Hotel Royalty - Puebla, Mexico

We chose the Hotel Royalty (http://www.hotelr.com/english/) because it was right on the Zocalo but now that we have had the experience, we don't require a repeat. Without a doubt one can claim you are in the center of things but with that goes a certain intensity and varying noise levels, especially with balcony rooms overlooking the Zocalo. On Sundays, they completely close the boulevard in front of the hotel for the entire day and a large portion of the population comes there to party well into the night or even into the early morning hours on Monday. The most intense noise came from the 9 bells on the Cathedral across the way. At one point, they rang for 15 minutes straight and our room was vibrating the entire time!

The hotel could use a bit of updating but at $65USD (including tax), it is certainly a reasonable deal.

The Puebla Webcam happens to be mounted on the Hotel Royalty and was showing the following today:
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From today's Panorama Webcam a sight we never experienced due to cloud cover:
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SLIDESHOW: https://picasaweb.google.com/118146709599975173363/HOTELROYALTYPUEBLAMEXICO?authkey=Gv1sRgCO7b09KTgqjY6QE#slideshow/5781718533142341730