The Best Hotels Near Cinco Rodavento, by the Record
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The largest of three sibling boutique hotels sharing the Rodavento name in Valle de Bravo, this 28-room property sits about two hours from Mexico City in a colonial lakeside town that inspires the kind of loyalty people are slightly embarrassed to admit. Rooms lean into unfinished wood and forest green in a way that reads more considered than rustic. The all-day cantina downstairs has become a local fixture, which helps when paddleboarding or mountain biking leaves you needing something stronger than a snack.
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Seven-suite boutique hotel in a colonial town two hours from Mexico City that most international travelers haven't caught onto yet, though the locals have long since claimed it. Three rooms occupy the historic building, four a modern addition, and some come with outdoor showers or terraces looking over the rooftops. The restaurant downstairs serves contemporary takes on regional cooking, which is to say the whole place doubles down on the same idea: old town, modern comforts.
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Claw-foot tubs and wood-burning fireplaces are not what most people picture when someone says Mexico, which is exactly the point. Rodavento is a mountain lodge resort outside Valle de Bravo, two hours from Mexico City, with twenty-eight suites tucked into pine-forested hillside villas, each with a deck above a private lake. Days run to kayaking, horses, and hiking; nights get genuinely cold, so the fireplace earns its keep.