Mexico City, Mexico
Hotel Catedral
The temple under the lobby, told by the press
Outlets in Mexico and abroad have written about Hotel Catedral: a boutique hotel steps from the Zócalo whose lobby reveals, through glass floors, the Temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl.
When you visit
In the Pyramid Tower lobby you can look down at the circular remains. On the same property, INAH runs an archaeological space with its own visits.
Smithsonian Magazine
“We entered the modern Hotel Catedral… and took a seat in the foyer above the exposed circular foundations of the Temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl.”
Smithsonian Magazine explores discoveries beneath the Historic Center and pauses at Hotel Catedral, where the foyer reveals the circular foundations of the Temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl.
Read the storyFood & Pleasure
“That this hotel shelters a pre-Hispanic structure makes it a one-of-a-kind property in the world.”
Food & Pleasure presents Hotel Catedral as a stay where history, Pyramid Tower, dining, and Historic Center views come together in one place.
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“It’s worth sleeping and eating there, beneath the pre-Hispanic remains of the Mexica empire.”
Food & Pleasure announces 13 Ácatl, Hotel Catedral’s Mexican restaurant with views of the Temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl under the lobby.
Read the storyLa Nueva España
“It has been one of the most interesting and praised archaeological recovery operations in the Mexican capital.”
La Nueva España tells how Hotel Catedral’s Asturian owners helped fund the recovery of the Temple of Ehecatl under their property in the Historic Center.
Read the storyLa Jornada
“The transparent glass floor reveals an unusual, striking view where the pre-Hispanic, viceregal, and modern layers intertwine.”
La Jornada describes the glass lobby floor and INAH’s work at Guatemala 16, where the pre-Hispanic past meets the living hotel.
Read the storyEl Economista
“An underground museum remains inside Hotel Catedral—modern building above, preserved archaeological remains below.”
El Economista recounts decades of excavation beneath the property: the Ehecatl temple, ballcourt remains, and the coexistence of a modern building with heritage.
Read the storyLa Jornada
“Ballcourt remains lie directly beneath the foundations of Hotel Catedral at Guatemala 16.”
La Jornada reports on visits to the archaeological space beneath the hotel, in the heart of Tenochtitlan’s former sacred precinct.
Read the storyEl Universal
“Today Hotel Catedral can claim to be the only hotel in the world with an archaeological zone under its lobby.”
In a Historic Center chronicle, El Universal looks into Hotel Catedral’s lobby and the temple that remains under the glass floor.
Read the storyTurquesa News
“Visits allow access to an underground museum beneath Hotel Catedral at Guatemala 16.”
Turquesa News summarizes public visits to the archaeological space beneath Hotel Catedral, steps from Templo Mayor.
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