Hotel Los Cuates de Cancún — Hotel in Cancún

We just returned from 10 days in Cancun (stayed at this hotel the whole trip) and this hotel is within walking or very quick bus (10.5 pesos) or collectivo (8 pesos) trip to almost anywhere you want to go. A block and a half to the Soriana (kinda like a MX version of Walmart but better prices) and mall. Great cucina economica immediately next door. We decided to get a 20 liter jug of water for our room from the OXXO a couple doors down just in case, but we never had any tummy issues drinking the iced agua frescas at the little local restaurants or eating the yummy 3x10 pesos sweet buns/donuts at the local corner street cart. We never felt unsafe even though there were a couple of seedy looking 'nightclubs' down the block and up some stairs. It is in the oldest part of town (the original little fishing village before tourism) so the sidewalks are not in the best repair. The towels are huge but they are dried out on a line so they don't feel fluffy like electrically dried towels. The air conditioning worked perfectly although a bit noisy but we did not use it most of the time as we were comfortable with our window open day or night (there are iron bars so no problems). Clean bathrooms/well swept and we did not see one bug in 10 days even without pesticides - amazing in a tropical city. Although you are in the city dogs & roosters may wake you early so take earplugs. |||| Be prepared to speak a bit of Spanish as the owners and all staff do not speak any English (although they are all friendly and try their best to interpret your needs). Almost all of the fellow hotel guests were family/budget travellers from other parts of Mexico with a very few Europeans/Canadians/Americans in the mix. When you try to speak a bit of Spanish everyone goes out of their way to be helpful and a few times when we could have been taken advantage of financially due to misunderstood language everyone we dealt with in that area was scrupulously honest and did not overcharge us (in fact gave us discounts/money back when we expected the normal tourist price). We travelled to Isla Mujeres 2x (take the Magana ferry for less than half the price of Ultramar and a real 'locals' experience), Puerto Morelos, Coba, Tulum, and Playa Del Carmen. Take the R-1 'Centro/Cruces/Hoteles' buses to go to the ADO (long distance/intercity/airport) bus station, to go to the main Scotiabank, or to come & go along Av. Kukulkan (fancy hotel & beach zone).||WARNING: the beds are extremely hard although we found the...

Seit 14 Jahren bin ich in diesem Hotel. Es ist immer sauber, Bettwäsche wird täglich gewechselt (Mexicaner nehmen dies oftmals als grosses Handtuch zum drauf treten, daher - täglich) Toipapier und Seife immer ausreichend vorhanden. Mittlerweile auch eine Decke zu jedem Bett (ohne Klimaanlage, nur Ventilator 3 Bett-Zimmer mit 120 cm Breite) 250 Peso (Okt 2011 Euro 1 = 17 Peso), wenn 10 Tage dort, dann Spezielpreis 200 Peso pro Zimmer bis 2 Personen!||Hotel hat auch kleiner Zimmer mit Klimaanlage, dort 300 Peso por Zimmer, aber Zimmer ist klein, wie auch die Dusche.||Finde den Comfort bei dem grossen Zimmer für mich allein SUPER und dann der Preis.||Telefon kann erfragt werden. Internetauftritt, nein.||Rezeption 24 h, 365 Tage im Jahr.||Von dort aus: (befindet sich in der Strasse, Lopez Portillo) - ist die Strasse zum Hafen, 10 Min. mit dem Taxi. Taxis gibts immer.||Zur Hotelzone, Bus 3 Min. entfernt für 9 Peso, Hotelzone bedindet sich in 3,5 km Entfernung und ist 24 km lang! (ich empfehle immer, Playa Delfines km 18/ Strand 1A, mit Toilette, breiter Strand, fest installierter Sonnenschutz... (manchmal aber belegt) - Strand nicht überlaufen, auch sonntags nicht, wo viele Einheimische dort sind. ||Vom Hotel aus, Restaurants in der Nähe, Nachtlokal, Einkaufszentrum Soriana, 8 bis 22 Uhr! In Lopez Portillo viele Strassenhändler und Geschäfte, Markt- Mercado 23 Fussweg 10 Minuten, preiswert und...

TV remote wasn't working. We had to leave our ID just to get towels. The towels looked like old pieces of torn cloths and we're very hard. The neighborhood is not the safest to be in. the front desk was very welcoming however. They did have warm water as well and the beds seemed clean. The room was reasonably spacious. It was also...