del Virrey

    Chiapas

    Resident turtles splash about in a fountain at the Virrey, a 19th-century house converted into a friendly and very good value hotel with rooms of varying…

  • Posada Corto Maltese

    San Cristóbal de las Casas

    A simple place, its enormous fruit-tree garden buzzes with hummingbirds and roaming chickens (buy eggs and cook in the guest kitchen) and includes a kids’…

  • Hotel Real Avenida

    Chiapas

    The Real looks promising from the outside but venture inside and the sparkle wears a little thin. The large, slightly bland rooms have certainly seen…

  • Hotel Galilea

    Chiapas

    Virtually on the central plaza, the mellow yellow Hotel Galilea has a convenient restaurant and boring medium-sized rooms around a parking area, with dark…

  • Posada La Media Luna

    San Cristóbal de las Casas

    This Italian-owned place is a fair budget choice. It's well maintained and offers pretty rooms with cable TV, all set around a covered patio with potted…

  • Hotel Posada Tepeyac

    San Cristóbal de las Casas

    A neat small hotel in the heart of the Real de Guadalupe travelers' scene. The rooms, which are set around a couple of pretty little patios and a lovely…

  • Hotel Central

    Chiapas

    With great plaza views from the 1st-floor terrace, the colorful Hotel Central has smallish rooms with cable TV and fan. Ask for one of the upstairs rooms;…

  • Hotel Santa María

    Chiapas

    Situated on the pretty Jardín de la Marimba and near a number of good coffeehouses, this small hotel has slightly aging rooms featuring folksy decorations…

  • Camping at El Aguacero

    Chiapas

    A basic but adequate campground with bathroom facilities, a short walk from the river and the crashing waterfalls of el Aguacero. You'll need your own…

  • Hotel Cervantino

    Tapachula

    A block away from Parque Centenario, the location's the winner here, but the rooms themselves are clean, comfortable, cheap and slightly old-fashioned…

  • Hotel Diamante

    Tapachula

    A rather uninspired hotel but the average rooms are well-priced and clean. Rooms 12 through 16 have dynamite views of Volcán Tacaná.