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The Antigua Academia de San Carlos is a historic art school in the Cuauhtémoc area of Mexico City, long a training ground for the country's painters and architects. Its colonial halls stand in the old centre of the capital.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
Hotel Templo Mayor is the closest listed hotel to Antigua Academia de San Carlos, 390 m away and a 6-minute walk. The 3-star property keeps pets allowed, family rooms and free wifi, which suits travellers who want the museum on their doorstep and a simple base for the historic centre.
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Viajero CDMX Centro Hostel is 440 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, about 7 minutes on foot. The 2-star hostel offers a bar or snack café, a kitchen and air conditioning, with free wifi, so guests can cook, meet other travellers and still walk to the museum in minutes.
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Hotel Patria sits 550 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, an 8-minute walk. This 3-star hotel provides a bar or snack café, family rooms and free wifi, a straightforward choice for anyone who wants to reach the museum on foot and have a drink nearby afterwards.
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Hotel Roble is 560 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, around 8 minutes on foot. The 3-star hotel serves breakfast and keeps family rooms, air conditioning and free wifi, so guests can start the day with a meal before walking over to the museum.
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Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique is the 5-star option on this list, 610 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos and a 9-minute walk. It offers family rooms, air conditioning and free wifi, pairing a higher class of stay with an easy walk to the museum.
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Best Western Majestic stands 610 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, about 9 minutes on foot. The 3-star hotel includes breakfast, a bar or snack café, family rooms and free wifi, which covers a morning meal and an evening drink within walking range of the museum.
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Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral is 600 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, a 9-minute walk, and the listed hotel in Cuauhtemoc. The 2-star hostel has a bar or snack café, family rooms, a kitchen and free wifi, useful for guests who want to cook and stay close to the museum.
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Hotel Amigo Suites is 620 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, roughly 9 minutes on foot. The 2-star hotel keeps family rooms, a kitchenette and free wifi, giving guests the option to prepare light meals between visits to the museum and the surrounding historic centre.
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Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico Zocalo View is 640 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, a 10-minute walk. The 4-star hotel offers breakfast, a fitness center, air conditioning and free wifi, so guests can eat, train and cool off before or after walking to the museum.
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Hostal Casa MX Centro is 660 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, about 10 minutes on foot. The 3-star hostel provides a gymnasium, a kitchen and free wifi, suiting travellers who want to keep up a routine and cook while staying within walking distance of the museum.
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Most of the listed hotels sit in Mexico City proper, putting the museum within a short walk of the door. Hotel Templo Mayor is 390 m away, about 6 minutes on foot, and Hotel Patria is 550 m out, roughly 8 minutes. Slightly further come Hotel Roble at 560 m and the 5-star Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique at 610 m, a 9-minute walk. Pairs of guests, families and business travellers all have options here, and the streets between these hotels and the museum are the sort you can cover on foot without planning a ride.
Cuauhtemoc also has a place on this list. Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral, a 2-star property, stands 600 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos, around 9 minutes on foot, and it is the only listed hotel in the area. It keeps a bar or snack café, a kitchen and family rooms, which suits travellers who want to cook some of their own meals and stay within walking range of the museum. For anyone comparing Antigua Academia de San Carlos hotels by area, Cuauhtemoc is a practical alternative to Mexico City when the closest addresses are taken.
Getting to Antigua Academia de San Carlos is easy on foot from the nearest hotels. Hotel Templo Mayor is just 390 m away, a 6-minute walk, and Viajero CDMX Centro Hostel follows at 440 m, about 7 minutes. From Hotel Patria at 550 m and Hotel Roble at 560 m, expect 8 minutes on foot; Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique and Best Western Majestic, both 610 m out, take around 9 minutes. The next group, including Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral and Hotel Amigo Suites at 600 m and 620 m, still walks in 9 minutes, while Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico Zocalo View at 640 m is a 10-minute walk. Farther out, Hotel Zócalo Central at 710 m and NH Collection México City Centro Histórico at 740 m are 11-minute walks or a very short ride. Arriving from the airport, take a taxi or app-based car, and build traffic into the plan.
Antigua Academia de San Carlos is a museum attraction in Mexico City, long associated with the Academy of San Carlos, the city's historic art academy and one of the oldest art institutions in the Americas. Visitors come for the building itself, its galleries and its position in the historic centre. The area around it holds 2 hotels within 500 m, 24 within 1 km and 50 within 2 km, so the shortlist below ranks hotels near Antigua Academia de San Carlos by distance and walk time, with class and facilities noted for each. Mexico City sits at an altitude of 2,240 metres, so drink water and keep your first day light. From June to September, rain usually arrives in a two-hour burst most afternoons, while mornings are generally fine, making a morning visit to the museum the easier plan.
Hotel Templo Mayor is the closest hotel we list, about 6 min walk · 390 m from Antigua Academia de San Carlos in a straight line, in Mexico City.
Yes: 24 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Antigua Academia de San Carlos, about a 15-minute walk, and 2 are within 500 m. The closest is Hotel Templo Mayor, 390 m away.
Hotel Zócalo Central, Hotel Castropol, Hotel Unico list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
None of the hotels near Antigua Academia de San Carlos has enough guest reviews yet to compare scores; the list above is ordered by walking time, then stars.
7 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Antigua Academia de San Carlos have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique (610 m).
Several do. Hotel Templo Mayor, Hotel Patria, Hotel Roble, Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique, Best Western Majestic, Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral, Hotel Amigo Suites and Hotel Zócalo Central all list family rooms among their facilities, across 2-star to 5-star properties near the museum.
Viajero CDMX Centro Hostel, Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral and Hostal Casa MX Centro list a kitchen, and Hotel Amigo Suites offers a kitchenette. All four sit within about 620 m to 660 m of the museum, so guests can prepare their own meals and still walk there.