Hotel Santa Fe — Hotel in Baja California

Update

This place is flim flam. They offered a rate on Hotels dot com that mushed the actual price with an indeterminate price they would decide by arbitrarily picking an exchange rate not tied to markets or any other aspect of reality. It's a form of robbery.

I didn't feel safe here after this transaction that I couldn't back out on. I left after just a few hours and will not be going back here.

Grifters and grifting is what you'll find here, much like in the Coahuila area hotels.

Here are my earlier, positive views of the place. Possibly the hotel has new owners.

Update:

Effectively no internet. TMobile available now and then About 30 TV channels, non in English

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I gave the Hotel Santa Fe five stars before I stayed there. It was when I somehow came upon the hotel and noticed the laundered sheets hanging to dry on the line.

The rooms here are very simple compared to the Hotel Pacific or even the Baja Hotel closer to the Santa Fe. But the Santa Fe oozes a sort of historical sentimentality, a nostalgia. I don't know. I don't know why. Maybe because it has the same name as the famous railroad.

My stay here in room 3 was pleasant. The TV didn't work satisfactorily. The hotel replaced the whole thing, and the same problem persisted. It was apparently an error in programming or something. But the hotel acknowledged the problem and did everything possible to fix it. Unlike most Mexican hotels, they didn't gaslight me, saying it was my stupid inability to operate a TV or that mysteriously, all the televisions in Tijuana weren't working. These last excuses are so common as to qualify as typical or typified in the sociological sense across the country. But the Santa Fe didn't do this, and I appreciate that and have only good things to say about the hotel.

See my upcoming book on Mexican hotels: Aguántala. Gracias Por Su...

The rooms are simple and bed linen were clean, towels had some stains on them but smelt nice nevertheless. The receptionists weren‘t too friendly but all in all did their job. Parking is included and seems pretty safe, you gotta leave the car keys with the reception.

This doesn’t only refer to this hotel: Most of the streets around the main street may feel a little unsafe at night (after 10 to 11pm). Just make sure you don‘t walk any empty streets alone and leave as many valuables at home as possible.

Walking time downtown:...

Very clean. Very quiet. Was a fleabag hotel until it was renovated about 2 years ago. Just a simple, small room with cable television and a bathroom with shower. The staff is very friendly and helpful. But be aware that everyone speaks only Spanish. Not surprising since Tijuana is in Mexico. It's just 1 block from the Revolution tourist strip and half a block from the Calle Sexta bar scene. Budget rooms are around $27. Usually sells out by late afternoon...