Posada de Don Jose — Hotel in Flores

Just for a 2-night stay actually just for the purpose of visiting Tikal at not too far away (just an hour or so on a tour minibus), this place though is one that I wouldn't have minded to stay longer for a "fairly-good-sized" room which came with an ensuite & a nice flat-screen (and all for the "quite reasonable" rate of about 25 US$ a night). And for convenience nearby are a restaurant & a small grocery store (both shortly to the right after coming out of here but the grocery store at across the street) although yes I found "cheaper & more-filling" food which is not too close to this place but at just about a 10-minute walk which is the area around "the bridge to Santa Elena" (where there are not many but like a short row of restaurants with also outdoor tables & chairs).||||And with this town actually being a "small island" in a pretty-sizeable lake (quite as far as eyes can see in "some directions"), I walked around pretty much the entire perimeter of the island and did get to enjoy the "sunset view" which is from like the designated area for swimming in the lake (where I saw a number of people in the water although not entering myself due to that area being at "some distance" from this place). And also, quite a pleasant thing to do is just wandering around the town along its narrow streets lined with "quaint & colorful" mostly-one-and-two-storied buildings for really a "beautiful multi-colored" appearance of each street and yes the town as a whole (which is on a smaller scale than Cartagena in Colombia but quite on the same scale as Granada in Nicaragua & Antigua right in this country, all 3 of those similarly beautiful towns visited prior to this one).||||If going to Tikal in the early morning, the tour minibus is at about 8 am from the area around the bridge & the 'Yo (heart) Peten' sign, and also right from that area are buses to the Belize border town of Melchor de Mencos (but for a cheaper price is by taking a "collectivo minivan" from the Santa Elena bus terminal just across...

I don’t usually leave bad reviews. But this place deserves one.||Where do I start . We booked for New Years at the hotel only to arrive and the price has doubled.||Reluctantly we still accepted as the island of Flores was booked solid and there was no other vacancies.||The room sucked and looked nothing like the pictures||Here is the actual pictures::||||1. Crazy mould had us coughing and eyes burning all night.||2. Parts of the ceiling were coming down on us ( see photos)||3. Water pressure sucked||4.. Place was filthy ( see pictures)||5. Bed bugs in the mattress we’re so bad that at about 4 am eventually we could not handle it and just left as we couldn’t sleep. We ended up staying in another hotel off the island in St Elena||||When I went to the front desk the girl just said she did t know the room was moldy and had bed bugs.||My point was how can u NOT know when the wall is wet and the plaster is falling.?||||No refund, no rebate, no solution offered.||Just a dumbfounded look.||||Horrible customer service and an even worse room.||||WILL NEVER BOOK HERE AGIAN!!!!!!!!!!!||||THE PICTURES SPEAK...

YOU CAN NOT PAY WITH A CARD!!!!!! Has A.C. and wifi. Room was clean. The emplacement is great. I took out 2 stars because of the staff. I came up with my big lugguage on my back and another heavy one in the front. The receptionnist wanted me to pay right now even before showing me the room or let me put my stuff somewhere. I had to leave a identity at the reception because I wanted to pay after my staying. They don't speak a bit of english and they wont try to understand even if you have a dictionnary in your hand and try to adk for something. I wamted to know where I could wash my clothes and the only answer I had was "No lo sé". Which wasn't helpful at all. I don't trust them to find me a shuttle to go to semuc champey neither. I don't know who owns this hotel, but they should give a formation to their staff to become better with...