Hostel Catedral (Mexico City)

Equipped from rooftop to lobby with terrace bar, laundry room, elevator, kitchen, restaurant and travel agency, Hostel Catedral lacks very little, including customer service. The staff are helpful, professional, and were sympathetic to my concerns. I arrived with an emergency and am very, very grateful for their trust and hospitality.

This affiliate of Hostelling International and Mundo Joven Hostels is placed in prime real estate in Centro Historico right behind the Metropolitan Cathedral--hence the apropo name---near the Palacio Nacional, Mexico's White House.

water fountains on each floor disperse cold, drinkable water...just like in America!

Rates vary but members of Hostelling International or ISIC receive room discounts. I got the cheapest dorm room for $163mxn (non member rate= $187) 
and shared it with three Austrailians. Austrailian travellers never fail in being gregarious, engaging, and up for adventure! As regards the room, the beds were quiet, clean and comfortable (linen and blanket included). Just like the beds in INOUT, each comes with a reading light and foot locker. The shower was pretty large and, on the night I arrived, with plenty of hot water---¡viva aqua caliente!

Internet is not free but one of the few freebies in the hostel is breakfast. The breakfast spread is definitely worth attending but unless you are starving--which I was--full of imagination and have a working sense of humor pass on the free dinner. On the night I was there it consisted of scrambled eggs, lettuce, fruit water. To call lettuce dinner is a gross overstatement. Since everything in Hostel Catedral seems to have a price tag attached to it, making it more gringo "touristy" than youthful and cheap, it is worth mentioning two other notable freebies: Beer...and water.

I arrived with an emergency and am very, very grateful for their trust and hospitality

Guests receive a 2x1 coupon on cerveza and, to my surprise, water fountains on each floor disperse cold, drinkable water...just like in America! Cold beer and drinkable water are two respected stables in Mexico.

República de Guatemala #4
Colonia Centro (metro: Zocalo)
+52(55) 5518.1726
01.800 823 2410 toll free (ONLY in México)
www.hostelcatedral.com