Hotel Don Simon is a three-star hotel in Toluca. On site you'll find a restaurant, parking and wifi. 1546 guests rate it 3.9 out of 5. Observed 2026 prices moved between US$58 and US$68 per night. It sits about 6 km from the centre of Toluca. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Toluca: Toluca is the capital's high-altitude neighbour: at 2,660 metres it is Mexico's coldest major city, and its hotels live off work — industrial parks, the State of Mexico government, and an airport that doubles as Mexico City's alternate. All hotels in Toluca →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 11 priced stays for Hotel Don Simon: rates ran from US$58 to US$68 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. As with most hotels in Toluca, midweek nights tend to come in cheaper than weekends, and booking two or more weeks ahead widens the choice of rooms with free cancellation. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Hotel Don Simon is at Mariano Matamoros 202, Toluca, Mexico. That puts it about 6 km from the centre of Toluca's hotel district, based on the coordinates in our scans. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Naucalpan De Juarez, about 44 km away — compare Naucalpan De Juarez 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 restaurant(s). Practical services include 24 hour front desk, currency exchange, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage and parking. In the room itself: free wifi, iron and board, safe, shower, tv and wifi. The full list of 33 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
The booking flow is three steps: dates and guests in this page's widget, the live price on app.impt.io, and instant confirmation. 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.
Toluca for hotel guests
The executive hotels group along the airport-Metepec corridor; Metepec, with its pottery-town pueblo mágico, is in fact the most pleasant place to sleep. The Centro, around the arcades and the Cosmovitral stained-glass garden, offers simple rooms at fair prices. Our 2026 scans logged 22 hotels with a real price: from US$50 a night and a typical rate of about US$77, with weekends notably cheaper. Honestly: Toluca is a practical stop more than a destination — the prize is the Nevado de Toluca, whose crater lakes sit ninety minutes away, and the arcades: green chorizo and queue-free museums. All hotels in Toluca →
Facilities
Guest reviews
3.91546 reviewsThis hotel is in best location in budget. However it is lacking basic amenities like hair dryer, proper plugpoints and supply water. There is only one chair and table I the room, it can be atleast 2 chairs. Parking g facility is very good. Elevators are working as expected. I can say nice stay here with no view of mountains. Centro is very close ans easily accesable.
It is a small room with nothing special. The TV hasn't cable. In the morning I was sleeping and the service girl opened the room door and then when she realized that I was there she closed it. The toilet was flushing water constantly. I mean, it was not a bad experience, but, for the price, I think that you can get something better.
The location was good, the resturaunt was alright, the staff was friendly.. This is why I went 3 instead of lower. Other than that not a great stay. Got there at 2 tried to check in, they told me I had to wait an hour or pay more. Whatever I walked around for 3 hours and thankfully found a parking spot close by.. When I returned they still had issues finding a room but eventually found one. I then walked into a sweat box with the sun magnified through the large window. The room never seemed to cool off after the sun went down and I was sweating all night. No ac or fan and only a tiny op…
Planning your trip to Toluca
When to go
November to February gives you the clearest skies of the year: dry sun, afternoons around 20°C, volcanoes cut sharp on the horizon. The cost is the cold — nights at or below zero, frost on windscreens. It is also when the Nevado wakes up white, and when you should ask twice about the heating.
March through May are the mild months: 24-26°C by day, afternoon wind, and the best window for the crater without ice. In exchange the valley turns dry and dusty, and April's agricultural burning hazes the air. Downtown is walkable without a heavy coat.
June to September it rains most afternoons, sometimes with hail, and the highway to Mexico City becomes a punishment. Mornings usually break bright, so an early start still buys you a full day. The Nevado, though, spends more days wrapped in cloud than in view.
Prices here move by day of the week, not by season: Monday to Thursday belongs to executives and conferences; Friday to Sunday the rates loosen. The calendar exception is the Feria del Alfeñique, from late October to 2 November, when sugar-skull stalls fill the old centre.
Getting there and around
The airport is small and easy: 15-25 minutes to Metepec or the centre, and a taxi in the order of MX$200-350 at 2025 prices, with an authorised rank at the door and ride-hailing that works. It mostly handles low-cost flights, and as Mexico City's alternate it saves you the crossing of the valley.
From Mexico City, buses leave Observatorio and Santa Fe every few minutes: 1-1.5 hours for roughly MX$100-150, except Friday afternoon, when the motorway seizes up. The El Insurgente train skips the traffic altogether, but its western terminus sits in Zinacantepec — budget for the last leg to your hotel.
The old centre walks end to end: the Cosmovitral, the arcades and the Plaza de los Mártires are fifteen minutes apart at most. Beyond that Toluca is wide and spread out — Metepec is 20 minutes and something like MX$100-150 by taxi. City buses are cheap and useful once you know the routes.
For the Nevado, Valle de Bravo, Malinalco or Teotenango you need a car or a tour. The crater road climbs off the Sultepec highway and the final dirt stretch punishes low cars; leave early, carry water and walk slowly, because you are above 4,000 metres.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Metepec is the short answer for most people: a municipality with its own life, a pueblo mágico of potters with its Calvario hill and parish church, real restaurants, and the newest hotels in the valley, priced around the typical rate we logged, in the order of US$75. Twenty minutes to central Toluca, twenty to the airport.
The airport and industrial corridor — San Pedro Totoltepec, the Toluca 2000 zone, Lerma — holds the executive hotels: parking, breakfast included, a desk, dawn transfers. Midweek they live off industry; at weekends they empty and drop their rates. The trade-off is obvious: nowhere to walk to at night.
The Centro keeps the cheapest rooms — from the US$50 a night we saw in our 2026 scans — in plain hotels around the arcades, the cathedral and the Cosmovitral. You gain museums, market and breakfast on foot; you lose quiet, because the central avenues are loud, and many old buildings have never met a radiator.
By profile: early flight or factory visit, the airport corridor; couples and families who want a pleasant town, Metepec; tight budget and a museum plan, the Centro. And the check that matters more here than a pool does on the coast: heating, enough blankets, and hot water with pressure at six in the morning.
Eating and going out
Green chorizo — coriander, chilli, almond — is Toluca's signature, and its natural form is a torta under the arcades, in the order of MX$50-90 at 2025 prices. The red version, sweeter, works the same way. A market breakfast of broth or tacos de plaza runs MX$70-130 and kills the cold outright.
Weekends belong to lamb barbacoa and its consommé; midweek, downtown loncherías serve set lunches for roughly MX$100-150. For afterwards, the market's crystallised fruit sweets and moscos, the local orange liqueur sold around the old centre and not easily forgotten.
Nightlife means Metepec: the pueblo's centre and its restaurant avenues hold the bars, with a student crowd. Central Toluca shuts early and the streets empty — nothing dramatic, but come back by app or authorised taxi, and go out in a proper coat.
One altitude note: at 2,660 metres two drinks land like three, and you will feel it next morning if the Nevado is on the plan. Drink water, eat early, and save the long night for the end of the trip, once you have acclimatised.
Booking well
Toluca is a small market: our 2026 scans found 22 hotels with a real price, from US$50 a night and a typical rate in the order of US$75. With that little inventory, one conference week moves the needle — book several days ahead midweek; for a weekend, Thursday notice usually does it.
Ask what you would never ask elsewhere: whether the heating is built in or a plug-in unit, how many blankets the bed carries, whether hot water arrives with pressure early, and whether the window faces Paseo Tollocan. Minor details on the coast, decisive here in January.
Two dates to watch: the Alfeñique fair saturates the old centre in late October, and Mexican long weekends push demand into Metepec and Valle de Bravo. Snow on the Nevado, by contrast, fills the road and the park's car park long before the hotels — the problem those days is arriving, not sleeping.
And the usual: the prices on this page are 2026 observations, per night, and executive rates track that week's corporate demand — check the live figure with the widget before you commit. If the Nevado or Valle de Bravo is your real plan, consider one night here and moving on rather than three.
Frequently asked about Hotel Don Simon
How much does Hotel Don Simon cost?
In our 2026 scans we found rooms from US$58 a night. Rates move with dates and occupancy — check the live price with the availability widget on this page.
Where is Hotel Don Simon?
Hotel Don Simon is at Mariano Matamoros 202, Toluca, Mexico, in Toluca, about 6 km from the centre. You can open the exact location in Google Maps with this page's "View on map" link.
What facilities does Hotel Don Simon have?
Facilities the hotel reports include: 24 Hour Front Desk, Banquet, Bars, Carpeted, Cleaning and Copy. The full list (33 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Don Simon?
Use the gold button or the availability widget: choose dates, see the live price on app.impt.io and complete the booking there. Most rooms allow free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
