Best Western Riviera Tuxpan is a four-star hotel in Tuxpan. On site you'll find parking, wifi and air conditioning. It scores 4.1/5 across 1166 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$82 to US$83 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Tuxpan: Tuxpan is a river town before it is a beach town. All hotels in Tuxpan →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 2 priced stays for Best Western Riviera Tuxpan: rates ran from US$82 to US$83 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Tuxpan 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
Best Western Riviera Tuxpan is at Boulevard Jesus Reyes Heroles 17 A, Tuxpan, Mexico. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Poza Rica De Hidalgo, about 49 km away — compare Poza Rica De Hidalgo 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 and room service. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage and parking. In the room itself: air conditioning, free wifi, hairdryer, iron and board, safe 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 four-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
Tuxpan for hotel guests
The malecón along Boulevard Jesús Reyes Heroles is the real centre: small boats ferrying people across to Santiago de la Peña, cargo ships easing upstream, seafood counters and the evening stroll. The beach sits about twelve kilometres east, out along the coast road. This is a port, oil and transit city on the edge of the Huasteca, and its hotels reflect that. Our 2026 scans found just 5 properties with a live rate: from US$75 a night, with a typical figure of around US$82 — a small sample, tilted toward business hotels. All hotels in Tuxpan →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.11166 reviewsRight in the heart of the Riviera in Tuxpan this hotel is within walking distance of every thing that you'll need.
A nice and comfortable hotel. Good service. Just don't stay in the "PB" rooms because they don't have good internet service, and are really noisy. If you stay here you can walk to the downtown, and enjoy the river view.
My towel had poop on it , all they did was exchange it...Not even an I'm sorry. Rude people with no education,The king size bed is hard as a rock and the front desk just laughs about it, the patio outside of the room is so dangerous for anyone because the ac unit leaks water and wets the patio floor, someone can literally die if they slip and fall. it's nothing like best wester in United States Not even like the others in Monterrey...This place is the worst it just has the name not the quality.The pictures are not from here, the hotel rooms are not as shown the king size room had window u it…
Planning your trip to Tuxpan
When to go
November to April is the comfortable window, with days between 25 and 30°C and humidity you can live with. The local complication is the nortes: cold fronts arriving between October and March that drop temperatures to 15-18°C, whip up wind and leave the river choppy and the sky grey for two or three days. They do not ruin a trip, but they ruin beach plans.
May to September brings the serious heat: 33-36°C with heavy humidity and afternoon storms. Hurricane season runs June to November, and while a direct hit is rare, the remnants of a storm can dump days of rain and flood low roads. Working air conditioning and window screens matter here, not as luxuries but as basics.
Occupancy peaks at Easter, in July and August, and on the long weekends, when visitors arrive from Poza Rica, Pachuca and Mexico City. If you are travelling for work, expect busier midweeks year-round. February, warm but outside any holiday calendar, is usually the most balanced month to come.
Getting there and around
Most people arrive by road. From Mexico City it is around 300 kilometres and close to five hours on the México-Tuxpan toll highway, with tolls that are not cheap. Coming from the north, Tampico is about three hours down the coast, Poza Rica just under an hour inland, and the ruins of El Tajín roughly ninety minutes away.
Buses are frequent to the capital and useful for Poza Rica, Tampico, Xalapa and the city of Veracruz. There is no commercial airport in Tuxpan itself; the nearest strip, at Poza Rica, has very limited service, so most flyers land in Tampico or Veracruz and continue overland for three or four hours.
In town, the centre and the malecón are walkable. The passenger launches crossing to Santiago de la Peña cost a handful of pesos and are the most useful — and most enjoyable — transport in the city. Town taxis run about MX$50-80, rising to MX$150-250 for the beach. Local buses head that way too, but infrequently.
One honest caveat: in northern Veracruz it is worth driving in daylight, particularly on the Tampico road and the rural stretches into the Huasteca. Nothing dramatic, but arriving before dark makes everything simpler.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The centre, between Parque Reforma, the parish church and the malecón, is the best base without a car. Seafood restaurants, the market, banks and the boat landing are all within a few blocks. The trade-offs are weekend noise on some streets and genuinely difficult parking if you have driven in.
The Playa Tuxpan road holds the beachfront hotels, about twelve kilometres from the centre. It works for a family beach trip: you sleep to the surf and walk straight onto the sand. Without a car you are tied to taxis for every meal beyond the hotel, and midweek out of season the strip can feel very quiet.
Along the Tampico highway and across the river in Santiago de la Peña, the stock is functional work-trip lodging: wide parking, quick exits, minimal charm. It is a sensible choice if you are passing through toward the Huasteca or have an early appointment at the port or the industrial zone.
On price, keep expectations grounded. Our 2026 scans turned up only 5 hotels with a published rate, from US$75 and with a typical figure of around US$82. That is a thin sample weighted to business properties; simpler guesthouses exist that rarely appear online and are usually sorted out on arrival.
Eating and going out
The food here is river and Gulf. Shrimp, oysters, blue crab and red snapper anchor the menus along the malecón and the beach road. A main course generally lands between MX$150 and MX$250, seafood cocktails somewhat less. At lunchtime the central market serves the same repertoire faster and cheaper.
You are also on the edge of the Veracruz Huasteca, so look for the other tradition: zacahuil at weekends, bocoles stuffed with beans or cheese, regional enchiladas, coffee from the nearby sierra. This is fonda and market-stall cooking rather than tablecloth dining, and that is much of its appeal.
Nightlife is modest and family-shaped. The real ritual is the sunset walk along the malecón, boats crossing, heat finally easing. In high season there is music at the beach palapas and a few bars in town; midweek outside holidays, kitchens close earlier than visitors expect.
Booking well
With so few hotels in our data, there is no point pretending you can shop twenty options. Check specific dates, confirm directly with the property, and never assume walk-in availability over a long weekend or at Easter. Beach hotels fill first and rise most; central and highway places track the port's working calendar instead.
Before paying, settle three things: air conditioning that genuinely works, parking if you are driving, and the exact distance to the centre or the sand. Twelve kilometres looks trivial on a map and feels long when every dinner means a round-trip taxi in the dark.
From June to November, favour rates with flexible cancellation. A strong front can close the beach or complicate the highway for a couple of days, and prepaying with no room to move is an avoidable risk on this stretch of coast.
One last thought: many travellers use Tuxpan as a stop en route to El Tajín, the Tamiahua lagoon or the pyramid at Castillo de Teayo. If that is you, one well-chosen night near the malecón is worth more than two in a highway hotel with nothing around it.
Frequently asked about Best Western Riviera Tuxpan
How much does Best Western Riviera Tuxpan cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$82 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 Best Western Riviera Tuxpan?
The address is Boulevard Jesus Reyes Heroles 17 A, Tuxpan, Mexico, Tuxpan. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Best Western Riviera Tuxpan have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Bars, Cleaning and Coffee. The full list (32 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Best Western Riviera Tuxpan?
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.
