I went to this hotel after being shown rooms in the neighbouring Hotel Colonial: they showed me a "cheaper" back room: dark, smelly and without a window - dreadful, and they wanted about $40 for that (the front rooms had light, for about 550 pesos, but prices change in line with hotel "policies").
This place also has back rooms and more pricey front rooms. In a back room you can see some rotting cement walls. At the front you can view the cathedral, the Zocalo, people and palm trees, so take your pick. The hotel has clearly had better days. It has an old-world charm, but needs a face lift and basic repairs. The antique lift is worked by a young porter who seldom speaks; you have to ring the bell to be taken up in the contraption. My room was OK, the view was the best part, the air conditioning was faint, so I turned it on with a fan, the bathroom was old, but clean. The room seemed clean.
- Imperial Hotel Veracruz
