Hotel Palapa Palace is a three-star hotel in Tuxtla. Guests have access to a pool, a restaurant and breakfast. It scores 4.3/5 across 1392 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans we observed rooms from US$57 per night. It sits about 5 km from the centre of Tuxtla. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Tuxtla: Tuxtla Gutiérrez is Chiapas's working capital and, for most travellers, the trip's first night: the state's main airport is here, and so is the mouth of the Sumidero Canyon. All hotels in Tuxtla →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 1 priced stays for Hotel Palapa Palace, with rates from US$57 a night. Rates in Tuxtla 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 Palapa Palace is at Boulevard Belisario Dominguez No. 4389, Tuxtla, Mexico. That puts it about 5 km from the centre of Tuxtla's hotel district, based on the coordinates in our scans. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is San Cristobal De Las Casas, about 52 km away — compare San Cristobal De Las Casas 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, breakfast in room, coffee, restaurant(s) and room service. On the wellness side there's 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, bath, bathroom, free wifi, iron and board and safe. The full list of 47 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.
Tuxtla for hotel guests
The executive hotels line Boulevard Belisario Domínguez to the west — the most comfortable zone — while the Centro, around the Parque de la Marimba, offers simple rooms with the best local evening scene: marimba plays free every night. Our 2026 scans logged 23 hotels with a real price: from US$30 a night and a typical rate of about US$49 — the cheapest of the 40 biggest cities in our dataset. Honestly: Tuxtla is hot, low-valley, and short on glamour; its role is logistics — Sumidero at dawn, Chiapa de Corzo at midday — before climbing to San Cristóbal, an hour up the highway. All hotels in Tuxtla →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.31392 reviewsMy family and I stayed here for 9 nights. My two brothers and my mom stayed here as well and we all were very satisfied. The location is very convenient since we were traveling to Berriozabal everyday. It had hot water, AC, and clean sheets. They could do better on the towels though as we got a few that were really brown looking but, overall it was good (I always pack our own towel so no big deal). The price was perfect as a hotel like this can cost you double in the states. The staff was super friendly and respectful and, the parking guard was a huge plus since we had a rental car. Anot…
Excellent place to stay! Very clean and friendly staff. It has a high clearance entrance to the parking area so you can come with a tall van or small RV. Pet friendly! For the price ($690 pesos for 1-2 people) I don’t think you can beat this spot. Great hot water pressure, cold AC, wifi is stronger in the common areas but reaches everywhere.
super loud at night, the waiter was miserable and rude, some of the word food i’ve had i mexico. we paid for 2 nights but the next morning we wanted to leave and they wouldn’t do refunds
Planning your trip to Tuxtla
When to go
The comfortable window runs November to March: dry, afternoons around 30-33°C and nights that finally drop. It is also the best stretch for the canyon, because after heavy rain the river carries rubbish and water hyacinth downstream, and what floats past the boat does not always match the picture you had in mind. December and January are the rounded months.
April to June is when Tuxtla shows its teeth: a low valley with no breeze, thermometers near 38°C and sticky nights. Nothing shuts down — the city works regardless — but your rhythm changes: canyon at dawn, siesta or pool at midday, streets again by seven. If heat wears you down, this is not your season.
June to September brings afternoon storms, usually short and cooling, and the canyon turns green; the Árbol de Navidad waterfall runs hard, though the river runs muddier. Prices barely move either way: demand is business and transit. The exceptions are January's Fiesta Grande in Chiapa de Corzo, Holy Week and the Mexican long weekends.
Getting there and around
Ángel Albino Corzo sits 30-45 minutes south down a low mountain road; authorised taxis and terminal vans run about MX$300-450 into the centre, and shared vans leave straight for San Cristóbal without touching the city. Flights are almost all domestic, with Mexico City the main artery. Landing late and sleeping on the boulevard is the practical move.
Overland, the main bus terminal sits on the western corridor: San Cristóbal an hour up the toll road, Palenque five or six hours, Oaxaca and Mexico City on long overnight runs. Colectivo vans to San Cristóbal leave every few minutes for something in the order of MX$70-100 — the choice for anyone travelling light.
In town, nearly everything hangs off one axis: Avenida Central, which becomes Boulevard Belisario Domínguez as it runs west. Taxis cost MX$50-90 across the urban area, colectivos are cheap and chaotic, and the ride-hailing apps work fine. For the canyon's rim lookouts — La Ceiba, La Coyota, El Roblar — a rental car or a tour is the only comfortable way.
Two honest warnings: the boulevard clogs at rush hour, and the Libramiento Norte bypass saves you the crosstown crawl if you are heading to Chiapa de Corzo or San Cristóbal. And road blockades do happen in Chiapas, with no notice and no schedule; if you have a flight, leave early and ask at reception before setting off.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Boulevard Belisario Domínguez holds the chain and business hotels: parking, air conditioning that actually works, breakfast included and a fast exit to the highway. It is the comfortable zone, not the pretty one. Ask for a room facing inward — the avenue is wide and loud at every hour of the day.
The Centro, around the Parque de la Marimba and the cathedral square, is the other pole: plain hotels, some in ageing buildings, steps from the best evening in town. This is where the US$30 rooms from our 2026 scans live, against a typical figure of about US$49 across the 23 hotels we priced. Check the room has air conditioning, not just a fan.
If the plan is the canyon at dawn, consider sleeping in Chiapa de Corzo instead: a colonial town half an hour east, walking distance from the pier and closer to the airport. It has few rooms, and in January the Parachicos fill and price them; outside those weeks it is a far pleasanter night than the valley floor.
By profile: one night in transit, the boulevard with an eastern exit; family in the heat, a hotel with a pool — here that is infrastructure, not luxury; budget plus atmosphere, the blocks around the Marimba; dawn flight, somewhere on the southern axis so you are not crossing town at five in the morning.
Eating and going out
Chiapas cooking is inland food and stands on its own: oven-roasted cochito, tamales of chipilín and tamal de bola, tasajo with pumpkin-seed sauce, butifarra sausage, and pozol — cold maize and cacao — as the antidote to one in the afternoon. A market breakfast runs about MX$60-100 and a set lunch MX$90-150 at 2025 prices.
Evenings start at the Parque de la Marimba: the band plays free, older couples dance danzón, and the tables around serve highland Chiapas coffee and tascalate. It is family-scaled, calm, and the best free thing in the city; arrive before seven if you want a chair.
The boulevard carries the other life: bars, late taquerías, air-conditioned restaurants and the malls where the city hides from the heat. Little charm, plenty of comfort. One climate rule for the street stalls: eat where you can see the turnover, and drink more water than you think you need.
Booking well
This is the cheapest market among the 40 biggest cities in our dataset: 23 hotels with a real price in the 2026 scans, from US$30 a night and a typical rate of about US$49. At those numbers, the gap between acceptable and genuinely good is a few dollars — and paying it is nearly always worth it.
A few days' notice usually does the job, except in January for the Fiesta Grande, at Holy Week and on long weekends. Before you confirm, check three things: that the air conditioning is in the room and working, that there is parking if you are driving, and what time breakfast opens — canyon days start before the kitchen does.
Do not overbuild the stay: one or two nights is the honest length. Tuxtla is a logistics base, not a multi-day destination; San Cristóbal, an hour up the road, is cooler and prettier for lingering — and dearer. The prices on this page are 2026 observations, per night: check the live rate with the widget before booking.
Frequently asked about Hotel Palapa Palace
How much does Hotel Palapa Palace cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$57 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 Palapa Palace?
The address is Boulevard Belisario Dominguez No. 4389, Tuxtla, Mexico, Tuxtla, about 5 km from the centre. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Palapa Palace have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, Air conditioning, Balcony, Banquet and Bars. The full list (47 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Palapa Palace?
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.
