Puerto Vallarta
One of the better budget hotels along this street, which isn't saying much for the others. This family-run place offers darkish, fan-cooled rooms, some of…
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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…
Valladolid
This old dame is larger than she looks but is pretty old-fashioned in a '70s kind of way. It's central, though. The airy lobby-restaurant overlooks the…
Oaxaca Coast
The San Pedro, 300m south of the main bus station, has pleasant, spacious, air-conditioned rooms with tiled bathrooms behind a sandy yellow facade. The…
Yucatán State & the Maya Heartland
The simple Ix-Chel isn't going to win any awards, but unlike several of the nearby fancier options, it doesn't sponsor dog fighting, which (though illegal…
Xilitla
The decor is unlikely to thrill you and the welcome could be far warmer, but with rooms for as little as M$390, this is one of Xilitla's best budget…
Northern Baja
The Sol is a motel-style lodging right on the main drag with clean, carpeted rooms with TV, bottled water and simple furniture. Note that prices triple…
Teotihuacán
The rooms at this centrally located, family-run, budget posada are smallish but clean and all have a TV and private bathroom. There is only one twin…
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
A journeyman hotel that's serves to break a journey (which is Tehuantepec's main function). It's pretty central with a slightly dingy affiliated cafe, air…
Campeche State
Newcomer to the town, this squeaky clean budget option has clean rooms, decent beds, working wi-fi, and even a cooler with hot and cold water, instant…
Calakmul
This new spot just past the turnoff has clean cabañas arranged around a small grassy courtyard and an on-site restaurant. Rooms sleep two or four, and…
Central Pacific Coast
The nicer of the village's two lodgings, with austere but clean en suites and powerful air-con. Worth staying overnight if you're looking to do a dawn…
Bahías de Huatulco
A friendly little budget spot just south of La Crucecita's Plaza Principal with six smallish but neat and well-kept rooms all with hot-water bathrooms and…
Villahermosa
The 22-room Oriente is a friendly and well-run downtown hotel sporting simple budget rooms, all with TV. Rooms overlooking the main street are bright, but…
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…
North of Mexico City
A short walk from the zócalo, this retro-pastel, motel-style posada (inn) is popular with weekenders. Rooms can be a bit dark, but they’re clean, quiet…
Roma
At the east end of the area's main road, Álvaro Obregón, the Stanza has its own restaurant and gym and makes a cushy base on the edge of Roma's hip…
Puerto Escondido
Las Olas has good, clean, excellent-value rooms, with pretty tiling and craft details, and a pool. Second-floor choices have ocean-view hammocks, and…
Guadalajara Region
Tlayolan Hotel is two minutes south of the main plaza. It has a gamut of 75 rooms from plain and cheap to smart and more expensive, so take a look at both…
Central Pacific Coast
Rooms here have a kitschy quality with ceramic floors, built-in concrete beds and bench seating, exposed roughly hewn cement walls, and lots of bright…
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…
Central Pacific Coast
Nothing spectacular but serves its purpose as a clean budget option conveniently located near the three bus terminals. There's a restaurant here too.
Hierve El Agua
Above the pools and cliffs at Hierve El Agua are community-run cabañas providing simple but clean rooms with electric light and one bathroom per two rooms.
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…
Tabasco
This small guesthouse offers the best sleep in Frontera. It's above a shop just back from the waterfront and has simple, but clean rooms with lots of…
Cancún
Rooms are anything but colonial, but they're pleasant enough and they overlook a leafy central courtyard with a gurgling fountain. The hotel has a small…
Veracruz
On the outskirts of town, this ashram has yoga, meditation and walking trails through its lush grounds. The dorms are basic and all food served here is…
Toluca
The modern, sleek, 85-room Fiesta Inn has airy, comfortable rooms, a small gym and a cafe-bar-restaurant in the lobby. There’s another branch near the…
Ciudad del Carmen
With rooms around a leafy patio and some with their own spiral staircase, this is a central budget option that's nicely located just behind the plaza's…
Tabasco
Locals rent a variety of fairly basic rooms (many without hot water) through the town's Hotel Communitario network. Ask in the office on the town plaza.
Central Pacific Coast
This property could definitely use some love, but the pool, restaurant and oceanfront rooms make it one of the better options in town.
Northern Central Highlands
This place has great-value, spacious rooms with large pieces of mirrored furniture and cable TV just a stone's throw from the main square.
Tapachula
A rather uninspired hotel but the average rooms are well-priced and clean. Rooms 12 through 16 have dynamite views of Volcán Tacaná.
Mazunte
Friendly El Agujón has 13 small, rustic, clean cabañas and rooms on the hillside just above its restaurant.
El Cuyo
The five basic rooms here are comfortable enough; with beds and hammocks. It's just south of the plaza.
Mérida
The main things going for this spot is its location – in a beautiful old colonial building right on the main plaza – plus its big breakfast buffet. Rooms…
Inland Michoacán
The love child of a colonial mission and a US motel, the 103 rooms here open onto wide verandas overlooking a driveway and parking area filled with cars…
Central Pacific Coast
The town’s only hotel is run by a lovely family. Rooms are marginally clean and mostly dark; ask for one out back with a view of the lagoon. Those with…
Campeche State
At the west end of town, about 350m west of the stoplight, is this well-worn, dusty hotel. It has 27 small rooms with tiny bathrooms. The six cabañas,…
Campeche State
This right-on-the-plaza hotel is a convenient no-frills 'only stay if you must' option without much else to recommend it. They are not dirty, rather musty…
