HOTEL VILLA CALAKMUL

Very decent with very helpful staff although not speaking English

- great location for Calakmul - spacious rooms - parking available (3 car parking in the private parking but you can park outside and it's safe)

This a basic, no-frills hotel. It was acceptably comfortable. The A/C worked well (which is critical). The location is away from the main street which has incessant noisy traffic and dust and this is one of the few hotels in town that avoids these issues. Off-street parking in a gated yard so the car was safe. There is a communal fridge in the lobby for your cold drinks and snacks.

Downsides: TV didn't work. "When will it be restored?" "Maybe next week." I don't watch TV so I didn't much care but someone else might. There is no coffee/tea service in the lobby, unlike what their website says. My front door had cracks in it which could allow bugs in. During my five days, I encountered two roaches in my room.

The room was very large and the bathroom had hot water. The staff or the girl at reception wasn't very informative/helpful but I think she may have been new. When I asked about a colectivo to Calakmul she called the owner lady who came over and gave me a number to call. When I called the guy who said he was from Ruta Calakmul, he was very helpful and arranged for the Colectivo to come and collect the following day at 7am.

Xpujil is a dreadful place - especially with the construction of the aqueduct, the road,, the Tren Maya and the 5* hotel in the jungle 10km from the ruins. Hundreds of trucks are continually going into and out of town so the noise and pollution is appalling.

The trucks from the Maya Tren were very loud

Staff is Nice, But the rooms are big and very clean. Also big and confortible beds.

The main street is under construction

Small family run business, is very well located and quiet, off the main road, which was very dusty and very noisy with all the construction work associated with Tren Maya. It was 10 min walk from the bus station and 10 min walk to the Xpujil Mayan site. The room was clean and basic, with a very comfortable bed. Great shower, hot water, high pressure. We could pre-order breakfasts to have in our room or lunchboxes for the next day. We tried a breakfast and it was good.

Sheets weren't quite big enough for the bed.

Everything was fine

Villa Calakmul is a simple/basic hotel with 8 clean rooms, spread over the ground floor and the first floor. We stayed in room 6 on the first floor. A large room with air conditioning and two excellent beds. We slept well there. Very good (clean) quality for what you pay. The good thing about this small hotel is that the 'back' of the hotel is to the main road. In contrast to other (mainly to be avoided) hotels that are located on the main road, this hotel was hardly affected by the traffic(noise) and the work on the (broken up) main road that runs through the town and especially the flow of trucks working on the construction of the Mayan Railway. We have the impression that it will take a few months before the noise along the main road and the mud in the town disappears. The hotel is a good location for visiting Calakmul. However, expect that it will take about an hour by car before you reach the side road that goes to Calakmul. Then it took about 2 hours (60 km) on a very potholed and under construction road with a speed limit of 30 km to reach the ruins. We were there at 9:40 am, well in time because entrance tickets are only sold until 11:30 am.

There was a sewage smell in the bathroom in the morning. No breakfast, but there are a number of restaurants along the (muddy) main road where you can have breakfast for a very reasonable price.