Just the kind of place I tried to find online and couldn't. So upon arrival, I asked the Taxi ticket seller for a recommendation for hotels under $50.00. Got lucky. Nuevo Galicia proved exactly what I wanted and much more. Clean quiet room for only $37.00 including cable TV w/remote, telephone and a little fridge stocked with beer, snacks, etc.
Laundry room service was also available and cheap. The bell hops spoke good English and were very helpful and honest. Not at all pushy. There is an attached restauant that served American and Mexican style breakfast at reasonable pricing. No air conditioning in the room I stayed in however it was not at all necessary during the Christmas/New Year time I was there. The other guests were middle class Mexicans or Americans, no seedy types at all. Lastly, there is a cab driver by the name Jose Mercedes Perez that waits in front of the hotel there every morning. He is and older, educted driver with an outstanding knowledge of Mexico, and will... more