Hotel Plaza by Kavia is a two-star hotel in Merida. The hotel offers beachfront access, a pool and parking. 284 guests rate it 4.2 out of 5. Observed 2026 prices start at US$58 per night.
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Facilities
Guest reviews
4.2284 reviewsThe hotel is fine. Rooms are clean, and most staff are friendly. Design of the rooms is nicely done and the terrace at the 4th floor are nice, so are the restaurant and café at the entrance. It was also not a 'wow experience. They're mostly small details, but the pool is actually tiny with milky water and has no showers to rinse. The internet failed frequently, which obligated us several times to find a café to work, and although we booked for 4, several times we had to ask for towels as there were only two. We only got one key card as apparently they don't have enough cards. The first floor w…
The only good things about this hotel is it's location and it's modern design. Other than that, it's very bad. If you are unfortunate enough to get a top floor room, a fan on the roof will make a very loud and annoying humming sound. Try falling asleep to that. At least it turns off at 10pm, but at 7am it's on again and it will wake you up. The rooms are generally not very sound isolated and therefore pretty loud. When I first arrived, I had no towels. Once I got some, they had big holes in them. When I put a towel on the only towel hanger, it came straight out of the wall. You get soap, but n…
Looked like a decent enough room, but when you look closely everything is halfway, different types of towels and different sizes, the towels was also very worn. Almost no water pressure in the sink or shower, and the shower sprayed water everywhere in the room. The mirror and side tables looked like they were wiped with a dirty cloth with grey streaks. The doors does not keep sound from the lobby/hall area so it is very easy to hear someone walking and talking outside the room. It’s cheap, has good beds and a good location. :) The location is absolutely perfect , only a short walk to most thin…
Planning your trip to Merida
When to go
The pleasant season runs November to March: days of 28-32°C, cool nights, and the city at its best — also its most expensive, peaking in January and over the year-end holidays. Holy Week rises less than on the coast.
April to June brings the real heat: 40°C and above, with the city empty of tourists at midday for good reason. June to September adds afternoon rain to the heat. That hot half-year is when our scans logged the best rates — Mérida is already cheap, and in summer more so.
The honest point: if extreme heat wears you down, do not schedule April-June; no colonial courtyard compensates for 42°C at two in the afternoon. November and February are the rounded months.
Getting there and around
The airport is 15-25 minutes from the Centro: taxi or app for about MX$150-350 at 2025 prices, and even a cheap city bus route if you travel light. It is one of the easiest arrivals in the country. Overland, ADO links Cancún (4 hours), Valladolid (2) and Campeche (2.5) with excellent frequencies, and the Tren Maya adds another route — check timetables as you go.
The Centro is entirely walkable, with the caveat of heat: the local rhythm is morning and evening, siesta or pool at midday. City buses are cheap and chaotic; ride-hailing apps work well and cost little.
For cenotes, haciendas and Uxmal you want a rental car or a tour: public transport to the villages exists but devours hours. The colectivo vans off Calles 67 and 69 reach many towns for a few pesos if time is what you have.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The Centro is the Mérida experience: colonial mansions turned boutique hotels with a courtyard and plunge pool, steps from the Plaza Grande, the markets and the museums. Our 2026 scan put the city's typical rate at US$63 — some of Mexico's best value — with everything from US$23 in the Centro. The blocks north of the plaza (Santa Lucía, Santa Ana) are the most desirable; south toward the market the price drops and the bustle rises.
Paseo de Montejo and its side streets are the second-best address: the avenue of mansions, with airier hotels, terraces and quiet nights, still walkable to the Centro in the cool of morning.
The modern north — malls, clinics, chains — only pays off with a car or for work: comfortable, predictable, and without a gram of the charm you came for. One practical note across all zones: in the old houses confirm air conditioning in the room, not just a fan — in May that difference is your sleep.
By profile: first cultural visit, the blocks between the Plaza Grande and Santa Lucía; couple on a budget, a pool casona around Santa Ana or Santiago; family, the big-pool hotels on Paseo de Montejo; long stay or remote work, the rentals of La Ermita and San Sebastián, the rising barrios south of the centre with still-gentle prices.
One heat-driven detail with outsized impact: rooms facing west cook in the afternoon and some colonial houses have bedrooms opening directly onto the pool patio — romantic in photos, loud at breakfast. Ask which room you are getting, not just which house.
Eating and going out
Yucatecan cooking is one of Mexico's three great cuisines and this is its home: Sunday cochinita pibil, afternoon salbutes and panuchos, sopa de lima, queso relleno. A market breakfast — Lucas de Gálvez or Santiago — runs about MX$60-100 in 2025 and is the fastest education; downtown loncherías serve set menus for MX$80-130.
The full-stall rule applies, with a climate caveat: raw and cold dishes at midday, turnover in plain sight.
Mérida's nights are serene and constant: the city programmes free music and folk dance almost nightly in rotating plazas — Monday at Santa Lucía is the classic — and the bars of Santa Lucía and Paseo de Montejo stretch the evening without shouting. This is a city where walking the Centro at night is safe, something worth saying explicitly in Mexico.
Booking well
Mérida is a kind market: 107 hotels with real prices in our 2026 scans, from US$23 with a typical rate of US$63. Outside January and the holidays, a week's notice usually suffices; for Christmas-to-Kings and Mexican long weekends, move a month early.
The boutique mansions have few rooms — four, six, eight — so the specific house you saw in photos does sell out even when the city does not: if you fell for one, lock it early. Verify the pool (in this climate it is infrastructure, not decoration), the air conditioning, and which floor the room is on — upper floors of the old houses hold the day's heat.
The price pattern is stable, without the coast's violent peaks: a cheap rigid rate is less risky here than in the Caribbean. Even so, the prices on this page are 2026 observations, per night — verify the live rate with the widget before booking.
Two final seasonal notes: in January and February the small downtown hotels fill with long-staying North Americans fleeing winter — book further ahead than Mérida usually requires. And if Chichén Itzá or Uxmal is on the plan, consider a night en route instead of a round trip: the early starts from Mérida run two hours each way and the heat punishes late arrivals.
Frequently asked about Hotel Plaza by Kavia
How much does Hotel Plaza by Kavia cost?
In our 2026 scans we found rooms from US$58 a night. Rates move with dates and occupancy — check the live price with the availability widget on this page.
Where is Hotel Plaza by Kavia?
Hotel Plaza by Kavia is at Av. Paseo De Montejo, Merida, Mexico, in Merida. You can open the exact location in Google Maps with this page's "View on map" link.
What facilities does Hotel Plaza by Kavia have?
Facilities the hotel reports include: 24 Hour Front Desk, Air conditioning, Balcony, Bathroom, Beach nearby and Cleaning. The full list (35 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Plaza by Kavia?
Use the gold button or the availability widget: choose dates, see the live price on app.impt.io and complete the booking there. Most rooms allow free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
