Jeff Reuben / CC BY-SA 4.0Where to stay in San Rafael & Santa María
North of Reforma and immediately west of Centro: two Porfirian colonias of tall shuttered houses, the Kiosco Morisco standing in the middle of Santa María's alameda, and the Chopo museum. Long overlooked, currently changing, and by some distance the best value in this guide — a room here costs a fraction of the same room in Roma, twenty minutes away.
Price level · Budget
Mexico City
Area scorecard
Scored 0–10 by Where Stay Guide. No overall total: every traveller weights these differently.
- Sightseeing
- 5.5
- Walkability
- 7.5
- Transport
- 7.5
- Food
- 6.5
- Nightlife
- 4.5
- Quietness
- 6.5
- Families
- 5.5
- Value
- 9.0
- Airport / station
- 6.5
- First trip
- 5.5
Best for
- Travellers watching what they spend without leaving the centre
- Longer stays
- Anyone who wants the city Mexicans live in
Choose elsewhere if
- This is a short first visit
- You want the restaurants and bars at the door
- You would rather not think about which street you are on