Set in Tampico, Hotel San Antonio is a three-star property with real observed prices for 2026. On site you'll find a pool, a restaurant and a gym. It scores 4.1/5 across 1733 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$115 to US$144 per night depending on dates and occupancy. It is right in the centre of Tampico. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Tampico: Tampico is a working port city with a beach next door, and it helps to see it that way before you book. All hotels in Tampico →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 3 priced stays for Hotel San Antonio: rates ran from US$115 to US$144 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Tampico 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 San Antonio is at 3317 Av. Miguel Hidalgo Guadalupe, Tampico, Mexico. That puts it right at the heart of Tampico's hotel cluster. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Tuxpan, about 151 km away — compare Tuxpan 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, coffee, restaurant(s) and room service. On the wellness side there's fitness center, outdoor pool and swimming pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, business center, free car parking, laundry service and luggage storage. 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.
Tampico for hotel guests
The port, the Ciudad Madero refinery and the industrial complex at Altamira fill the hotels Monday to Thursday; by the weekend the city loosens up and so do the rates. The old centre is a genuine surprise: late-19th-century buildings with cast-iron balconies around the Plaza de la Libertad, two blocks from the Pánuco river. Playa Miramar lies about fifteen kilometres away in Ciudad Madero. Our 2026 scans logged 15 hotels with a real price: from US$50 a night, typically around US$99 — corporate-town pricing rather than beach-resort pricing. From May to September, the humid heat runs the show. All hotels in Tampico →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.11733 reviewsCheck-In: 10/10 Impeccable service! The front desk staff made arrival effortless with their warm welcome and flexibility. My early check-in request was accommodated without question - a rare and appreciated courtesy that started my stay perfectly. Parking: 8/10 The hotel offers adequate parking with available spaces in their lot. While nothing extraordinary, it served its purpose without issues during my stay. Room Condition: 5/10 While clean, the room showed significant wear: • Outdated furniture and fixtures • Bathroom in need of refurbishment • Noticeable maintenance issues • Dated decor…
Rooms pet friendly and comfortable enough. Restaurant food not very good and over priced (hamburger and fries)
The people were very nice, our stay was a disappointment, as soon as you walked in to the rooms you smelled mold. We were not able to sleep thru the night, the beds are very hard and the showers leak the entire time, you don't have privacy between the bathroom and the room to change or shower. We will not be coming back here for that reason.
Planning your trip to Tampico
When to go
There is no perfect season in Tampico, only less uncomfortable ones. March and April are the pick: warm rather than punishing, little rain, and the Gulf already swimmable at Miramar. October and November work too, once the rains ease and before the cold fronts settle in properly. Those are the windows to aim for if you are here to look around rather than to work.
May to September is hot and wet — 33 to 36°C with humidity piled on top and thunderstorms most afternoons. Hurricane season runs June to November and peaks in August and September; direct hits are rare, but heavy rain and flooded streets are routine. July, August and Holy Week fill Playa Miramar with families driving down from Monterrey and San Luis Potosí.
From November to February the nortes blow in: cold fronts with wind, drizzle and days of 12-15°C that shut the beach down entirely. The city itself carries on, because heavy industry has no season, so the business hotels still fill Monday to Thursday. In winter the weather rearranges your plans here far more than it moves the room rate.
Getting there and around
General Francisco Javier Mina airport (TAM) sits about fifteen minutes from the centre and handles mostly domestic routes to Mexico City and Monterrey, with the occasional Texas connection depending on the season. A taxi into town or out to the hotel strip runs somewhere around MX$250-350; agree the fare before you get in, since meters are rare.
By road, Tampico is roughly seven hours from Monterrey, nine or ten from Mexico City, and about three from Ciudad Valles, the gateway to the Huasteca Potosina. First-class buses use one central terminal and the service is reliable. The rule nobody bends in Tamaulipas: travel in daylight, stick to toll roads, and do not drive between cities after dark.
Tampico, Ciudad Madero and Altamira run together as a single sprawl, but the distances are real — reckon 20 to 30 minutes from the old centre out to Playa Miramar depending on traffic. City buses cost on the order of MX$15, ride apps work well and usually undercut street taxis, and a rental car only earns its keep if you are splitting days between beach, centre and port.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The Centro Histórico is the part worth walking: the Plaza de Armas with its cathedral and, a block away, the Plaza de la Libertad, ringed by late-19th-century buildings with cast-iron balconies that gave Tampico its faintly New Orleans reputation. This is where the older, plainer hotels are, and where the US$50 floor from our scans generally comes from.
Midweek the centre empties after dark and the action shifts north to the Avenida Hidalgo corridor, home to the business-oriented chains, the shopping centres and a good share of the restaurants. It is the easiest base if you arrive by car or are here to work, and it is where our sample's typical figure of around US$99 actually lives.
Ciudad Madero and Playa Miramar are the seaside option: kilometres of sand, a promenade, and hotels and condo blocks facing the water. It works in summer and over long weekends, when prices climb accordingly; midweek in winter it can feel deserted. Check on a map whether the hotel really fronts the beach or sits several streets back — the difference matters here.
Altamira, further north, is port and industry, full stop: people sleep there for work and no other reason. If you like walking, the Colonia Petrolera, with its 1920s and 1930s houses built for oil company staff, and the Laguna del Carpintero, with its park and resident crocodiles, are the two urban outings that genuinely surprise visitors.
Eating and going out
The food here comes out of the water. Crab is king — stuffed, shredded into salpicón, packed into sandwiches — and shrimp from the Pánuco and the lagoons turns up in almost everything. A serious seafood plate runs somewhere around MX$250-400, while a set lunch downtown lands between MX$120 and MX$180. The central markets do the city's best breakfast and close early.
The torta de la barda is the local institution: a wide flat roll layered with beans, cheese, avocado, ham, breaded steak and more, sold from before dawn near the port wall it is named after. It costs little and replaces a whole meal. Carne a la tampiqueña, by contrast, was invented in Mexico City by a Tampico restaurateur — you can eat it here, minus the mythology.
Nightlife clusters along Avenida Hidalgo and the streets around it, where bars and terraces fill from Thursday to Saturday. In summer the Miramar promenade takes over, with palapas and music running late. This is a city that eats dinner late and warm; over long weekends and school holidays, when regional visitors arrive, book a table in advance.
Booking well
The sample is small: our 2026 scans logged 15 hotels with a real price in Tampico, from US$50 a night and typically around US$99. This is not a boutique market or a bargain-hunting one; it is a corporate market, which explains why the middle of the range sits higher than you would expect in a city without mass tourism.
The useful pattern is the reverse of a beach town's. Midweek demand is work-driven and the better hotels fill Monday to Thursday, while Friday and Saturday tend to open up gaps and softer rates. At Miramar it flips: weekends, summer and Holy Week are the busy, expensive stretches, and quiet midweek winter is when you name your price.
Before you pay, confirm three things: air conditioning that genuinely works, because from May to September it is not optional; parking if you are driving; and the real distance to wherever you plan to spend your days — the centre to the beach is a solid half hour in traffic. Travelling in hurricane season, take the cancellable rate.
Frequently asked about Hotel San Antonio
How much does Hotel San Antonio cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$115 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 San Antonio?
The address is 3317 Av. Miguel Hidalgo Guadalupe, Tampico, Mexico, Tampico. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel San Antonio have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, Air conditioning, Banquet, Bars and Bathroom. The full list (36 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel San Antonio?
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.
