This had to have been one of the worst stays in a hotel ever. First of all, I was put into a room which should have never been sold, for various reasons. Overall, the Camino Real is a nice hotel, but it did nothing to help my stay.
As you come into the hotel, it opens up into a huge marble-walled atrium, probably 5 or 6 stories high. First issue is the noise- it is unbearable with the echoing of music, people talking and at the time I was there, the mass of screaming and running children. It was absolutely unbearable. I arrived to my room, which was on the top of the atrium level, and my door was off the atrium, I thought surely it is a heavy door and will block out the sound. Boy was I wrong. Of course, the hotel was sold out and I was unable to change, but I did have high hopes that the din would die down later and allow me to sleep.
The rooms are nice, lots of marble everywhere. However, the room seemed like it's being prepared for renovation. When I closed the blinds before getting ready for bed, I saw that there was a space for a roller, where no roller existed, but there were two other roller blinds, but they did not block out all of the light. On the other side from the atrium was my window facing the street, so I had the din of the atrium on one side and the rumble and roar of the traffic on the other- and anybody who has been to Mexico knows that the Mexicans like to stay out late.
On Saturday morning, after a late night working, there was a LOUD piano playing in the atrium restaurant, which echoed horribly through my door.
On a positive note, the bed was comfortable and the breakfast good, but that still failed to make up for the interrupted sleep.
If you do stay here, make SURE to get a room ABOVE the atrium (floor 24 and higher) and on the opposite side...
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