Where to Stay – Veracruz

PORT

  Fiesta Americana Prol. Blvd. Manuel Avila Camacho S/N Fraccionamiento Costa de Oro, C.P. 94299. Boca del Río, Veracruz. Tel. (229) 989 89 89 Fax. (229) 989 89 06 For reservations in the U.S.: please call 1880-fiesta1 Hotel Lois Calzada Ruiz Cortines John Waters meets Alice in Wonderland in this wackily-decorated but well-run comfortable hotel with a good restaurant. Hotel Lois Calzada Ruiz Cortines No. 10 Boca del Rio, Veracruz., Mexico 94292 Tel: 229 937 8290229 937 8290 229 937 7031229 937 7031 Fax: 229937 8089 Rate: $690.00 tax inc. either single/dbl. (rates may change in high season) Hotel Emporio This 4 star high rise hotel has all the amenities that a U.S. traveler could hope for including a gym and a nice pool. It faces the boardwalk and is an easy walk to town. Hotel Emporio Paseo del Malecon s/n Col. Faros Veracruz, Ver. Mexico, 91700 Tel: 229 932 2222229 932 2222 229 932 0020229 932 0020 Fax: 229 931 2261 Rate: Single $827.00 tax inc. Double $918.00 tax inc. Fiesta Inn Recently built this hotel is totally modern and quite up to U.S. standards. Fiesta Inn Prol. Blvd. Manuel Avila Camacho Fraccionamiento Costa de Oro S/N 94299 Boca del Rio, Veracruz Tel: 29-231000 Fax: 29-231024 Fortín de las Flores This hotel has been around for 70 years and is well known for its gardenia-filled pool. The rooms are comfortable but the restaurant needs some upgrading. Hotel Fort'n de las Flores Avenida 2 # 210 (between 5th and 7th) 94470 Fortní de las Flores, Veracruz Tel: 011-52-271-30055 or 30108 Fax: 271-31031 Email: hfortin@cordoba,rp.com.mx Hotel Posada Loma Coatepec This charming hotel in a restored colonial home is considered luxury class. It is efficiently managed and has a great telephone system. (A real treat in this part of the world.) . It also has a good restaurant. Posada Coatepec Hidalgo No. 9 Corner of Almada Coatepec, Veracruz Mexico Tel: 01 288 884 2580 Fax: 4 2455 donalala@tlaco.com.mx Rate: Sgl/Dbl $950.00 pesos tax inc. Junior Suite $1,450.00 pesos tax inc.

TLACOTALPAN

Posada Dona Lala This hotel has been here for over 20 years. It has a very good restaurant. Posada Dona Lala Carranza # 11 Tel: (288) 42580 Owner/Manager: Carlos Vivez Iniguez Hotel Tlacotalpan Recently opened and a few blocks away from the center of town. Hotel Tlacotalpan Rodriguez Beltran # 35 Tel/Fax: (288) 42063 Hoteltlacotalpan@tlaco.com.mx

CATEMACO

Hotel Playa Azul This ecologically-run hotel is set on Lake Catemaco amid beautiful gardens a few miles out of town. The rooms are comfortable and clean though not luxurious. Hotel Playa Azul Carretera a Sontecomapan Km. 2 Catemaco, Veracruz Tel: 294 943 0001 Fax: 294 943 0043 hotelplayaazul@prodigy.net.mx Hotel Finca Real This hotel is relatively expensive for the area but it is comfortable and has a nice pool. It can be noisy because of traffic on the highway. Hotel Finca Real Carretera Federal Catemaco, Veracruz Mexico Phone: (294) 30-222, 30-322, 30-888, 30-430. Rate: Sgl/Dbl $700.00 pesos tax inc.

HUATUSCO

This pretty hotel is well-appointed and has a 9-hole golf course: Los Cocuyos Los Cocuyos Carretera Huatusco-Conejos Km. 2 Tel: 273 734 1200 Hotelloscocuyos.com

ORIZABA

Hotel Pluviosilla Newly remodeled, this hotel is a good value and has a wonderful restaurant, La Fuente Hotel Pluviosilla Poniente 7 # 163 Orizaba, Veracruz 94300 Tel: 011-52-272-55300

XICO

Hotel Coyopolan A good value and a good place to relax is this hotel that is located in front a beautiful running brook. Hotel Coyopolan Prolongacion de Venustiano Carranza (Reservation telephone number in Xalapa is 28? 120022

PáNUCO

If you happen to be in Tampico, Tamaulipas, take a short drive (about 40 minutes) to Pnáuco in northern Veracruz. This little city is located on a river and is worth going to just to eat the sacahuil (a 4-foot long) tamal that is a specialty of the Huasteca region and is served for breakfast at Restoran Virginia (see where to eat) In Tampico there are first class hotels but you can also stay at a modest and clean hotel in P‡nuco Lic. Silvario Gonzalez Hotel Plaza Lic. Benito Juárez #100 y 5 de Mayo CP 92000 While there, be sure to visit a small museum and house of culture Called: La Casa de la Cultura, Esq. Melchor Ocampo y Lorenzo Barcelata, Raul Pazzi Sequera, Director, Tel: 126 Ð 61441 Tuxpan If you are doing business in this bustling port or visiting the El Tajín Archeological site you can stay in one of several nice hotels in Tuxpan about an hour away. A nice resort with an Olympic-size pool, tennis and basketball courts and a fairly good restaurant: Hotel Misión TajÍn Carretera a Cobos, Km.25 P.O. Box 224 Tuxpan, Veracruz 92800 Tel: 783 834 2312 Fax 785-45429 Another nice hotel on the river is Hotel Río Paraíso C.P Leopoldo Ramríez Gonzalez. owner Carretera a la Playa Norte 6.5 Tuxpan, Veracruz Tel: 783 837 0292 Fax: 70205 Lic. Amalia Garcaí Hotel Reforma Av. Juárez #25 Zona Centro. C.P. 92800 Tuxpan, Veracruz Tel: 783 834 0210 783 834 0460 Costa Esmeralda You couldn't meet nicer people than Carlos Rubio Novales or his wife Ana María owners of a modest, clean and extremely hospitable hotel with a terrific restaurant ( Los Brujos, see where to eat) Hotel El Palmar Km. 83.5 Carretera-Tecolutla-Nautla La Vigueta, Tecolutla Veracruz Tel 232-10059 Fax 232-10060 If you're interested in eco-tourism be sure to visit the magical rambling swamp known as Las Cienegas del Fuerte located in the municipality of Tecolutla. Knowledgeable guides will take you on boat rides. For information (in Spanish only) contact: Sr. Francisco Martínez Salazar Salvador Sarabia s/n Flores Mag-n Tecolutla, Veracruz If you don't speak Spanish you can arrange a tour through Carlos and Ana Maria or their son Carlitos.

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