Hacienda Puerta Campeche

Hacienda Puerta Campeche and Calle 59

Puerta de la Tierra

When we got to Hacienda Puerta Campeche we were right downtown on the main street, Calle 59, at the old wall and the Puerta de la Tierra. Perfect location to explore the city of Campeche. The Hacienda Puerta Campeche is located within the cities's walled historic district which makes it walking distance to everything. The hacienda is a Luxury Collection Resort.

Puerta de la Mar and the Wall

UpStairs Room and Pool

Today the Hacienda boasts an indoor/outdoor pool twisting maze-like through its beautifully renovated rooms. The fully restored 17th century property features traditional Maya-tiled floors,18-foot ceilings with exposed beams and that unbelievable pool that winds through the property like a snake. We had a great second story room that was up the stairs and above the pool with a hammock in the room. 

Pool with Hammock

Pool in the Old Buildings

Room Upstairs at Hacienda 

Hacienda Puerta Campeche was originally a warehouse at the Puerta de la Tierra where goods were brought and stored until they were transported on Calle 59 to the Puerta de la Mar and transferred to ships for trade throughout the Caribbean area. The hotel is now a converted row of 17th century houses, the warehouse and the urban mansion that once stood there.

View out the Upstairs Window

Campeche was founded in 1540 by Francisco Montejo and it was was terrorized by pirates and marauders until the city decided to build the wall in 1686 due to the constant attacks of both English and Dutch buccaneers and pirates such as Francis Drake and Jean Lafitte. It was the days of the real pirates of the Caribbean. The main gates are the Puerta de la Tierra (Land Gate), built in 1732 and the Puerta del Mar (Sea Gate) at each end of Calle 59. 

Campeche Main Plaza

Though Francisco Montejo founded Campeche,  the first two Spanish explorers to reach the area were Jerónimo de Aguilar and Gonzalo Guerrero. They were survivors of a shipwreck in 1511 who were taken in by Maya villagers. Guerrero married the daughter of the Chetumal chief, and their son was Mexico's first officially recorded mestizo. Jerónimo de Aguilar was later rescued by Hernán Cortés himself. San Francisco de Campeche was originally a Maya town Ah Kim Pech where the Spanish first landed in 1517.

Hacienda Puerta Campeche and Campeche city are both highly recommended.

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