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Calle Tiburon Ballena sin numero, 77310 Holbox Island, Mexico

#62 of 115 hotels in Holbox Island

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 78 hotel reviews

8.5

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.0

  • Comfort

    9.2

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    8.4

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    8.8

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 22 June 2025

    8.0
    Great stay on Isla Holbox
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    -The location is very central but due to being opposite the main town square, there was very loud music and performances until 1am one night -The room was a bit small and damp

    +Modern building +Comfortable beds +Clean rooms +Smart TV and good A/C +Friendly staff +Decent WiFi +Rooftop pool and bar +Very central location, though this was a downside too

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 21 May 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great location right in the centre of down town. All the best restaurants are within 2 minute walk, as is the beach! Markets and live music and dancing most nights in the plaza across the street, so you have the best view from the balcony. The music stops at midnight so it didn't interfere with sleep too much. The rooms are lovely, large, and comfortable, with great air-conditioning. The front desk staff guy was very friendly and helpful. For the location and the aesthetics of the hotel, the price is fantastic value.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 May 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Perfect stay, great location. Would recommend!!

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 20 April 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It would have been nice to have a fridge

    Location and comfort

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 April 2025

    8.0
    Very nice, super clean and perfect location
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The location is perfect, the personal very kind and helpful. The room is very clean and feels new. The only possible downside is the music from the bar above but personally we did not mind it at all and it stops at 23h.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 February 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We had a pleasant stay, nothing negative to say.

    The staff was friendly and kind (we asked to leave the luggage after the check out and they accepted; we had to pay some taxes but didnt had the exact amount and they were understanding and waited for us to come the next days, we asked for a room cleaning and it was done fast). In reality the property isnt so good looking like in the pictures but its comfortable and well maintained. The balcony is a really nice touch! And the view! Just when we arrived, a racoon visited us and we put an apple for him on the table, which he ate later on when he visited us again the other night 😁 On the rooftop they have a bar with a beautiful view and live music. The location is also good. In the area there are shops, restaurants and right in front of the hotel you can find taxi.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 February 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    If you want to go to bed early, this might not be it for you. Everyday live music on te rooftop terrace until 11:30pm.

    The hotel and room was beautiful, nice big beds, location is great, very friendly staff.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 January 2025

    10
    Great Stay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel is infront of the central park so it gets noisy at some point in the evening.

    The hotel is very well taken care off, clean and cozy, the room vas very comfortable with a king size bed. There is a nice bar in the roof with live music. The restaurant next door was excellent very recommended. Nice staff, good internet. Well located close to the beach and the ferry station as well.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 November 2024

    8.0
    Beautiful tidy rooms
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There aren’t any staff based in the hotel to help you but you can contact them on whatsapp

    Beautiful rooms which were well air conditioned. The cleaner did a great job as Holbox is known for mud and sand!!

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 November 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    That on the rooftop they had live music that started at 9 pm so it was hard to sleep

    Location! It was perfect and the hotel is so beautiful

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 November 2024

    10
    Nice and central location
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There is a bar upstairs that runs until midnight with live music and quite loud.

    Spacious, clean, nice balcony. Super central location. Big bed and nice pillows

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 October 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very noisy

    Very comfy bed, excellent location

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 October 2024

    9.0
    Great experience
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There wasn’t any staff in the bar or pool so we can use the installations

    The room was clean, beds very comfortable. Location close by to the beach and in the main plaza. The check in process very quick and easy

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 September 2024

    8.0
    Nice place in paradise
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    this new way of self-checking in everywhere - even hotels. Didn't see a single staff the entire time I was there. Loved Holbox, but Holbox has a massive flooding problem - every street is flooded with water and this sort of forces us to take Taxis eventhough we don't need to. There is a bar on the top floor and they play music from 6 or 7pm ,till later at night. Sometimes its good music, sometimes its loud 'bad' music.

    AMAZING location. Half way between the ferry terminal and the beach on the other side (Where all the tours often start from). The rooms are nice inside (Although lack of windows in my room for the option I chose). Wifi is FAST and stable. A/C is good. There is daily cleaning (With free water provided as part of the clean), the rooftop is also AMAZING! Lots of toiletries provided (toothbrush, q-tip, shaving blade) like back in the old days ;-) Would stay again.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 July 2024

    9.0
    Great comfortable stay, good value.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location, good air condition, comfy beds good choice of toiletries in the bathroom.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 July 2024

    9.0
    Great place and great value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    WiFi was a bit iffy but no biggie!

    Great location, clean and pretty space. Easy check in process. Cool rooftop space.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 July 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    we had an amazing stay - staff, room and hotel are 10/10

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 July 2024

    9.0
    Nice hotel in centre
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beautifull hotel in the middle of ‘downtown’. A lot of restaurants. Short walk to the beach. 10 min walk to the ferry. Comfortable beds. Good wi-fi and airconditioning.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 March 2024

    8.0
    Lovely place, would recommend
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very small window in room Music in rooftop bar very heavy

    Great location Handy lock on the door Well decorated Good access for water Comfy bed

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Shower tube doesn't work properly and there was huge waste of water. Internet WiFi was very bad. We arrived earlier to the hotel but there's no chance to leave the luggage while we were waiting for check-in time. No assistance on site, communication only via messages.

    Terrace, location, atmosphere, comfortable beds

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    10
    The location was great. The hotel looked exactly like the photos..very cute and cozy!
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The check in process was difficult to understand. No one to check you in.

    The location was great.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 February 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noisy neighbors, low water pressure. I was asked some extra environmental tax in cash. There was no info about it before.

    Good location, good wifi. Nice personnel, communication was good.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 February 2024

    9.0
    For the money very nice new hotel with perfect locality.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The self check-in process was a bit lengthy due to the requirement of payment before check-in and the need for an internet connection to complete the process. Additionally, the room was quite small.

    Perfect locality. Very nice hotel.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 January 2024

    10
    The place you should stay if you come to Holbox
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    More as a regret, the bar on the rooftop was closes during the time when we were there (for Christmas), so we couldn't try it. Also, the swimming pool is not really a pool. But with the beach that close, you don't need it.

    The best hotel we stayed in Mexico. The room was big with a nice terrace, we had a good bathroom and the staff was nice with us. The location is why you should take the hotel : in the center center, 1 to 5 min from all bars, restaurants and shops, and 3 min by foot from the beach. This is where it's happening.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 December 2023

    9.0
    Everything we needed :)
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Queen Room with Patio View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The weather and rain was unfortunate for our stay so we didn’t get to enjoy the island, nothing to do with the hotel obviously.

    Great location. We unfortunately had bad weather while we were there so didn’t use the pool but it looked lovely. The roads are very muddy and flooded so was good to be so central to have everything close by. We enjoyed the hotel, beds are comfy. I would stay again but in a suite next time to have more natural light and space in the room.

    Stayed in December 2023

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