Margarita & Ed Cabañas

Top choice in Palenque


With the most spotless digs in the jungle, Margarita has welcomed travelers to her exceptionally homey place for decades. Bright, clean and cheerful rooms have good mosquito netting, and the more rustic screened cabañas are well kept too, with reading lights and private bathrooms. There’s free drinking water, a book exchange, and a lovely newer building with super-spacious rooms.

Rooms at the back are less likely to get any noise from partygoers elsewhere on the compound. And security is much better here than other places around El Panchán.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Palenque attractions

1. El Panchán

0.04 MILES

Just off the road to the ruins, El Panchán is a legendary travelers’ hangout set in a patch of dense rainforest. It’s the epicenter of Palenque’s…

2. Palenque Northeastern Groups

1.27 MILES

East of the Grupo Norte, the main path crosses Arroyo Otolum. Some 70m beyond the stream, a right fork will take you to Grupo C, a set of jungle-covered…

3. Grupo C

1.29 MILES

A set of jungle-covered buildings and plazas thought to have been lived in from about AD 750 to 800.

4. Museo de Sitio

1.3 MILES

Palenque’s site museum is well worth a wander, displaying finds from the site and interpreting, in English and Spanish, Palenque’s history. Highlights…

6. Baño de la Reina

1.37 MILES

A series of small falls tumble down to form natural bathing pools. Unfortunately, you're not allowed to bathe here.

8. Grupo II

1.4 MILES

On the river, overlooking the Baño de la Reina, this small group has a lovely jungle setting.