I was in a bussiness trip, and el Camino Real is close to the WTC and close to the Villa Rica Restaurant. I always enjoy staying at Camino Real Hotels

Spent three nights at this hotel while in Veracruz giving lectures at a medical convention. The hotel was clean and safe and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Don't expect as much English as you might in more popular resort locations like Cancun, Cabos, or Puerto Vallarta. You WILL need to exchange some $$ as the local establishments are not equipped to take US $$ and some do not take credit cards. Glad I did it at the airport as the hotel NEVER had cash to exchange for me for any day I was there! The hotel is showing signs of wear and tear, but the accommodations are comfortable and adequate. The "balconies" are token at best. Not enough room to put a chair outside to sit, but you can stand on the balcony and look out over the pool and beach. The pool is nice and well maintained. There is a pool bar but I never saw it open. There is 1 restaurant. Decent food, slow service, limited menu. A few excellent restaurants nearby (short walk or quick cab ride). The beach is NOT white sand. It is sort of a "muddy" sand mix, and hard packed. The water looks murky because of the brown muddy sand, but it is actually pretty clear. Gentle waves to calm waters. Walking up and down the beach in the early morning seems to be a popular local activity. Lots of people and their dogs walking up and down this beach area. All very friendly with greetings as you pass by. All in all, this was a decent hotel. Served its purpose well for a business trip (near the convention center). But I would not choose it for a vacation trip. Pretty far from downtown and historical area, and really not much to do or see. But I guess if you were looking for a fun and exciting beach vacation in Mexico, you probably would not be coming to Veracruz anyway (or at least shouldn't be).

We are here now. Checked in yesterday and the girl that checked us in hardly said Hi much less "welcome"...she asked me to sign a piece of paper verifying how many people were in our party and our type of room and gave us a key....gave us NO information on ANYTHING, how to connect to internet, where to get ice, how to use the lock box inside, nothing about how to use the locked refrig in the room...NOTHING.......the bell boy told us more than she did......then today, we went out to the pool all day and the service was CRAP....we ordered drinks and 45 min later, we got them...then we finally got someone to bring us a menu..we ordered and 45 min we got our food. Our 5 year old got a hot dog .....it came plain so we asked for ketchep.....they NEVER brought it....and they never asked us if we needed anything to drink with our meal.....terrible terrible service by the pool........the room was good and we actually had a good view of the beach....but like I said...the poolside and check in service of this hotel would make me choose another hotel next time we come....

Camino real is a luxury chain, so you'll get what you expected. It is a ocean front property with swimming pool, nice rooms and nice staff. it's a great choice if you are traveling with kids, however it's kind of far from the Historic Center.