Hostal Mayapan

I cant be biased and make this about the hotel zone but I have to say at least something. The hotel zone is terrible for travelers. Great for families on vacation who are looking for all inclusive packages so they can dump their kids in child care and go get smashed on bottomless margaritas on the beach. But its like the Las Vegas strip, nothing is real, everything is built for tourists and its priced to match that market. If you are a traveler, backpacker, nomad just stay in the city away from this tourist trap mess. With that said this hostel is affordable accommodations not even 5mins walking to 2 different public beach access points. cant beat that. thats really the only redeeming quality. other than that heres the list of cons: no hot water, poorly designed rooms with not enough sockets close to the beds to charge accessories while you sleep, limited AC times, poor quality breakfast, awkwardly designed kitchen area not compatible for more than 1 person cooking at a time, no social environment, run down and dirty. The very minimum of hostel standards appealing to the poorest of travelers with the goal of spending as little money as possible on accommodations while being as close as possible to the beaches of cancun. The food near by is poor quality and expensive. IF you are traveling through cancun just stay in the city, away from the hotel zone and take the bus into the beach. You will find much better accommodations, food, and entertainment for the price and the social atmosphere could only be better than what we experienced here in the hotel zone. Its basically feels like a run down shopping mall that they have converted different vendor stalls into guest rooms... but some are still vendors and some appear to be offices for other businesses. its strange and uncomfortable. We booked a private room with a king bed, I took a photo of this booking just because I had a sneaking suspicion they were going to play a shell game with me and they did. When we arrived we were told there were no private rooms available but they could put us in a 5 bed dorm for the same price. The said they would let us use the whole dorm privately BUT dorm beds are still $6-$12 a night and we paid $44 for a king bed private room. No one else was staying in the hostel so we basically just paid $22 each to stay in a dorm that normally cost $12.

I’d stay here again! After losing my passport in maya riveria, the canadian embassy recommended this place to us. Of course it was a shock going from a 4 1/2 star resort to a hostel by after the second day I was good and actually began to enjoy my experience here. We were here for a total of three nights. Pros: The staff never hesitated when we need something! We even had a housekeepers come to our private hostel room everyday to clean and make the bed. comfy and CLEAN bed king sized bed free breakfast great location friendly environment felt safe air conditioning lockers Cons you hear everything. in the hallway and the room next to you

I couldn't afford 5 star, come to think of it, i couldn't afford a hotel. So i was very pleased with the shared dorm and met travellers from all over the world. Went on a couple of excursions made lots of friends, and just minutes away from beaches and nightlife.