25 Avenida Norte Mz 97 Lt 01 s/n, Entre Av. 12 Norte y 12 Bis Col.Centro, Playa del Carmen, Mexico | (618) 248-8274
Modern, well-maintained hotel near the town action
Triple and Quadruple rooms are available
A continental breakfast buffet is included in the room rates
Coffee, tea, and water are available 24 hours a day
Free self-service laundry, with washer/dryer plus iron and ironing board
Computers and printer available for guests' use
Free Wi-Fi throughout
On-site garage parking for a fee
Not on the beach
Small rooms with limited storage space
No mini-fridges in rooms
Guests can't control air-conditioning
No pool or fitness facilities
One Playa del Carmen, part of the budget chain One Hotels, is a modern no-frills property that delivers solid value. Located within a shopping center behind the alternative ADO bus station, it's a five-minute walk to the restaurants, bars, and nightlife along Avenida Quinta, and a 10- to 15-minute walk to the beach. The 108 rooms of this smoke-free property are small with little storage space, but they're immaculately clean and include air-conditioning and mounted flat-screen TVs. A breakfast buffet of fresh fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, eggs, and chilaquiles is included in the rates. The hotel also has an outdoor terrace where guests can kick back, a modest business center (two computers and a printer), a meeting room, a free self-service laundry, and free Wi-Fi throughout. Travelers could compare rates with the Riviera Maya Suites or the Magic Blue Hotel.
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Scene
Small, modern, well-maintained chain hotel off the main drag
Modern and colorful, One Playa del Carmen opened in 2010. Its blue-and-white blocky exterior gives way to a bright, open lobby, with lots of windows and orange couches where guests can gather. The breakfast room, with its white tables and chairs, keeps coffee, tea, and water on hand all day, and small snacks are available at the reception desk. There's also an outdoor terrace with tables and chairs. The clientele is mainly families, couples, and groups of friends traveling together, many of them from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Location
Located in the Xop Inn Shopping Center behind the alternative ADO bus station
One in Playa del Carmen sits behind the ADO alternative bus station, right behind Plaza Antigua on Avenida 30, one of the town's primary arteries. It's a five-minute walk to the restaurants, bars, and nightlife on Avenida Quinta, and a five- to 10-minute walk to the beach. Taxis and buses are plentiful. Walmart is about a two-minute walk south of the hotel, and Super Aki, another major market, is about a 10-minute walk from the hotel. Cancun International Airport is a 45-minute drive away.
Rooms
Modern, bright, and functional with AC and flat-screen TVs
The 108 rooms at the One Playa del Carmen are minimally furnished, but they're bright and pleasant, with white walls, dark-gray ceramic tile floors, built-in wooden desks and headboards, and abstract paintings opposite the beds.Standard Triple Rooms have queen and twin beds, and Standard Quadruple Rooms have two double beds, Standard Rooms have single queen-size beds. There is one accessible Standard Room, with wider bathroom doors and a larger floor plan. Views are nothing special -- most rooms look out on the downtown sprawl.Amenities include flat-screen TVs and air-conditioning. Bathrooms have aux marble countertops and ceramic tile floors and walls, and high-pressure showers. Basic toiletries are included, along with hairdryers.
Features
Daily breakfast buffet, on-site parking, business area and meeting space, laundry, and free Wi-Fi
A daily breakfast buffet of hot and cold items, including such local dishes as beans and chilaquiles, is served daily in a pleasant breakfast room, and is included in the room rate. Free filtered or bottled water, coffee, and tea is available 24 hours a day, and snacks and bottled drinks are available at reception.There's an on-site laundry that guests can use at no charge, and detergent pods can be purchased at the reception desk. There are two public computers and a small meeting space that can fit up to six people.There's on-site garage parking -- the hotel holds 80 spaces for guests -- for a fee.
