Hotel Gran Centenario, a two-star property, sits in Merida. On site you'll find a pool, parking and wifi. It scores 3.9/5 across 546 guest reviews — a good rating. In our 2026 scans we observed rooms from US$40 per night.
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Facilities
Guest reviews
3.9546 reviewsThe rooms don't match the pictures and aren't well kept. If you have a room in the back you won't sleep unless you are deaf and you might still feel the vibrations of the night club next door since there is no isolation whatsoever. There was a door that lead to nowhere and let both light and mosquitoes in. The service was also dismal; when we told them that the toilet was leaking on arrival they just put a towel down on the floor around the toilet. The only good thing is that it is cheap and well placed in the city center.
The rooms are clean, spacious and well equipped. The bedding is comfortable and modem. The cold A/C is welcome considering the climate in Merida. There's a small pool in the courtyard. Filtered water is available near the front desk. I enjoyed my stay.
Pretty bad experience overall. It's very loud. The maids start slamming doors as hard as they can pretty early. The doorman acts like he's a bouncer. It's cheap and in a good location for Centro but it's not worth staying at more than one night. I booked 10 nights, left after 5 without getting a refund for me extra nights.
Planning your trip to Merida
When to go
The pleasant season runs November to March: days of 28-32°C, cool nights, and the city at its best — also its most expensive, peaking in January and over the year-end holidays. Holy Week rises less than on the coast.
April to June brings the real heat: 40°C and above, with the city empty of tourists at midday for good reason. June to September adds afternoon rain to the heat. That hot half-year is when our scans logged the best rates — Mérida is already cheap, and in summer more so.
The honest point: if extreme heat wears you down, do not schedule April-June; no colonial courtyard compensates for 42°C at two in the afternoon. November and February are the rounded months.
Getting there and around
The airport is 15-25 minutes from the Centro: taxi or app for about MX$150-350 at 2025 prices, and even a cheap city bus route if you travel light. It is one of the easiest arrivals in the country. Overland, ADO links Cancún (4 hours), Valladolid (2) and Campeche (2.5) with excellent frequencies, and the Tren Maya adds another route — check timetables as you go.
The Centro is entirely walkable, with the caveat of heat: the local rhythm is morning and evening, siesta or pool at midday. City buses are cheap and chaotic; ride-hailing apps work well and cost little.
For cenotes, haciendas and Uxmal you want a rental car or a tour: public transport to the villages exists but devours hours. The colectivo vans off Calles 67 and 69 reach many towns for a few pesos if time is what you have.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The Centro is the Mérida experience: colonial mansions turned boutique hotels with a courtyard and plunge pool, steps from the Plaza Grande, the markets and the museums. Our 2026 scan put the city's typical rate at US$63 — some of Mexico's best value — with everything from US$23 in the Centro. The blocks north of the plaza (Santa Lucía, Santa Ana) are the most desirable; south toward the market the price drops and the bustle rises.
Paseo de Montejo and its side streets are the second-best address: the avenue of mansions, with airier hotels, terraces and quiet nights, still walkable to the Centro in the cool of morning.
The modern north — malls, clinics, chains — only pays off with a car or for work: comfortable, predictable, and without a gram of the charm you came for. One practical note across all zones: in the old houses confirm air conditioning in the room, not just a fan — in May that difference is your sleep.
By profile: first cultural visit, the blocks between the Plaza Grande and Santa Lucía; couple on a budget, a pool casona around Santa Ana or Santiago; family, the big-pool hotels on Paseo de Montejo; long stay or remote work, the rentals of La Ermita and San Sebastián, the rising barrios south of the centre with still-gentle prices.
One heat-driven detail with outsized impact: rooms facing west cook in the afternoon and some colonial houses have bedrooms opening directly onto the pool patio — romantic in photos, loud at breakfast. Ask which room you are getting, not just which house.
Eating and going out
Yucatecan cooking is one of Mexico's three great cuisines and this is its home: Sunday cochinita pibil, afternoon salbutes and panuchos, sopa de lima, queso relleno. A market breakfast — Lucas de Gálvez or Santiago — runs about MX$60-100 in 2025 and is the fastest education; downtown loncherías serve set menus for MX$80-130.
The full-stall rule applies, with a climate caveat: raw and cold dishes at midday, turnover in plain sight.
Mérida's nights are serene and constant: the city programmes free music and folk dance almost nightly in rotating plazas — Monday at Santa Lucía is the classic — and the bars of Santa Lucía and Paseo de Montejo stretch the evening without shouting. This is a city where walking the Centro at night is safe, something worth saying explicitly in Mexico.
Booking well
Mérida is a kind market: 107 hotels with real prices in our 2026 scans, from US$23 with a typical rate of US$63. Outside January and the holidays, a week's notice usually suffices; for Christmas-to-Kings and Mexican long weekends, move a month early.
The boutique mansions have few rooms — four, six, eight — so the specific house you saw in photos does sell out even when the city does not: if you fell for one, lock it early. Verify the pool (in this climate it is infrastructure, not decoration), the air conditioning, and which floor the room is on — upper floors of the old houses hold the day's heat.
The price pattern is stable, without the coast's violent peaks: a cheap rigid rate is less risky here than in the Caribbean. Even so, the prices on this page are 2026 observations, per night — verify the live rate with the widget before booking.
Two final seasonal notes: in January and February the small downtown hotels fill with long-staying North Americans fleeing winter — book further ahead than Mérida usually requires. And if Chichén Itzá or Uxmal is on the plan, consider a night en route instead of a round trip: the early starts from Mérida run two hours each way and the heat punishes late arrivals.
Frequently asked about Hotel Gran Centenario
How much does Hotel Gran Centenario cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$40 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is Hotel Gran Centenario?
The address is Calle 55 #513 Entre 60 Y 62, Merida, Mexico, Merida, about 2 km from the centre. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Gran Centenario have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Air conditioning, Bars, Bath, Bathroom and Cleaning. The full list (30 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Gran Centenario?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
