Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG is a three-star hotel in San Nicolas De Los Garza. Guests have access to a pool, a restaurant and breakfast. It scores 4.5/5 across 2901 guest reviews — an excellent rating. In our 2026 scans we observed rooms from US$130 per night. 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 4 priced stays for Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG, with rates from US$130 a night. Rates in San Nicolas De Los Garza 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
Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG is at Avenida Universidad 101, San Nicolas De Los Garza, Mexico. 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 bar/snack/cafen', bars, breakfast in room, coffee and restaurant(s). On the wellness side there's fitness center, outdoor pool and swimming pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, business center, car rental service, concierge and currency exchange. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathroom, free wifi, hairdryer, iron and board and safe. The full list of 52 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.
San Nicolas De Los Garza for hotel guests
It is part of metropolitan Monterrey, built around industry, wide avenues and the UANL: Ciudad Universitaria and the Estadio Universitario, home of Tigres, are both here. People book rooms for work in the northern industrial parks, for proximity to the Apodaca airport, for a match or for university business. Our 2026 scans found just 5 hotels with a real price: from US$68 a night and a typical rate of about US$93, business-hotel numbers rather than tourist ones. Downtown Monterrey is half an hour away, traffic included. All hotels in San Nicolas De Los Garza →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.52901 reviewsThis is the 3rd time we stay a Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte and we LOVE it. They have the best customer service. Everything you need from a 5 star hotel at a reasonable price. The Astros restaurant is fantastic. We used the great room service, the laundry and the computer room. This is our destination ever time we visit. Plus, great security at night. Nothing bad to say about this amazing place.
All in all a good hotel. Very nice location. Has got all the amenities. A bathtub would have added to its luxury. The lights of the rooms are not so bright. So in the night it feels a little darker. The rooms have got two King size beds. The front desk speaks English and Spanish.
This was first stay here. The staff were very nice. The fitness center was terrible with limited hours. Layout of the hotel made for long walks to the room. Food was not good.
Planning your trip to San Nicolas De Los Garza
When to go
The reliable months are October and November, then March and April: days of 24 to 30°C, dry air and cool evenings. That is when San Nicolás is walkable without suffering, and when it makes sense to plan anything outdoors, from a backyard grill to a night match at the Estadio Universitario.
May to September brings the real heat: 38 to 40°C regularly, asphalt everywhere, little shade and broad avenues with almost no trees. Air conditioning is non-negotiable and a pool earns its keep. September often adds heavy downpours and the tail end of Gulf storms, which means flooded underpasses and slow traffic.
Winter days are mild, but a norte can drop the temperature ten degrees in a few hours, leaving nights of 3 to 8°C with a cutting wind. Pack layers even if the forecast promises sun. The hotel calendar runs on business: weekdays fill up, while weekends, long holiday bridges and late December tend to go quiet.
Getting there and around
Monterrey's international airport lies in Apodaca, some 20 to 25 km from central San Nicolás. In normal traffic that is 25 minutes; at rush hour, 45. An authorised taxi or a ride-hailing app runs in the order of MX$300-450, and at that distance public transport costs more time than it saves.
By road the city hangs off the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo corridor and the Anillo Periférico, with Avenida Universidad and Avenida Manuel L. Barragán as the internal arteries. Arriving by intercity bus means Monterrey's terminal, from which Metro Line 2 runs north and drops you at stations like Universidad and Anáhuac, minutes from Ciudad Universitaria.
Driving is the practical option, with one obvious caveat: between 7 and 9 in the morning and 6 and 8 in the evening the avenues clog, and a ten-minute hop becomes thirty. Parking is generally plentiful and free once you leave the small municipal centre.
Without a car, ride-hailing apps work well and a short hop inside the city costs roughly MX$60-120. City buses cover a lot for very little, but they need the Feria card and some patience with routes. Walking works within a neighbourhood; between neighbourhoods the avenues are long, loud and shadeless.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The Avenida Universidad axis, beside Ciudad Universitaria and the Estadio Universitario, is the obvious base for anyone here for the UANL, for a match or for an academic conference. Hotels are functional, cheap food surrounds the campus, and Metro Line 2 takes you down into Monterrey without fighting the traffic.
Avenida Manuel L. Barragán and the corridors running towards Escobedo and Apodaca hold the business stock: chain hotels, breakfast included, secure parking and fast exits to the industrial parks and the airport. There is no street life or charm out there, only efficiency, which is exactly what a work trip needs.
The municipal centre, around the main square and the Palacio Municipal, and neighbourhoods such as Anáhuac feel more like ordinary Monterrey life: a market, taquerías, bakeries, daily bustle. Hotel options there are thin, so treat the area as somewhere to eat and wander rather than sleep.
Be honest about distance. If your trip is a leisure one, Barrio Antiguo, the Macroplaza and San Pedro are a good half hour away and every late return costs a taxi. In that case, sleep in Monterrey and come out here only for the specific errand.
Eating and going out
Norteño food is served here without ceremony: grilled beef, cabrito, machaca with eggs for breakfast, trompo tacos at night and flour tortillas with everything. A set lunch runs about MX$120-180, and a taco dinner with a drink lands around MX$150-250 in the sort of place locals actually use.
The university belt is the liveliest patch on weekdays: cafés, plain beer joints and family-run kitchens around Ciudad Universitaria, priced for students and tied to the academic calendar. During summer and year-end breaks that energy vanishes and many places shorten hours or close outright.
Match days at the Estadio Universitario change the mood of the whole municipality: grills on the pavement, closed streets and dense traffic for hours before and after kick-off. If you are not going to the football, head out early or plan to stay near your hotel.
For a proper night out — cocktail bars, live music, ambitious restaurants — Monterrey remains the answer: Barrio Antiguo, the Calzada del Valle area and San Pedro. Budget 30 to 40 minutes each way and the fare home.
Booking well
The local sample is small and worth treating that way: our 2026 scans logged 5 hotels with a real price, from US$68 a night and a typical rate of the order of US$93. These are business-hotel numbers, often with breakfast and parking folded in, and with little room for last-minute bargains midweek.
Book ahead if your dates collide with Tigres home games, UANL graduations, industrial trade fairs or the busiest corporate stretches. For a loose weekend, availability is usually fine and the numbers better, especially if you widen the search to Escobedo, Apodaca and northern Monterrey.
Before paying, check three concrete things: the real driving distance to wherever you actually need to be, not the vague near Monterrey label; whether the air conditioning is controlled in the room; and whether parking is included or billed separately. Confirm too that the quoted rate carries VAT and the state lodging tax.
Pay in pesos when you can and favour flexible cancellation: in a city built on work schedules, plans move. And if the numbers do not convince you, price the same dates in Monterrey; sometimes the saving does not repay the time you will spend on the Periférico.
Frequently asked about Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG
How much does Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$130 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 Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG?
The address is Avenida Universidad 101, San Nicolas De Los Garza, Mexico, San Nicolas De Los Garza. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Banquet and Bar/Snack/CafEn'. The full list (52 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Holiday Inn Monterrey Norte by IHG?
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.
