Hotel Ciudad Real Palenque

“Fairly good, with some reservations...”

Spacious hotel off a main road down a sloping drive with an outdoor pool in nice gardens. Outdoor covered restaurant and bar. Reception staff pleasant. Our room was spacious and had a balcony. Enormous Chedraui supermarket only 8-mins walk away (turn right out of the road entrance). Downsides are h… more

Spacious hotel off a main road down a sloping drive with an outdoor pool in nice gardens. Outdoor covered restaurant and bar. Reception staff pleasant. Our room was spacious and had a balcony. Enormous Chedraui supermarket only 8-mins walk away (turn right out of the road entrance). Downsides are hotel wi-fi not available in the rooms only in the reception, bar & restaurant. Seating is provided in reception for this obvious deficit. Also in my 16 days in Mexico in January I was only bitten 11 times by mosquitos. The trouble is all 11 occasions happened in a 10 minute period at this hotel when I was walking round the pool and gardens. Deet-based mosquito repellent recommended! PS. Food was very good in the restaurant.

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“Mixed lovely pool.”

Mixed. The hotel is ok. At first impressions looks good. Lovely pool. Best one of all the hotels we had during our two week tour. Water slide not working but a decent sized decent depth pool. Much enjoyed. Think I swam three times during two night stay. Especially enjoyed my 6-30am dip. … more

Mixed. The hotel is ok. At first impressions looks good. Lovely pool. Best one of all the hotels we had during our two week tour. Water slide not working but a decent sized decent depth pool. Much enjoyed. Think I swam three times during two night stay. Especially enjoyed my 6-30am dip. Food in the restaurant was pretty awful and the service appalling. Of our table of six. One meal arrived promptly. One five minutes later. Ours half an hour later. And two at the table were still waiting as we got up to leave. The hotel is not in a good area to eat elsewhere. It’s a long walk by a very busy noisy main road. Poorly lit and uneven pavements So. An 8 minute walk took us to local supermarket. The next evening. A cold cooked chicken between us. Bought a knife. Bag of salad tomatoes and blueberries. Followed by a cake. Was our picnic supper in our room. Far better than trying the restaurant again on the second night. Air con good. Bathroom nice. The area is extremely hot and humid Room was ok. Balcony tiny and only looked onto a hedge. But room was quiet. Rooms overlooking the pool had much nicer balconies. Some from our tour group were lucky enough to get them but restaurant could not cope with over 30 BRITS all eating in. As no other choice without long walk hence I’d describe my review as mixed Breakfast was good

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“On the wane”

A haven for groups, this was probably once a very nice hotel on the outskirts of town, but it is now showing its age. Sat in bamboo groves, this hotel would have been a paradise, but the decor is now a little shabby, the breakfast random and the service haphazard. For our group, this was a Marmite … more

A haven for groups, this was probably once a very nice hotel on the outskirts of town, but it is now showing its age. Sat in bamboo groves, this hotel would have been a paradise, but the decor is now a little shabby, the breakfast random and the service haphazard. For our group, this was a Marmite location, so it was pot luck really on whether you got a good night's sleep. Could do with a decent manager to shake things up a bit

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