Guests who choose historic hotels have a chance to stay in a building that has been officially recognised with a national historic designation. Historic hotels throughout the world have had many former lives and uses, such as castles, stately homes, palaces or even pubs, lodges, old police stations or skyscrapers --- any building that's been identified as being of special interest. These types of hotels in Vera Cruz usually retain original characteristics like traditional architecture and period features in their public spaces or guestrooms.