Hotel 5 de Mayo — Hotel in Puebla

Hotel 5 de Mayo deserves 15 stars for huge, clean, and pleasant rooms offered so inexpensively. In fact, you probably will not get this large a guest room for this low a price in any other North American city's downtown--my room including hot breakfast for two was $US34 per night plus taxes.

Comfortable bed, decent water pressure in a travertine shower, and over 600 square feet, including a couch and sitting area. Mostly quiet, though a neighbor's TV could be heard through walls one night. There's even a small indoor pool on site. And parking is free for guests if you have a car.

Breakfast is buns, juice, coffee, fruit(fresh pineapple, cantaloupe, papaya, and watermelon), and an egg dish that changes daily alongside beans and chilaquiles.

Such a noteworthy value, my quibbles are small ones. Hotel is on north rim of Puebla's historic zone, so you'll have to cross traffic-filled 5 de Mayo Boulevard to walk to cathedral, etc. Workaround: Walk along Boulevard to Convention Center area, and cross into downtown from there. Hotel's ground floor lobby and café quite crowded and likely won't win any design awards. No conditioner among bath products.

Staff is pleasant and hard working. Place is spotless. Highly recommend if you seek a good value hotel in...

Overall I had a very nice stay at the hotel. The bell hops and front desk personnel were very courteous and professional. I was escorted to my room and given a quick run down of everything in the room and hotel services. It was all in Spanish but I understood enough. I only ate dinner at the restaurant once but the food was good. The bread and salsa that was brought out tasted very good. I did have an issue with trying to keep the flies away from my food though.|If you are a light sleeper then do not get a room on the street side of the hotel. The windows are very thing and I could hear every single car drive by. I was on the 2nd floor. The room was mostly clean and one of the towels had a large red stain in the middle of it. |The area can be a little sketchy at night so i don't suggest walking at night but in the day time I suggest walking to the Zocalo which is about 15-20 minutes away. Check in and check out were a breeze.|I was honestly surprised at how nice this hotel was even though it was inexpensive. I would definitely recommend staying here and I would...

Excellent property. 3 stars for location because it is on the other side of a major road (5 de mayo) from the historic district. You will need to walk a little bit or cheap taxi/Uber. The benefit is that it's quiet. Has a restaurant that is needed since the only thing I saw was a McDonald's across the boulevard. Staff wonderful. The Wifi is excellent. If you are driving as I was, parking in the historic center is near impossible for a big pickup truck. So the hotel is perfect. Rooms are huge. We had 2 kings, and then the adjacent room had a sitting area as well as a dining table and desk. Wow. Full toiletries and a rainfall shower. I was told the hotel was 6 years old. It will not disappoint. FYI, Google maps will direct you across the boulevard. Be patient since trying to turn around is impossible on this boulevard. You will have to navigate around a few blocks to get back on that boulevard in the right direction. The included breakfast was...