Hotel Ak'Na Holbox

nakonec jsme bydleli v Soho-Holbox protože to co jsme si zarezervovali bylo neobyvovatelné a podle fotek absolutně nepravdivé

De receptie-man appte mij uiteindelijk met zijn privé-nummer, terwijl er ook een nummer was van het hotel zelf, wat ik al raar vond. Hij stelde heel veel vragen wat niet met het hotel te maken had, best vervelend al. Uiteindelijk vroeg hij of ik samen met hem wat wilde eten. Ik vind dit NOT DONE. Super onprofessioneel. Daarnaast ben ik een vrouw alleen op reis. Hierdoor voel ik mij totaal onveilig. Ik hoop dat deze recensie duidelijk maakt dat je dit niet kan doen bij gasten, en al helemaal niet bij een vrouw alleen. Ik voelde mij heel het verblijf niet veilig. Nogmaals, dit hoort niet te kunnen!!

Daarnaast, toen ik aankwam lag er een dode kakkerlak in de douche. Ook lag er een dode kakkerlak in het zeepbakje.

It’s a bit tired, but you get what you’re paying for. Cheap by Holbox standards so can’t complain.

You need to adjust your expectations, it is a simple hotel that covers all the basics without frills or a lot of amenities. The mattress was so-so and the room is small, but if you only come home to shower, rest and sleep and spend most of the time outdoors enjoying paradise, this should be OK. This hotel could use a little updating and sprucing up, but otherwise it is OK. Bring repellent and ear plugs for added comfort.

Cons
The hotel is a 15-20 minute walk from the main town.
We didn’t have hot water the first day. We told reception and they said they would fix this – the next time we used the shower, the water was lukewarm but still not hot, and it stayed lukewarm for the rest of our stay. The bath is painted concrete (I think) and a lot of the paint was chipped off (see photo), so it feels quite grimy.
There are mosquito nets on all of the windows but we still had mosquitos in the room every day, despite being careful to quickly close the bedroom & balcony door when entering/exiting the room.
The windows in the room (not the balcony doors) just have wooden slats but no glass so noise from the street comes in – and there is constant traffic/music/people being loud throughout the night. Bring earplugs!
The wifi was quite slow (and you need wifi as I couldn’t get a phone signal on Holbox – I had roaming with my UK phone and could use it everywhere else in Mexico but nowhere in Holbox)
The bed was comfortable, but was suspended on ropes, so every time you moved/turned over, it rocked the bed, waking the other person
We were in room 13. Looking at the building from the outside, it seemed that all the other rooms had a hammock on their balcony apart from ours (but that wasn’t a big deal).
When we came back one evening (around 8pm I think), the entrance to the hotel was padlocked. We managed to wiggle through the gap to get in. No one had told us this could happen. We later worked out we could enter/exit via the back entrance, but I don’t know why the front was padlocked. (The receptionist had told us that reception would be unstaffed most of the time because it was low-season but she did give us two numbers to call/text if we needed help)
On our first morning, the cleaners were blaring music at 8am while they worked which woke us up.

The bed could be more comfortable, and the cleaning service may wake you up because there are no cards to inform.

Dust bowl in corner with continual golf carts & dusty except for 3am-6am.. loud construction no
Kitchen for cooking no coffee maker

The was a lot of garbage in the kitchen.

Bathroom had a very strong smell.

It was a little loud at night with the golfcarts, woke me up a couple of times. I don't know if they drove extra because of the storm the night before but it was noisy.