Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual, a three-star property, sits in Chetumal. The hotel offers a pool, a restaurant and parking. It scores 4.2/5 across 1049 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$30 to US$66 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Chetumal: Chetumal is Quintana Roo's quiet capital, facing a manatee bay a step from Belize, and its hotels are functional: mid-range places along the bay boulevard — the nicest zone, with breeze and malecón — simple rooms in the grid-plan centre, and new chains toward the Bacalar exit. All hotels in Chetumal →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 11 priced stays for Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual: rates ran from US$30 to US$66 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Chetumal move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual is at Calle Huachinango, Colonia Centro, Chetumal, Mexico. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Bacalar, about 23 km away — compare Bacalar hotels too if your plans are flexible. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists bars, coffee and restaurant(s). On the wellness side there's outdoor pool and swimming pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage and parking. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathroom, free wifi, safe, shower and swimming pool. The full list of 33 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the three-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
Chetumal for hotel guests
Our 2026 scans logged 21 hotels with a real price: from US$26 a night and a typical rate of about US$58 — errand-city prices, not resort ones. And that is its role for most travellers: an overnight link between the airport and Bacalar — 40 minutes away — the Belizean border, or the Costa Maya. Honestly: Chetumal does not compete on beaches — its bay is for strolling, not swimming — but the Museum of Maya Culture, the market's cochinita tacos and the border-town calm carry their own reward. All hotels in Chetumal →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.21049 reviewsUnfortunately, there was no hot water for the two nights we were there. We asked for two double beds and got 1 double and 2 single. The pool was out of service until the day we had to leave. Unfortunately, it is rundown. It looks like it was amazing at some point in time. The staff were friendly, AMAZING. I do think they are struggling 😓
My friends’ room was not ready by 12 as promised. When they finally received the key, the room was dusty, dirty, and even had a cardboard box on the floor. After notifying the staff, they had to wait another 30 minutes, only to later discover a used bar of soap covered in pubes by the already filthy and hideous showers, when we told them about this other issue I even heard one of the staff members called Georgina whispering as she called me the N WORD. Please, do NOT stay in here for your own sake.
The rooms are ugly as fruck, the service is awful, my room literally had no exterior windows since their architect decided it would be a good idea to add a window directing towards the wall
Planning your trip to Chetumal
When to go
The kind window runs December to March: 28-30°C, humidity you can live with, and evenings on the bay that ask for sleeves. It is also nortes season — two or three days of wind, lead-grey sky and drizzle that empty the malecón. Prices barely register the difference: high season here is a nuance, not a jump.
April and May are pure heat before the rain: 35°C with bay humidity and little shade in the grid centre. From June to November come afternoon downpours, mosquitoes at dusk and cyclone season, with a real chance that a warning closes a road or the border for a couple of days. It is also the cheapest, quietest stretch.
The rises are punctual: Holy Week, July-August and year-end, when Bacalar overflows and the surplus sleeps here. Midweek belongs to work and government travel, so Monday to Thursday the centre tightens. And the honest bit: you do not pick a month for the sea — this bay is not for swimming — but for how much heat you can take.
Getting there and around
The airport is tiny and 10-15 minutes from the centre, roughly MX$150-250 by taxi. Flights are few and mostly to central Mexico, so always price flying into Cancún and coming down overland, five or six hours. The Tren Maya station sits beside the airport and its timetables are still settling — confirm them the month you travel.
The ADO terminal is on Insurgentes, a couple of kilometres from the centre, with frequent departures to Bacalar (40 minutes), Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Tulum and Cancún, plus several daily to Mérida and Escárcega. Services to Mahahual and the Costa Maya are thin on the ground: check them before you commit a day.
The centre walks easily — flat grid, short blocks — except at midday, when the sun is merciless. Urban combis cost a few pesos; taxis work by zone, so agree the fare before getting in, in the order of MX$40-80 for a trip across town. Ride-hailing coverage is patchy; do not build a plan on it.
For the region you want a car: Kohunlich and Dzibanché are an hour west on Highway 186, Bacalar 40 minutes north, Mahahual a little over two hours. Colectivos to Bacalar run often for around MX$60. Belize is crossed at Subteniente López, with immigration formalities and a possible exit charge — leave yourself time.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Boulevard Bahía is the best address, and not for luxury: it is where the breeze runs, where the malecón waits for a sunset walk, and where the mid-range hotels with parking and a small pool cluster. The Museum of Maya Culture and Avenida Héroes are a 10-15 minute walk away. This is the zone that hovers around the US$58 typical we logged.
The grid centre — Héroes, Independencia, Obregón, the market streets — is price territory: this is where the US$26 rooms from our scans turn up, simple hotels, many of them for people passing through. You gain banks, offices and taquerías at the door; you lose quiet. Ask for an interior room and check the air conditioning actually cools.
Toward the northern exit, along Insurgentes past the airport and Plaza Las Américas, sit the new chains: predictable rooms, plenty of parking, no charm whatsoever. They make precise sense if you arrive by car at night and leave early for Bacalar or Mahahual. Walking to the malecón from there is not a plan — kilometres without shade.
By profile: one-night stop with a car, the northern exit; a full day of city and museum, the boulevard; tight budget or border paperwork, the centre. Calderitas, eight kilometres north, has scarce and very simple lodging on the water, worth it for a quiet night and a fish dinner. In every zone: insist on air conditioning and carry repellent at dusk.
Eating and going out
The base is Yucatecan with a Belizean accent: cochinita tacos early at the Ignacio Manuel Altamirano market — they run out, that is the point — panuchos and salbutes in the afternoon, relleno negro, and from across the river coconut bread and rice and beans. A market breakfast runs about MX$60-100, a set lunch MX$90-150.
Seafood here is bay and river: ceviche, breaded fillet, shrimp. Calderitas is the classic Sunday outing, palapas at the waterline some MX$120-180 away by taxi, and you generally eat better and cheaper there than downtown. With conch, mind the closed season: if it is offered out of season, be suspicious.
Nights are short, and it is only fair to say so: walk the malecón from the Monumento al Renacimiento, buy an ice cream, take a beer on a boulevard terrace, and turn in. There is some live music at weekends, but midweek the city closes early and Sunday afternoons are genuinely empty. The centre and the malecón feel calm on foot; the dark stretches of the boulevard are better by taxi.
Booking well
Chetumal is a small market with no pressure in it: 21 hotels with a real price in our 2026 scans, from US$26 and a typical rate in the order of US$58. Three or four days' notice usually does the job. The exceptions are Holy Week, summer, year-end and weeks of official events, when the capital fills at once.
Check what matters here: air conditioning that cools without roaring, hot water, parking if you are driving, and whether the room faces the avenue. On the boulevard, 'bay view' sometimes means the view from the roof terrace — ask outright before paying extra for it. At these prices a cheap non-refundable rate risks little, except in cyclone season: from August to October, pay for flexibility.
And the underlying call: if Bacalar is the real destination, do the maths. Sleeping here and driving up each day is clearly cheaper, but you miss sunrise over the lagoon, which is half the reason to go; one night in Chetumal for the museum and two in Bacalar usually works better. Prices on this page are 2026 per-night observations — confirm the live rate with the widget.
Frequently asked about Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual
How much does Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$30 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 Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual?
The address is Calle Huachinango, Colonia Centro, Chetumal, Mexico, Chetumal. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, Air conditioning, Bars, Bathroom and Cleaning. The full list (33 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Museo Matan Kaan Mahahual?
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.
