Pat's hotel suggestion is very nice place .If you stay there and you do wind up taking the train you will either have to get a taxi to the station or walk the 2km+. Beside the obvious big buck hotels in town itself consider Hotel and Restaurant Los Valles which would put you within a block or three of the RR station. It is a new hotel, its restaurant is right on the main street, Lopez Mateos , at the intersection with four-way stop and the motel units are a short distance east on that side street.They were charging$23.40 in '06 for one or two persons .They had good parking area and would probably have no problem if you left the bike there when on the train.
San Rafael also has a basic tourist hotel at its north entry on the road from Creel and two years ago a new one was under construction on the gravel road exit toward Bahuichivo , so they are expecting more tourist traffic to come. That exit is a bit of a maze to find , on the other side of the rr tracks so ask around.
More hotels are also at the south end of the gravel loop from the canyon where Cabanas Diaz Family and Cabanas Del Sol were available for $19 single in '06 with lots of parking and a short hike to the canyon rim or you could rent one of the horses from the Diaz. Both hotels are run by a pair of brothers -in-law families, nice locally owned country places.Lots of options if one takes the easy effort to find them.

Construction is a constant theme at numerous family owned hotels all over Mexico . First they put up a few rooms and then as business picks up a more are added . Over the years it eventually turns into a big operation but there is a constant presence of unfinished business.
On the topic of finding such hotels on the internet , I have my doubts. After googling some of my list I keep finding that the supposed hotel sources ignore much of the good basic stuff, the Tecate find appears to be an exception. As for Yecora , after a bit of frustrating searching I came up with a site that listed only 2 of the 5 known to be there i. e . Hotel Las Brisas $27 which I have used and hotel Los Champeones $35 which I also know, the rest are apparently not considered adequate - or they did not deign to pay a fee to be listed. Caveat emptor.All such sites seem to direct to the more high end resorts and chain hotels.Searching through all those lists is frustrating and could take longer than the vacation.It is simpler to just go, wing it and find a hotel whenever you need one.

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