We arrived in Veracruz and went to hotel Concha Dorada right away because our girlfriend had been there in the past and wanted to say there again. Unfortunately the place was full but I had checked Tripadvisor before our trip and since the reviews for hotel Hawaii were good we walked to that hotel and they had 2 rooms available. One single for 1000 and a double for 1200 pesos.
Nice, clean rooms but a little too sterile for us with almost white marble floors, white walls, nothing colorful at all so it looked more like a hospital but for the rest it was very OK with a friendly staff and great view.
We wanted to stay for 1 night and the idea was check in at the Concha
Dorada the next day. We went there, the man in charge showed us two rooms and boy, what a terrible old place that was. Old, dirty and we were glad they were booked the previous night. After Concha Dorada we went to hotel Imperial and that's the same story. The lobby is OK but after seeing several rooms we were very glad we could return to hotel Hawaii to stay there for another night.
Veracruz is very relaxed and the square has many nice restaurants for a cup of coffee in the morning, drinks in the afternoon and evening and of course meals. It was very busy during the weekend with an orchestra and mariachis playing, people dancing, people selling balloons and cigars, a street market and it looks like one of the best zocalo's of the country.
- Hawaii Hotel Veracruz
