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Almada 415, San Luis Potosi 78000, Mexico
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Ranked #20 of 38 hotels in San Luis Potosi
4.0 of 5 stars 3 Reviews
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Guanajuato, Mexico
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“Not Recommended”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 April 2008
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My husband and I visited San Luis Potosí (the city) in April 2007. As we didn't know the city and wanted to find a cheap place close to the center, we went with a popular guidebook's recommendation.

When we told the cab driver we wanted to go to the Hotel Progreso, he was incredulous. He asked if we were sure we wanted to go there. That should have been our first clue that the guidebook wasn't telling the whole truth.

Decades ago, the hotel probably was "the" place to stay in the center of town. Though it is cheap ($270 pesos a night) and centrally-located, it is not very clean (I dropped something and had to get on my hands and knees to look for it. I saw who-knows-what under the bed! I'm sure no one has cleaned under it for years!).

The bathroom is tiny and grungy. The towels are thin and not especially clean.

The cleaning staff was friendly and always very busy, though we never saw any other guests at the hotel.

Needless to say, we will be looking for another place to lay our heads for our next visit to San Luis!

Another thing....don't eat in the hole-in-the-wall restaurant in the hotel. The cook was smoking while she was cooking!! The ash from her cigarette nearly fell into my huevos rancheros!!

  • Liked — It is only two blocks from the main plazas in the historic center.
  • Disliked — The room was dirty and the hotel had an odd, nursing-home smell.
  • Stayed April 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
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San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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“Decent stay in Hotel Progreso”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 July 2007
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The correct address for Hotel Progreso is Ignacio Aldama 415. This is
a very old hotel in the very old historic center of San Luis de Potosi. The cost was 290 pesos (about $29 USD) per night. They would not negotiate for a weekly rate as it was during the high season. You don't need a reservation as this is a low end hotel. We checked out about 5 hotels before choosing Progreso. The others were either nasty nasty (Hotel Alameda next to the Alameda bus area) or the same level of accomodation for a higher price (Hotel Del Rio & Napoli). No one speaks English so know some Spanish before you come here. The hotel has old world charm along with old world dinginess. Look at multiple rooms before choosing one, they are different and have different furnishings. Very basic rooms with wood floors and 12 foot ceilings. Take a room which opens to the inside as the outside facing rooms will bring you much closer to the disco across the street than you want to be. The inside rooms have adequate ventilation and are quiet. The beds and linens were clean but wear shower shoes in the bathrooms and watch out for the cucarauches after dark. You can get a fan for your room but you have to ask for it in the morning. There is a great family run cafe downstairs called Las Corotas. Even after we moved out of the hotel we continued
to eat our meals there. The city historic center is lovely with lots of plazas within a few blocks of each other and some beautiful churches but other than that we were dissappointed with the city. It isn't set up for tourism or visitors.

  • Stayed June 2007
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
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