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Hotel Sureño

  • View of the rooftop
  • Hotel reception
  • Hotel exterior
  • Superior guest room
  • Superior guest room with king bed
  • Deluxe bathroom
  • Deluxe guest room with king bed
  • Amenities in the premium guest room
  • Tables and chairs on the hotel terrace
  • A woman laying on a hammock above a pool
  • View of the rooftop
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Sureño’s art-deco style frontage and retro nuances might fool you into thinking you’ve stepped back into 1960s Havana. There’s a relaxed, tropical feel as you cross the open threshold and billowing white voiles into this youthful, urban boutique hotel.

Although it’s a rather compact place, thanks to the semi-open design there’s an inviting, breezy feel once inside, enhanced by the informal welcome extended by the hotel’s team.

At ground level, the lobby La Mata restaurant and bar serves breakfast and offers a Yucatecan menu at main mealtimes. The cool little rooftop terrace attracts a young clientele and is the place for city views, low-key rhythms and golden-hour margaritas (but please take care around the low barriers). Up on top there’s also a small pool for dipping toes, providing some respite from Mérida’s legendary summer heat.

The vintage flavour continues through the 20 or so guest rooms and, although not large, each is presented in tasteful, muted tones and with careful attention to detail. Being an urban property these generally face nearby buildings or have an internal aspect.

Sureño is located 2km north of Mérida’s main plaza grande and if you’re walking it’s a straight line all the way.

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What our clients say

  • Most Memorable Moment?: Lots of highlights but probably street food and archaeology in Mexico City, fiestas in Oaxaca, Hotel Esencia, cenotes and hacienda trip in Merida (and the hotel).  We…

    KE, London Jul 2018
  • My sister summed it up by saying that there was nothing that she would have changed, the holiday was perfect.  Mexico was a delight, we had never been before, the…

    RN, Ascot May 2026
  • It is very difficult as pretty well everything was memorable, but if I have to pick something, then the boat trip along the river to Yaxchilan takes some beating. Weather,…

    RB, Eastleigh Feb 2020
  • Most memorable aspect: “The view from Monte Alban across Oaxaca and the valleys around. Eating in Cafe Tacuba in Mexico City with a troop of troubadours playing would come a…

    JB, Dublin May 2026
  • Most memorable aspects were all the archaeological sites, which we enjoyed immensely. On the whole, we found local people very kind and helpful. 

    DC Nottingham Oct 2015
  • Oaxaca and Mexico City were the high spots for us. We found the Mexicans we met to be welcoming and helpful. We ate some amazing foot in Oaxaca where we…

    DS, Tunbridge Wells Dec 2019
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