Baja · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Tijuana Baja Mexico
Mei-Lin Zhou Japan
These are my five favourites in Baja, out of the 66 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.4.
All five are inside 1.5 km of Tijuana Baja Mexico, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Quartz Hotel & SPA
★★★★★4.5 from 1,974 reviews
Quartz Hotel & SPA comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 1,974 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 5 star property, found under poi and around $182 a night on the dates we checked.
66 hotels in Baja qualified for this list and five made it. Hotel Real Inn Tijuana is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
All five, ranked
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Quartz Hotel & SPA
★★★★★4.5 from 1,974 reviews
500 m from Tijuana Baja Mexico, about a 6 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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2Hotel Real Inn Tijuana
★★★★★4.5 from 7,177 reviews
1.0 km from Tijuana Baja Mexico, about a 12 minute walk
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
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3Hotel Pueblo Amigo Plaza Casino Tijuana
★★★★★4.4 from 4,402 reviews
800 m from Tijuana Baja Mexico, about a 10 minute walk
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4City Express Suites by Marriott Tijuana Rio
★★★★★4.5 from 1,031 reviews
1.1 km from Tijuana Baja Mexico, about a 14 minute walk
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
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5K Tower Urban Boutique Hotel Tijuana.
★★★★★4.5 from 372 reviews
1.5 km from Tijuana Baja Mexico, about a 19 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
How this list was put together
66 Baja hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Tijuana Baja Mexico second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Mei-Lin Zhou Japan
Works agency hours in Vancouver and spends all 18 vacation days abroad. One new country and one repeat visit per year. Five trips to Japan and a running list of ramen shops.
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