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Hotel rates are subject to 15% VAT (Value Added Tax). This, and an additional room tax of around 2%, is usually added to the bill at the end. Payment of hotel bills can usually be made in US Dollars or Mexican Pesos, however, prices are mostly quoted in US dollars. Breakfast is generally not included unless specified.
The hotels have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$ (up to US$50)
$$ (US$50 to US$150)
$$$ (US$150 to US$250)
$$$$ (over US$300)
Business
Hotel Camino Real
This stylish modernistic hotel in convenient Anzures with its bold yellow and pink walls, designed by famous Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta offers luxury with originality. A huge mural by the artist Rufino Tamayo hangs in the entrance opposite the hip lobby bar that has live music nightly. Contemporary art works and sculptures adorn the walls and open spaces. Guest rooms are spacious, with views over a delightful garden and large pool with terrace. The hotel has convention facilities, a business centre, a range of shops and a gym, and is a pleasant stroll from three important museums.
Mariano Escobedo 700, Anzures
Tel: (55) 5263 8888.
Website: http://caminoreal.com/mexico/
Price: $$$.
Hotel Presidente InterContinental
Sandwiched between the Nikko and the Marriott hotels in wealthy Polanco, this 659-room high-rise hotel has a celebrity clientele. Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton, among others, have stayed here. A spacious, modernistic lobby sets the tone. The rooms are comfortable, with pleasant views and king-size beds, decorated in beige and wood. The 32nd floor is a ladies-only floor, while the Executive floor has a club lounge with beautiful views, as well as a small library. The well-equipped business centre is open 0700-2300. The hotel has a small exercise room but a bigger sports club with pool is under construction. The many restaurants are popular, especially Au Pied de Cochon (see Restaurants).
Avenida Campos Eliseos 218, Polanco
Tel: (55) 5327 7700.
Website: www.interconti.com
Price: $$$.
Luxury
Four Seasons Hotel
This beautiful hotel, situated on the capital’s historic thoroughfare, Reforma, in central Juárez, is well located for visiting tourist sites and getting about easily. The hotel has a simple elegance, decorated with rich, classical prints, furnished with mahogany and with maps and paintings hanging on the walls. Guests can enjoy the tranquillity of the attractive courtyard garden or head for the relaxing pool terrace. The hotel’s health spa offers massages, a fully equipped gym and numerous beauty treatments. The hotel has convention facilities and a business centre, while each room has Internet access, TV and two phone lines.
Paseo de la Reforma 500, Juárez
Tel: (55) 5230 1818.
Website: www.fourseasons.com
Price: $$$$.
Marco Polo
A small but very special luxury hotel in the heart of the centrally located La Zona Rosa, the five-star Marco Polo offers an attractive alternative to the standard hotel chains. The 60 rooms are bright and tastefully decorated with rustic wooden furniture. They all feature modem points, as well as the usual facilities, such as mini-bar, safe, coffee-maker. The four penthouse suites also have a Jacuzzi and balcony. The hotel has a restaurant-bar, Il Caffe Milano and a gym. For businesspeople, they offer a small business centre, business support services and various meeting rooms and ballrooms.
Amberes 27, Juárez
Tel: (55) 5207 1893 or 5080 0063/1445.
Website: www.marcopolo.com.mx
Price: $$$.
Moderate
Hotel Gillow
This middle-range hotel is well situated in the heart of the Centro Histórico, a stone’s throw from the Zócalo and numerous museums and 15 minutes from the airport. Hotel Gillow has an attractive Art Deco-style façade and a cheerful, rose-coloured marble lobby hung with plants. Rooms are simple, decorated in pastel colours with TV and bathroom, and they overlook the street or a quiet inner courtyard. The hotel also has a reasonably priced restaurant and bar.
Isabel La Catolica 17, Centro Histórico
Tel: (55) 5510 2636.
Website: www.hotelgillow.com
Price: $.
Maria Christina
An easy walk to the centre of La Zona Rosa, this hotel, housed in a beautiful colonial-style building offers Old World charm. It is one of the best-value deals in this part of town. The 150 comfortable rooms all have TV and fans. The bathrooms are particularly pleasant with Mexican talavera tiling. There is a medium-priced restaurant, bar and parking. Other facilities include a travel agency and a beauty salon.
Rio Lerma 31, Cuahtemoc
Tel: (55) 5566 9688.
Price:$$.
Other Recommendations
El Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico
A shrine to Art Nouveau styling, this is one of the most elegant and original hotels in Mexico City. The lobby has a cathedral-like quality, with a stunning coloured-glass window canopy overhead, ornate wrought iron balconies and lifts at either end. Located conveniently on the Zócalo in the Centro Histórico and a 15-minute drive from the airport, the hotel also has convention facilities, making it popular with the business community and upmarket travellers. The 124 rooms all have Art Nouveau touches and TVs. There is a restaurant in the lobby and a terrace café over the square.
Avenida 16 de Septiembre 82, Centro Histórico
Tel: (55) 5510 4040 or (800) 887 5694 (reservations).
Price: $$$.
Hotel Majestic
The Hotel Majestic, part of the Best Western chain, has one of the prime locations in Mexico City, overlooking the historic Zócalo with its colonial cathedral and national palace and just a 15-minute drive from the airport. The tranquil, mirrored lobby, with its fountain and tiles, offers a welcome retreat from the throngs of vendors, hustlers and tourists outside. The hotel has 85 guest rooms, including five suites. The best overlook the square, however, the ceremonial raising of the flag at the square’s centre is and early alarm at 0600. Rooms at the back, while not as nice are quieter. Rooms are simple but comfortable, with TV, mini-bar, coffee-making facilities and rustic wood furniture. The hotel has a popular terrace restaurant overlooking the Zócalo, which serves basic Mexican and international food at reasonable prices.
Avenida Madero 73, Centro Histórico
Tel: (55) 5521 8600.
Website: www.majestic.com.mx
Price: $$.
The hotels have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$ (up to US$50)
$$ (US$50 to US$150)
$$$ (US$150 to US$250)
$$$$ (over US$300)
Business
Hotel Camino Real
This stylish modernistic hotel in convenient Anzures with its bold yellow and pink walls, designed by famous Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta offers luxury with originality. A huge mural by the artist Rufino Tamayo hangs in the entrance opposite the hip lobby bar that has live music nightly. Contemporary art works and sculptures adorn the walls and open spaces. Guest rooms are spacious, with views over a delightful garden and large pool with terrace. The hotel has convention facilities, a business centre, a range of shops and a gym, and is a pleasant stroll from three important museums.
Mariano Escobedo 700, Anzures
Tel: (55) 5263 8888.
Website: http://caminoreal.com/mexico/
Price: $$$.
Hotel Presidente InterContinental
Sandwiched between the Nikko and the Marriott hotels in wealthy Polanco, this 659-room high-rise hotel has a celebrity clientele. Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton, among others, have stayed here. A spacious, modernistic lobby sets the tone. The rooms are comfortable, with pleasant views and king-size beds, decorated in beige and wood. The 32nd floor is a ladies-only floor, while the Executive floor has a club lounge with beautiful views, as well as a small library. The well-equipped business centre is open 0700-2300. The hotel has a small exercise room but a bigger sports club with pool is under construction. The many restaurants are popular, especially Au Pied de Cochon (see Restaurants).
Avenida Campos Eliseos 218, Polanco
Tel: (55) 5327 7700.
Website: www.interconti.com
Price: $$$.
Luxury
Four Seasons Hotel
This beautiful hotel, situated on the capital’s historic thoroughfare, Reforma, in central Juárez, is well located for visiting tourist sites and getting about easily. The hotel has a simple elegance, decorated with rich, classical prints, furnished with mahogany and with maps and paintings hanging on the walls. Guests can enjoy the tranquillity of the attractive courtyard garden or head for the relaxing pool terrace. The hotel’s health spa offers massages, a fully equipped gym and numerous beauty treatments. The hotel has convention facilities and a business centre, while each room has Internet access, TV and two phone lines.
Paseo de la Reforma 500, Juárez
Tel: (55) 5230 1818.
Website: www.fourseasons.com
Price: $$$$.
Marco Polo
A small but very special luxury hotel in the heart of the centrally located La Zona Rosa, the five-star Marco Polo offers an attractive alternative to the standard hotel chains. The 60 rooms are bright and tastefully decorated with rustic wooden furniture. They all feature modem points, as well as the usual facilities, such as mini-bar, safe, coffee-maker. The four penthouse suites also have a Jacuzzi and balcony. The hotel has a restaurant-bar, Il Caffe Milano and a gym. For businesspeople, they offer a small business centre, business support services and various meeting rooms and ballrooms.
Amberes 27, Juárez
Tel: (55) 5207 1893 or 5080 0063/1445.
Website: www.marcopolo.com.mx
Price: $$$.
Moderate
Hotel Gillow
This middle-range hotel is well situated in the heart of the Centro Histórico, a stone’s throw from the Zócalo and numerous museums and 15 minutes from the airport. Hotel Gillow has an attractive Art Deco-style façade and a cheerful, rose-coloured marble lobby hung with plants. Rooms are simple, decorated in pastel colours with TV and bathroom, and they overlook the street or a quiet inner courtyard. The hotel also has a reasonably priced restaurant and bar.
Isabel La Catolica 17, Centro Histórico
Tel: (55) 5510 2636.
Website: www.hotelgillow.com
Price: $.
Maria Christina
An easy walk to the centre of La Zona Rosa, this hotel, housed in a beautiful colonial-style building offers Old World charm. It is one of the best-value deals in this part of town. The 150 comfortable rooms all have TV and fans. The bathrooms are particularly pleasant with Mexican talavera tiling. There is a medium-priced restaurant, bar and parking. Other facilities include a travel agency and a beauty salon.
Rio Lerma 31, Cuahtemoc
Tel: (55) 5566 9688.
Price:$$.
Other Recommendations
El Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico
A shrine to Art Nouveau styling, this is one of the most elegant and original hotels in Mexico City. The lobby has a cathedral-like quality, with a stunning coloured-glass window canopy overhead, ornate wrought iron balconies and lifts at either end. Located conveniently on the Zócalo in the Centro Histórico and a 15-minute drive from the airport, the hotel also has convention facilities, making it popular with the business community and upmarket travellers. The 124 rooms all have Art Nouveau touches and TVs. There is a restaurant in the lobby and a terrace café over the square.
Avenida 16 de Septiembre 82, Centro Histórico
Tel: (55) 5510 4040 or (800) 887 5694 (reservations).
Price: $$$.
Hotel Majestic
The Hotel Majestic, part of the Best Western chain, has one of the prime locations in Mexico City, overlooking the historic Zócalo with its colonial cathedral and national palace and just a 15-minute drive from the airport. The tranquil, mirrored lobby, with its fountain and tiles, offers a welcome retreat from the throngs of vendors, hustlers and tourists outside. The hotel has 85 guest rooms, including five suites. The best overlook the square, however, the ceremonial raising of the flag at the square’s centre is and early alarm at 0600. Rooms at the back, while not as nice are quieter. Rooms are simple but comfortable, with TV, mini-bar, coffee-making facilities and rustic wood furniture. The hotel has a popular terrace restaurant overlooking the Zócalo, which serves basic Mexican and international food at reasonable prices.
Avenida Madero 73, Centro Histórico
Tel: (55) 5521 8600.
Website: www.majestic.com.mx
Price: $$.
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