Gateway to Grutas de Tolantongo: Best Hotels to Experience in 2024
Gateway to Grutas de Tolantongo: Best Hotels to Experience in 2024
The grutas de Tolantongo is one of the natural wonders of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.
Its hot springs are internationally known. Because of this, more and more visitors are coming here every year.
If you haven’t been able to visit them yet, you should check them out.
In today’s post, I will show you the best grutas de Tolantongo hotels if you decide to visit. Keep in mind that the hotels in the area do not offer online reservations.
Where is Tolantongo, Mexico?
Las grutas de Tolantongo is located in Hidalgo (about 200 km from Mexico City).
I recommend leaving early because the drive is approximately four hours from Mexico City.
Take the highway to Pachuca, heading to Actopan and then to Ixmiquilpan. From there, you will see the signs to reach the Tolantongo Caves.
When you get there, you can go directly to the caves or take the road to the pools.
I opted for the pools because that is where the Hotel Paraíso Escondido is located, where I stayed.
Grutas de Tolantongo hotels: TOP 5
1. Hotel Paraíso Escondido
Hotel Paraiso is one of the favorites for its comfort and service.
It is a spacious hotel with 97 cozy rooms where you can enjoy warm days full of relaxation and comfort in contact with nature.
The hotel is decorated in bright orange, contrasting with the peaceful environment. It is also surrounded by corridors from which you can enjoy beautiful views.
Read the complete guide to Las Grutas de Tolantongo
The rooms are spacious, decorated soberly, but very comfortable. All of them have private bathrooms with showers.
Here you can choose from several rooms: single, double, triple, with a balcony, and if you are traveling with your family, you can opt for a cabin.
Room rates are between 650 pesos ($33) and 1100 pesos ($58).
2. Hotel La Gruta
This is the closest hotel to the tunnel, the caves, and the river.
It is cozy, your ideal hotel if you want to relax and pamper yourself for a few days.
Hotel La Gruta is decorated in a modern style, with beautiful common areas where you can sit and enjoy a good book, listen to music, or admire the Tolantongo complex.
There are 100 rooms distributed in various categories: single, double, triple, and special double.
Some have a balcony where you can appreciate the river and the nature surrounding the hotel.
The rooms are decorated in light colors, spacious, and very bright.
According to those who have stayed here, the beds are very comfortable, especially for resting after a busy day in the caves. All rooms have private bathrooms with showers.
3. Hotel La Huerta
This comfortable hotel is located very close to the trail that runs through part of the exuberant nature of Tolantongo.
It is only open on weekends.
It is decorated with simplicity, but despite that, it is very nice, and its atmosphere is warm and cozy. It has a total of 34 rooms, from single to triple.
They have the essentials: wooded furniture, fans, and full bathrooms. Here you can choose between rooms with and without a balcony.
You will find a grocery store on the hotel’s first floor. There is also a store where you can buy special aquatic shoes for visiting the caves.
Room rates range from 650 pesos ($35) to 1000 ($54).
4. Molanguito Hotel Tolantongo
The Molanguito Hotel is located 8 km from the park.
It is an intimate and small hotel with all amenities for your enjoyment in Tolantongo. It is open only on weekends.
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Its terracotta-colored facade contrasts significantly with the surrounding environment.
The rooms are cozy. Its light-colored walls, added to the brightness, make the rooms feel larger than they are.
The beds are large and very comfortable. They have private bathrooms with hot showers, Wi-Fi, and cable TV.
5. Camping
If you have an adventurous spirit and prefer to live a different experience when you come to grutas de Tolantongo, you can choose to camp on the park grounds.
Inside the park is an area designated for people wishing to camp. You can bring your own camping equipment.
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If you don’t have a tent and camping equipment, don’t worry, you can rent them here.
Also, here you can purchase all the utensils you would need to set up your camps, such as inflatable mattresses, nails for the tent, and blankets, among others.
Of course, if you decide to camp here, you must follow a series of rules, such as no loud noises after 11 pm, proper waste management, and no camping near the river during the rainy season.
Grutas de Tolantongo Hotels: Important recommendations
Here are a series of recommendations to take into account when coming and staying at grutas de Tolantongo:
- The hotels in the area do not offer online reservations, so you should arrive early on the day of your visit. This will guarantee that you will be able to get accommodations
- Although the hotels here don’t have restaurants, there are several dining options within the complex: “La Paloma,” “El Huamúchil,” “Paraíso Escondido,” “El Paraje,” “La Huerta” and “El Malecón.” All of them are very good and reasonably priced
- The cost of the room does not include the entrance and use of the park’s facilities. To rent a room, you must pay for the park entrance fees for the day of your arrival and the following day
- If there are no rooms available when you arrive, don’t forget to sign up on the waiting list to see if you can be assigned one of the rooms that may become available during the day
I hope you can take a trip to this beautiful place in Hidalgo and enjoy the wonder of nature of the Tolantongo Caves. I guarantee you will not regret it!
