★★ 1. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Raton101 Card Avenue, Raton, NM 87740 The spacious Holiday Inn Express hotel in Raton has a rural location at the south edge of town, adjacent to the frontage road beside exit 450 of I-25 (west side); 2 miles south of the town center and a few blocks from Raton's La Mesa Airport. The hotel offers 44 rooms and 36 luxury suites, an indoor pool, whirlpool, fitness center and meeting/event facilities for up to 40 people. Free hot breakfast buffet is prepared each morning. A drive 30 miles east along US 87/64 reaches the main natural attraction of northeast New Mexico, the Capulin Volcano National Monument. |
★★ 2. Best Western Plus Raton Hotel473 Clayton Road, Raton, NM 87740 One of several hotels beside I-25 exit 451, a few blocks from downtown Raton, the Best Western Plus is a welcoming, full service property that includes an on-site restaurant/bar (Mulligan's), open for breakfast, lunch & dinner. The 61 rooms are arranged around an enclosed courtyard atrium with plants, seating area and an indoor pool; other leisure amenities are a fitness center, spa & hot tub, plus a massage service. The hotel has good facilities for business, meetings, banquets and other events, and it provides free full breakfast. |
★★ 3. Quality Inn Raton533 Clayton Road, Raton, NM 87740 Quality Inn Raton occupies a small site towards the east of town, adjacent to a stream and surrounded by grassy fields, though still right next to I-25 - half a block west along US 87, Clayton Road (exit 451). The center of Raton is 1.5 miles to the northeast though there is a good selection of restaurants near the hotel. The Quality Inn has 63 east or west-facing rooms on two floors, with interior corridors; an indoor heated pool, hot tub, and free breakfast bar. Suites are available, with microwaves and refrigerators. |
★★ 4. Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Raton1640 Cedar Street, Raton, NM 87740 Raton's Microtel Inn features affordable, oversized accommodations, all equipped with a coffee maker & hair dryer, and including a selection of suites with sofa bed, microwave, refrigerator & wet bar. The hotel adjoins I-25 at exit 451 (Clayton Road), on the southeast edge of town, close to many restaurants, and it offers complimentary amenities of wi-fi, enhanced continental breakfast, fitness center access and hot snacks in the evenings. A business center is the only other onsite facility. |
★★ 5. Travelodge by Wyndham Raton1600 Cedar Street, Raton, NM 87740 North-facing rooms at Travelodge Raton look out across a field towards distant hills; the building has a generally quiet location, along a side road next to I-25 on the southeast edge of town. On the south side of the motel are a secluded outdoor pool and a small courtyard garden. Interior facilities are limited to guest laundry, free continental breakfast, and a microwave/refrigerator in some of the rooms, but rates are low and the place is clean. There is one restaurant next door and others a short distance down the road. Pets are welcome. |
★ 6. Super 8 by Wyndham Raton1610 Cedar Street, Raton, NM 87740-2551 Super 8 Raton is part of a group of buildings at the Clayton Road exit of I-25, also including several gas stations and half a dozen restaurants, yet it has relatively quiet surroundings, 600 feet away from the interstate backing onto woodland and a small stream. Guest rooms are on three floors of an interior corridor property, and some contain a sofa bed, The only amenities are free wi-fi and free continental breakfast. |