Hotel Zar Coatzacoalcos, a three-star property, sits in Coatzacoalcos. On site you'll find parking, wifi and air conditioning. It scores 4.3/5 across 1079 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$52 to US$60 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Coatzacoalcos: Coatzacoalcos is a working port with a beach attached, and it helps to arrive knowing that. All hotels in Coatzacoalcos →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 10 priced stays for Hotel Zar Coatzacoalcos: rates ran from US$52 to US$60 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Coatzacoalcos 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 Zar Coatzacoalcos is at Javier Anaya Villazon 142 Plaza Quadrum, Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Paraiso, about 139 km away — compare Paraiso 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 and coffee. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage, parking and security features. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathroom, free wifi, safe, shower and tv. The full list of 32 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.
Coatzacoalcos for hotel guests
Refinery work, port business and the Interoceanic Corridor projects fill the hotels from Monday to Thursday; at weekends families drive in from Minatitlán and Villahermosa for the seafront. Rooms cluster in three places: the Centro around Parque Independencia, the beachfront malecón, and the northern boulevards near the highway. Our 2026 scans found 7 hotels with a real price: from US$32 a night, with a typical rate of about US$52. Heat and humidity are constant, and from October to March northerly blows can leave the sea grey and choppy for days. All hotels in Coatzacoalcos →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.31079 reviewsThe hotel accepts pets and the staff are nice. It is convenient to restaurants and accross from a mall with a grocery store. We stay on a long haul trip to the USA so we don't get to enjoy much of the area. From the 4th floor you can see the ocean and dunes. The TV options are good. The showers have good pressure and hot water.
This hotel is the nicest we've stayed in when visiting Coatza. The air conditioning is cold. The TV has a good selection of channels. The wifi is uninterrupted and fast. There is hot water in the shower. The staff is attentive. There is a restaurant downstairs. I believe breakfast is $190mx per person. We didn't eat there, but it was always full of people in the mornings. It is across the street from the Forum Mall which has a theater, many stores, and a food court. We walked to the beach. There is also an Oxxo nearby. We got coffee there every morning. It is located in somewthing called the Q…
What a fantastic dog friendly hotel. Hotel Zar was a great place to stay on our way to the Yucatan. My only problem was that the shopping center you had to drive through to get to the hotel has very large topes and my car bottomed out on each one. Crazy...
Planning your trip to Coatzacoalcos
When to go
Heat and humidity are the constant: 30-35°C in most months, and the damp air makes it feel hotter. December and January are the only months with genuinely cool nights, and they arrive with nortes, northerly blows that turn the sky grey and the sea rough for two or three days at a time. Not beach weather, even when the thermometer stays high.
Rain runs June to October, with September the heaviest month: afternoon downpours, flooded streets and the chance of a tropical system in the Gulf. It rarely wrecks a whole trip, but book a cancellable rate and keep an indoor plan in reserve.
For a leisure trip, March and April are the sweet spot: the strong nortes are done and the rains have not started. Prices peak at Easter, in July and August, and over the year-end holidays, when the malecón fills up. Midweek belongs to work, and that moves rates too.
Getting there and around
The nearest airport is Minatitlán (MTT), about 40 km out and 45 to 60 minutes by taxi depending on traffic through Cosoleacaque. It handles few flights, mostly to Mexico City. For more schedules, Villahermosa is around two and a half hours by road and often works out cheaper, finishing the trip by bus or rental car.
Most people arrive by bus. The ADO terminal runs frequent services to Veracruz (five to six hours), Villahermosa (about three), overnight departures to Mexico City, and the whole string of Isthmus towns: Minatitlán, Acayucan, Juchitán, Salina Cruz. Book a few days ahead around long weekends, when seats disappear.
In town, taxis do the work: short runs of the order of MX$60-100, price agreed before you get in, since meters are not standard. Local buses cost around MX$10-15. The city stretches between river and coast, so allow fifteen to twenty minutes by car from the Centro to the northern malls. The submerged tunnel under the river reaches Allende without looping via the bridges. On highways, drive in daylight.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The Centro, around Parque Independencia and a few blocks from the seafront, holds the cheapest and oldest hotels. It is the best base without a car: the urban beach, the market, the banks and most of the good cheap kitchens are walkable. In exchange you get avenue noise, some tired buildings and empty streets after dark. Ask for an interior room and take a taxi back at night.
The beachfront along the malecón is where the sea views, the pools and a bit more comfort live. It is what weekend families from Minatitlán and Villahermosa come for, and where rates climb at Easter and in August. Midweek there is almost always space. Check that the sea view is genuine and not a sliver between two buildings.
The northern boulevards, out towards the malls and the highway, gather the functional hotels: parking, air conditioning that actually works, breakfast, company invoices. That is the obvious base for work at the refinery, the port or the plants at Cosoleacaque and Nanchital. Our 2026 scans logged only 7 hotels with a real price: from US$32, typically around US$52. A small market with no luxury tier.
Eating and going out
This is seafood country. Shrimp cocktails, garlic or chipotle shrimp, whole fried mojarra, arroz a la tumbada and breaded fillets dominate the menus along the malecón and in the Centro marisquerías. The rule is simple: eat seafood at midday, when turnover is high, and be sceptical of the empty palapa in mid-afternoon.
Breakfast belongs to the Centro, with set-menu kitchens and neighbourhood cafés where a main course runs roughly MX$100-150. The market sells tamales, empanadas, fresh juice and Veracruz-style café lechero. The northern malls hold the familiar chains, useful if you land late and hungry.
Nights are a weekend affair on two fronts: the terraces along the malecón, with music and families out late, and the bars up north, younger and louder. Midweek the city shuts early. If you go out, come back by taxi or app; walking dark streets at 2am is not the local habit, and there are reasons for that.
Booking well
The calendar here is industrial, not touristic. When the petrochemical complexes run maintenance shutdowns, or the port is busy, hotels fill Monday to Thursday and rates rise even in a slow beach month. Travelling for work, book weeks ahead; travelling for pleasure, weekends usually cost less.
With just 7 hotels scanned, inventory runs out fast at Easter, in August and over the year-end break. Take a free-cancellation rate between June and October, when Gulf storms are possible, and read the policy in winter too: a strong norte rearranges plans more than once a season.
Before you pay, confirm three things: air conditioning in the room and not only in the lobby, hot water, and parking if you are driving. In the cheapest places, ask whether the room faces the avenue. Our 2026 scans set the scale: from US$32, typically around US$52. Above that you are paying for a pool and a seafront address; below it, a plain Centro hotel. Compare with the hotel's own direct rate.
Frequently asked about Hotel Zar Coatzacoalcos
How much does Hotel Zar Coatzacoalcos cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$52 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 Zar Coatzacoalcos?
The address is Javier Anaya Villazon 142 Plaza Quadrum, Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, Coatzacoalcos. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Zar Coatzacoalcos have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Air conditioning, Banquet, Bars, Bathroom and Cleaning. The full list (32 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Zar Coatzacoalcos?
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.
