Hotel Quinta Antigua, a three-star property, sits in Lazaro Cardenas. Guests have access to a pool, a restaurant and parking. It scores 4.3/5 across 1049 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$70 to US$74 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
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Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 9 priced stays for Hotel Quinta Antigua: rates ran from US$70 to US$74 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Lazaro Cardenas 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 Quinta Antigua is at Nicolas Bravo 235, Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Ixtapa, about 71 km away — compare Ixtapa 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 and restaurant(s). On the wellness side there's outdoor pool. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, business center, free car parking, luggage storage and meeting room. In the room itself: free wifi and safe. The full list of 17 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.
Lazaro Cardenas for hotel guests
The container port and the steel complex fill rooms Monday to Thursday with contractors, truckers and technical staff, while leisure travellers mostly drive straight through towards Playa Azul, Caleta de Campos or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. The hotel stock is small and functional: our 2026 scans logged just 5 properties with a real price, from US$36 a night and a typical rate of around US$69. It is hot and humid all year, so air conditioning is not a bonus here — it is the thing you book on. All hotels in Lazaro Cardenas →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.31049 reviewsThis hotel is very comfortable, the service was wonderful, the food is very tasty. The location of the hotel is near to the center of the city.
I was scheduled to stay 4 nights but stayed only one night because the room air started smelling like cigarette smoke and it made me sick, I called and asked the front desk of this was a non-smoking room and she said it was. Someone did not get the memo because someone was smoking maybe it was in the next room but no matter it still made me sick. When I was checking out the next day they said they could change my room but I had already made other arrangements. I should have had the right room first and I would not have had to make a change. :(
The meals are very good. Buildings are propertly to friends lunch or family afternoons. The bar is the most beatiful in the city.
Planning your trip to Lazaro Cardenas
When to go
This is hot-coast weather: humid year-round, highs of 32-34°C and heavy nights. The comfortable window runs December to March, when the humidity eases and midday walking is bearable. It is also when Playa Azul draws weekend visitors from the region and when Highway 200 is at its most straightforward to drive.
May and June are the toughest months before the rain arrives. From June to October the downpours are intense and concentrated, with Pacific cyclone season running into late November: power cuts, flooded stretches and landslides on Highway 37, the mountain road north. None of that is a reason to cancel, but it is a reason to leave slack in your schedule.
The other season here has nothing to do with weather. Hotels fill Monday to Thursday with port, transport and maintenance crews, then empty at the weekend. If you have any flexibility, arrive Thursday or Friday: more rooms, calmer traffic, less hurry everywhere.
Getting there and around
Lázaro Cárdenas has an international airport, but its schedule is so intermittent that planning around it is a gamble. The realistic route is flying into Zihuatanejo (ZIH) and covering the 120-odd kilometres of Highway 200, about two hours by bus or rental car. Confirm the flight first, then book the room — not the other way round.
Overland, buses pull into terminals on the main avenue from Uruapan and Morelia via Highway 37 — mountain curves, a good five hours to Uruapan and seven or eight to Morelia — and from Zihuatanejo and Acapulco via Highway 200. This is a genuine transport hub with frequent departures, though timetables shift and it is often easiest to buy at the counter on the day.
The city is long, flat and strung along Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas, and you will not walk end to end. Shared vans and city buses cost on the order of MX$12-15; a short taxi run MX$60-120; out to the port or airport area on Isla del Cayacal, budget something like MX$250-350.
One honest safety note: this is the Michoacán coast, with a visible military presence and routine highway checkpoints. Avoid driving after dark on Highway 200 and especially on Highway 37, fill the tank when you can, and ask at your hotel about road conditions before heading into the sierra or south along the coast.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The Centro and the Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas corridor hold most of what exists: plain hotels, banks, pharmacies, taquerías and the bus terminals. It is the best base without a car or on a pass-through night. The trade-off is noise — heavy traffic at all hours — so ask for an interior or upper-floor room and check that the air conditioning actually performs.
Towards the port and the industrial zone, on the Isla del Cayacal side, you find the business-style options: parking, workable wifi, early breakfast. They make sense if your appointment is at the container terminal or the plant, saving you 20 to 30 minutes in truck traffic. In exchange, there is nothing walkable after dark.
Las Guacamayas and La Mira are cheaper, more local choices, useful if you work on that side or are in transit towards Uruapan on Highway 37. Do not expect any visitor scene: these are service neighbourhoods and roadside towns with fondas and little else.
Playa Azul is the option with actual sea, about 25 km out: small, quiet, modest hotels facing the Pacific, seafood under palapas. It works if you are driving yourself. And a plain warning — there is no boutique scene here at all; our scans logged just 5 hotels with a real price, all resolutely practical.
Eating and going out
The seafood is the reason to eat out. Ceviche, aguachile, shrimp broth, whole fried fish and garlic prawns turn up in city fondas and coastal palapas; a main fish plate tends to run MX$180-280, and the midday set lunch MX$100-150. The market is the reliable bet at lunchtime, when everything is freshest and cheapest.
Michoacán shows up on the table too: carnitas in the morning, corundas and uchepos, tamales and atole from pavement stalls. Late afternoon brings the taco carts along the avenue and jugs of agua fresca; on the coast, look for tuba, the palm drink served properly cold. Carry cash — plenty of stalls take nothing else.
Nightlife is short and port-flavoured: cantinas, the occasional bar with live music, not much more, and midweek everything shuts early because the city starts before dawn. In Playa Azul the palapa kitchens wind down around sunset. If you want a sit-down dinner, aim for before nine or ten and do not leave it to chance.
Booking well
The numbers we work with are clear and limited: 5 hotels scanned in 2026, rooms from US$36 and a typical rate of around US$69. With supply that thin, an industrial shutdown or a technical conference can empty the city of rooms. If you are travelling for work between Tuesday and Thursday, book a week or two ahead rather than on arrival.
Before confirming, ask three things: whether the air conditioning is genuinely strong, whether parking is included, and how far the hotel really is from where you need to be — it is 15 to 20 km of truck traffic from the Centro to the port gates. In the rainy months, also ask about water storage and a backup generator.
Choose flexible cancellation. Flights into the region shift, Highway 37 closes for landslides, and work plans change overnight. Pay in pesos, keep cash for taxis and beach palapas, and do not assume the hotel can arrange port access: that credential comes from the company hosting you.
One last honest expectation: people book here for logistics, not romance. A clean, cold, secure room with parking is all you need. If the trip is for pleasure and you have a car, sleep in Caleta de Campos or Zihuatanejo and treat Lázaro Cárdenas as a stopover rather than a destination.
Frequently asked about Hotel Quinta Antigua
How much does Hotel Quinta Antigua cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$70 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 Quinta Antigua?
The address is Nicolas Bravo 235, Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, Lazaro Cardenas. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Quinta Antigua have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Banquet, Bars, Business Center, Free Wifi and Free car parking. The full list (17 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Quinta Antigua?
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.
