9 Best Mexico City Hotels with In-Room Hot Tubs

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Stay in the Centro Histórico if you want your hot tub with a view, because one terrace suite there faces the cathedral. Pick Condesa if you’d rather walk home from dinner to a jetted tub. Open the room photos before you pay. At some big hotels, the hot tub on the facilities list sits in the shared spa, with none in the rooms. Here’s where I’d book.

Mexico City Hotels with In-Room Hot Tubs

Hot Tub, Spa Bath or Plain Bath: Read the Room Name

Mexico City hotels sell several kinds of tub under similar names. Only one kind is a jetted tub of your own.

• Jetted Tubs: Room names with Jacuzzi, hot tub or spa bath only mean jets when the photos or the hotel’s own room text show them. The spa-bath rooms at MC Suites Mexico City, Hotel Punto MX and Econo Express Hotel by Nokte Inn all show nozzles along the tub wall. Barceló México Santa Fe spells it out on its own site as a hydromassage bathtub.
• Plain Baths With Similar Names: A bathtub in the room name isn’t proof of jets. Hotel Catedral sells a Suite with Terrace and Bathtub and a Corner Suite with Bathtub next to its Jacuzzi suites, and those two have plain baths. At Alexander, near Chapultepec, the top suites have deep soaking tubs, and the hotel’s own pages mention no jets.
• Shared Tubs on the Facilities List: Hot tubs on a hotel’s facilities list sit in the spa unless a room type names them. Hilton Mexico City Reforma lists hot tubs with its spa and sauna, and none of its room types has its own. Check the room description for the tub before you book.
• Open-Air Tubs: Some suites put the tub outside. Hotel Punto MX sells a Master Suite with an open-air Jacuzzi on a private fifth-floor terrace. It isn’t in every booking site’s room list, so search for it by name or book it with the hotel direct.

Centro, Condesa or Roma: Where to Stay

Hot tub rooms come up in the Centro, Condesa, Roma Norte and Juárez, and further out in Escandón, Benito Juárez and Santa Fe.

• Centro Histórico: The Zócalo, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Templo Mayor ruins sit within a few minutes’ walk of each other. The whole historic center is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• Condesa: Condesa’s oval street plan follows an old racetrack, and the tree-lined Avenida Amsterdam loop still traces it. Parque México and Parque España are its social center, with bars and cafés along Amsterdam and Michoacán.
• Juárez: Paseo de la Reforma runs along the neighborhood’s northern edge. The Zona Rosa nightlife strip sits within it.
• Santa Fe: This is the city’s high-rise business district, west of the center, with the Centro Santa Fe mall at its heart. It suits a work trip more than sightseeing, so plan on a taxi for the old town.

From the Airport to Your Hotel

Benito Juárez International Airport has two terminals, linked by the free Aerotren for passengers with a boarding pass.

• Authorized Taxis: Pay at the marked taxi booths inside the terminal before you walk out, and the fixed zone fare covers the ride. The airport recommends these cabs over any other. They’re the easiest ride with suitcases.
• App-Based Taxis: Drivers can’t pull up at the terminal doors, so pickup is at points on the roads outside each terminal. Open the app before you leave the building to see where to walk.
• Metrobús Line 4: The airport line boards at Terminal 1 Gate 7 and Terminal 2 Gate 2 and heads for the Centro Histórico and Bellas Artes. Pay with a transit card or a contactless bank card, since the buses take no cash.
• Metro Line 5: Terminal Aérea station is a walk from Terminal 1. The city’s own tourism site steers new arrivals with big bags away from the Metro, with its stairs and transfers.

When the Tub Rooms Sell Out

November is Mexico City’s busiest hotel month and January its quietest, by the city tourism office’s own occupancy figures.

• Day of the Dead: Festivities run from mid-October into mid-November, and the big parade travels down Reforma to the Zócalo in late October or early November. The parade date moves each year, so look it up before you book.
• Grand Prix Weekend: The Formula 1 race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez lands in late October or early November, on top of the Day of the Dead season. Book the tub room as soon as the race date is out.

FAQs

1. Does Hotel Catedral have a smaller Jacuzzi room?

Yes, it sells a Junior Suite with Jacuzzi in its Cathedral Tower. The room is 33 square meters, with a king bed and a hydromassage tub indoors. The hotel’s two towers sell different room types, so check the tower name as well as the room name before you pay, and keep both on your confirmation.

2. Is a hot tub room bigger than a standard room?

Not always. At Barceló México Santa Fe, the Junior Suite Premium Level with its hydromassage tub is 48 square meters, against 35 for a Superior room. Some spa-bath rooms in the city are standard-size doubles of 28 to 30 square meters. Look at the square meters in the room description before you book.

3. Can you book a hot tub suite with a child?

Some hotels take a third guest. Hotel Catedral and Barceló México Santa Fe both sell tub suites for two adults and one child. Search with the child’s age on the booking page, so only the rooms that take three show up in the results, and check what kind of bed the third guest gets.

4. Does Mexico City’s altitude matter for a hot tub soak?

A little: the city sits at about 2,240 meters, high enough for some visitors to feel short of breath or dizzy on arrival. The city’s tourism office advises plenty of water and no alcohol while you adjust, since dehydration makes altitude effects worse. Drink a glass of water before the soak, and leave the minibar for later in the trip.

5. Is Mexico City tap water safe to drink?

No, the CDC advises travelers not to drink tap water anywhere in Mexico. Use bottled water for drinking and brushing teeth, and don’t swallow the tub water either. Hotel Catedral keeps a refill station in reception for guests who’d rather not buy plastic bottles, and other hotels will point you to theirs if you ask at the front desk.

6. Is Condesa safe to walk around at night?

Condesa and Roma Norte are among the calmer parts of the city after dark, and one recent safety guide rates both fine by day and by night. Late at night, take an app-based taxi back to the hotel rather than walking a long way down empty side streets. Keep to the busier, well-lit streets when you do walk home after dinner.

7. Is the Centro Histórico safe at night?

It’s quieter after dark than Condesa, so take a taxi once the shops close. The side streets of the old town thin out quickly in the evening, and safety guides advise against walking alone on poorly lit streets late at night. By day the Centro is busy and safe, with the usual care around the crowds on the Zócalo.