I was holidaying with my family at Playa del Carmen and was looking forward to a visit of Vallodolid a colonial city in the Yucatan. After reading lots of positive reviews we chose the El Meson del Marques hotel. Having some mobility problems I requested a room on the ground floor ( reception never mentioned an elevator ). We were... more

The Hotel el Meson de Marquez is a charming colonial style hotel in a restored building on the main square in Valladolid. There is a good restaurant in the central patio of the hotel. It has a gated parking lot. Valladolid is a good central location for exploring the Yucatan. It's about an hour's drive from the ruins of Chichen... more

For our trip to Mexico, we wanted to split our time between seeing ruins and hanging out on the beach, so we booked El Meson as our home base for two nights while we explored the ruins. I am so glad we stayed here, as it was the most authentically Mexican experience we had on our trip. The set-up and... more

During a recent vacation to Cozumel, my husband came up with the brilliant idea to see as many of the Mayan Ruins as comfortably possible without all the fluff of prearranged and prepackaged resort tours, so we made up our own Mayan Ruin Adventure. By staying in Valladolid for one night, it is VERY feasible to visit the ruins of... more

We stayed at Valladolid only for one night, so we decided to book a cheap room (around 550 pesos). The room they gave us was clean and air conditioned but very small and simple. However the hotel is charming in general and the restaurant very good with a lot of choices. more

This charming hotel is well worth going out of your way on your Mexico trip! The rooms are well-appointed for a pueblocito like Valladolid, including cable TV (yay, we got to watch some of the Olympics!), a comfy bed, and lovely furniture. It's ideally located, just across the street from the pretty town square. Visit the Catedral San Gervasio if... more

I wouldn't recommend this hotel for people looking to have everything done for them save their toiliet duties, and they know who they are, at times, but this place turnded out to be better than I would have guessed for the price. My favorite part was being able to park the car for a few days duing our two weeks... more

We had the deluxe room - very nicely appointed with a comfortable king sized bed, gorgeous bath and huge shower. The hotel is awesome and we used it as a place to spend the night after spending a day at Chichen Itza and prior to traveling to Ek Balam. It ended up being the highlight of our trip! The dinner... more

The El Meson del Marque was a great stop-over hotel, and a very economical base for seeing Chichen Itza. Note that the hotel only takes American Express. If you want to guarantee your reservation with a credit card, you need to use American Express. Otherwise, if you plan far enough in advance, I believe you could send them a check... more