Hotel Castelmar, a three-star property, sits in Campeche. Guests have access to a pool, wifi and air conditioning. It scores 4.4/5 across 838 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$64 to US$88 per night depending on dates and occupancy. It sits about 10 km from the centre of Campeche. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
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Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 1 priced stays for Hotel Castelmar: rates ran from US$64 to US$88 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Campeche move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Hotel Castelmar is at Calle 61 #2A Entre Calle 8 Y 10 Centro, Campeche, Mexico. That puts it about 10 km from the centre of Campeche's hotel district, based on the coordinates in our scans. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Merida, about 162 km away — compare Merida hotels too if your plans are flexible. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists bars. On the wellness side there's outdoor pool and swimming pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, car rental service, laundry service, luggage storage and security features. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathroom, free wifi, iron and board, safe and shower. The full list of 36 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the three-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
Campeche for hotel guests
Inside them, eight flat blocks of houses painted in solid colours, between the Puerta de Tierra and the Puerta de Mar, hold the 18th-century mansions that now work as hotels — courtyards, tiled floors, high ceilings, plunge pools. Just outside, the barrios of San Román, Guadalupe and Santa Ana cost less and are still ten minutes' walk from the gate. Our 2026 scans logged 20 hotels with a real price: from US$47 a night, typically around US$89 — steep for a city this size, because there is simply not much stock. The heat is humid and constant; air conditioning is not optional. All hotels in Campeche →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.4838 reviewsGreat location, friendly staff. I had the self-contained room with private entrance, and it was perfect. They have secure parking across the street.
Beautiful hotel, feels like living in ancient times. Friendly and helpful staff. If they would spend 5 mins with some whitening mold spray and made a little ledge under the AC to prevent it from dripping in your face at night this would be 5/5 for this price. Guests: move your bed 10 cm from the wall to stay dry at night!
I think the location more than anything else makes this hotel. It's close to one of the city gates and Calle 59, the main eating area in Campeche and it's close to the main square. We were there at Xmas and had one night of continuous Michael Buble Xmas songs! However, apart from that, we enjoyed our stay at the hotel.
Planning your trip to Campeche
When to go
November to February is the good window: days of 28-32°C, humidity you can live with, and long evenings on the seafront. It is also high season, with firm prices through December and January. The trade-off is the nortes — windy spells that grey the sky for two or three days and throw spray over the coastal avenue.
March to May the thermometer climbs. April and May are the hard months: well over 36°C with coastal humidity, and the stone of the old town still radiating heat late in the afternoon. You walk early, eat slowly and retreat by three. Without a pool or serious air conditioning it becomes a grind.
June to October is the rainy half: short, heavy afternoon downpours that cool little. September and October are wettest and overlap the tropical-storm season. They are also when our scans found the lowest rates in town, so the bargain is straightforward — pay less, carry an umbrella.
Dates that fill the city: the February Carnaval, one of Mexico's oldest, Holy Week, July and August with domestic travellers, the San Román fair in September, and the year-end holidays. In those weeks the shortage of rooms matters more than the weather does.
Getting there and around
The bus is still the normal way in. The first-class terminal sits on Avenida Patricio Trueba, about fifteen minutes by taxi from the centre. Mérida is two and a half to three hours on the short inland route; Villahermosa runs around six, Palenque slightly less, and Cancún is an overnight haul.
The Maya Train calls at Campeche, but with only a handful of departures a day, timetables that have shifted more than once, and a station outside the historic centre. It works for the Mérida leg if the hour suits you; it is not yet a replacement for the bus. Check schedules in the month you travel.
Alberto Acuña Ongay airport is about five kilometres out, small, and mostly serves Mexico City. Plenty of visitors fly into Mérida and continue overland instead. A taxi from the terminal into town runs a couple of hundred pesos; there is no public transport designed for arriving passengers.
Inside the walls you need nothing at all: the core is eight flat blocks you can cross on foot in twenty minutes. Short taxi hops cost roughly MX$40-60 and ride-hailing coverage is patchy. City buses are about MX$12. Rent a car only if Edzná or the wider state is on your list.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Intramuros is the obvious choice. Around the Parque Principal, the cathedral and Calles 10, 55 and 59 you find the mansions converted into hotels: courtyards, tilework, pools the size of a patio, and a location that saves you taxi fares. Ask for an exterior room — these houses hide windowless interior ones.
The barrios outside the gates are the value play. San Román, Guadalupe and Santa Ana are ten to fifteen minutes' walk from the Puerta de Tierra, with cheaper guesthouses and small hotels and genuine street life. San Francisco, beside the market, is noisier by day and more practical than it first looks.
Along Avenida Resurgimiento and the seafront sit the larger hotels: parking, a real pool, sea views. They suit drivers and work trips, but dinner in the centre means a short taxi every night. And remember the water out front is for looking at, not swimming in.
Towards Lerma and Playa Bonita, or along the airport road, you sleep cheaply and quietly but away from everything — worth it only with a car and a specific reason. On numbers: our 2026 scans start at US$47, almost always outside the walls, with a typical from-price of around US$89.
Eating and going out
Campechano cooking earns the trip: pan de cazón, coconut shrimp, pámpano in escabeche, chocolomo at festival time, and street sweets. For a cheap breakfast head to the Pedro Sáinz de Baranda market; for fish, the kitchens along the seafront and out in Lerma are more honest than several tables in the centre.
Calle 59, pedestrianised in stretches, gathers the terraces and is where your first evening will end: pleasant, priced for visitors. Stalls appear around the Parque Principal in the late afternoon, with music at weekends. A set lunch runs about MX$120-150; a seafood main lands somewhere between MX$200 and MX$300.
Nights are short, and that deserves saying plainly. Sunday to Wednesday the centre shuts early and you are down to two or three bars. Friday and Saturday bring more movement, a light-and-sound show at the Puerta de Tierra on certain evenings, and families strolling the seafront until late.
That seafront — kilometres of pavement facing the Gulf — is the best free plan in town at sunset: runners, cyclists, food carts, an unbroken horizon. It is not a beach. Real sand means driving towards Sabancuy or Isla Aguada, and that is hours away, not minutes.
Booking well
The number that matters here is not the price but the size of the market: we scanned 20 hotels with a real rate. Come Carnaval, Holy Week or the year-end holidays, the good ones sell out and what remains gets dearer. Book three to four weeks ahead for those dates.
Off-season, one or two weeks is plenty. Our 2026 scans logged rooms from US$47 a night and a typical from-price of around US$89 — high for a city this small, precisely because supply is thin and much of it consists of restored mansions with only a handful of rooms.
Before you pay, check three things: that the air conditioning is in the room rather than the corridor, whether the window faces Calle 59 (music runs late at weekends), and whether there is parking, which is close to nonexistent inside the walls. Old houses have thick walls and thin floors.
Two nights cover the walled city; three if you add Edzná, an hour's drive away. Calakmul is a separate trip, not a morning excursion. Carry cash for the market and taxis. Campeche is among the calmest state capitals in Mexico — normal precautions, nothing more.
Frequently asked about Hotel Castelmar
How much does Hotel Castelmar cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$64 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is Hotel Castelmar?
The address is Calle 61 #2A Entre Calle 8 Y 10 Centro, Campeche, Mexico, Campeche, about 10 km from the centre. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Castelmar have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Balcony and Bars. The full list (36 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Castelmar?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
