4 Best Hotels in Alameda Central, Mexico City

The abstract red-and-blue mural in the lobby and cantilevered gray facade add a dramatic flourish to this hotel in the city's historic center. Geared to conventions, everything is oversized here, from the lobby to the five food-and-beverage outlets. Plush Italian furniture, gray-green carpeting, and Spanish marble are features of the guest rooms. Rooms display old photos of Centro Histórico. 

Suiting its name, this hotel occupies a stately late 19th-century building with a corner cupola right on the Reforma alongside the Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan, a monument to women's struggles. The hotel's Restaurant Gaudí serves Continental cuisine with some classic Spanish selections. First-floor executive rooms have small balconies and leatherette headboards, but many smaller details have been overlooked.

This comfortable, all-suites hotel right in the middle of the Reforma Avenue action is perfectly located to get you just about anywhere in the city in no time. It is within walking distance of the Zona Rosa, and some rooms offer scenic views of the nearby Monumento a la Revolución, which is lit up at night. Formerly owned by Air France, the chain maintains an aeronautical motif, with the property's geographical coordinates embedded in the lobby floor, and a mezzanine bar named Latitude. Rooms are spacious, furnished with queen- or king-size beds, marble bathrooms, sleeper sofas, and flat-screen TVs; each floor has a Premier Suite with panoramic views of Reforma Avenue.

A central location across from the Alameda Central is the main selling point for this property catering to business travelers on a budget. It features cordial service and clean, functional rooms decorated with black-and-white historical photographs and pops of bright colors, plus parquet floors and marble baths. A breakfast buffet is served daily in the simple Ikea-style café area on the ground floor, where the carnivalesque music of the city's ever-present organ grinders wafts in from the street. A small outdoor patio off the lobby with a (fake) ivy-covered wall is a nice place to sit and work while taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi available throughout the property.