Guanajuato HotelsHotels Advice: Tourists seem to want to stay in the center of town. I get the appeal but trust me that here’s what you are going to get if you go the to the trouble of securing a reservation at a hotel in the historic center: An uber-expensive hotel room in which you will not be able to fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning. Tourists do not know that where they want to stay in El Centro is also the place where the locals sing, dance, party, set off fireworks, scream and holler, until four in the morning. It is noisy and that is a gross understatement. (And, don’t forget the church bells that sound each quarter hour.) In addition, the sidewalk cafes associated with these hotels off the El Jardin plaza are overly expensive, the food is terrible, and they aren’t always clean. Do you want to pay $140.00 a night or more for the privilege of staying in the center of town? Antiguo Vapor --Galarza No. 5Phone: +52 (473) 732 3211 Casa de Espíritus Alegres – Exhacienda la Trinidad No. 1Colonia Marfil Phone and fax: +52 (473) 733 1013 Casa Estrella de la Valenciana –Callejón Jalisco #10Valenciana Phone and fax: +52 (473) 732 17 84 Quinta Las Alondras – (Hotel & Spa)Autopista Guanajuato-Silao Km. 1Phone: +52 (473) 733 3030 and 733 4488 El Mesón de los Poetas --Positos 35 esq. Con Juan ValleHistoric downtown area C.P. 36 000Phone: +52 (473) 732 6657, 732 0705 y 732 5406 Quinta Las Acacias --Paseo de la Presa No. 168Phone: + 52 (473) 731 1517 y 731 1810 Fax: +52 (473) 731 1862 (Within Mexico call toll-free)01 800 710 8938 Refugio Casa Colorada –Cerro de San Miguel 13Col. Lomas de PozuelosTeléfono y fax: +52 (473) 734 1151 y 734 0801 With in Mexico call toll-free:01 800 543 7070 Villa María Cristina --Paseo de la Presa de la Olla 76Phone: +52 (473) 731 2183Fax: +52 (473) 731 2185 Most of Us Can Afford:Holiday Inn -- Phone: +52 (473) 735 2000La Abadía -- Phone: +52 (473) 732 2464 and 732 2465Luna de Guanajuato -- Phone: +52 (473) 732 9725 Casa Serena -- Teléfono y fax: +52 (473) 732 2764 Hacienda del Marqués -- Teléfonos y fax: +52 (473) 102 4367 y 102 4368 Insurgente Allende -- Reservaciones: +52 (473) 732 4496 La Casa Azul -- Phone: +52 (473) 731 2288 and 734 1980 Misión Guanajuato -- Phone: +52 (473) 732 3980 con 10 líneas Paseo de la Presa -- Phone: +52 (473) 731 0775 y 731 0779 Posada Santa Fe -- Phone: +52 (473) 732 0084 Mansión del Cantador -- Phone: +52 (473) 732 6888 Parador del Convento -- Teléfono y fax: +52 (473) 732 2524 and 732 5531 Budget—Backpackers, Students, and the Brave of Heart:Casa Carcamanes --Email Us El Minero --Email Us Casa del Tío --Email Us Casa la Rana Encantada--Email Us Hostal Casa Blanca --Email Us Independencia -- Email Us Hostal El Paraíso --Email Us Hostelito Guanajuato --Email Us La Casa de Dante --Email Us Cautions:One fact of life you can count on in Mexico is that nothing is as it ever seems. Thus said, here are a few warnings about finding hotel accommodations: Hotels on this page could be here today and gone tomorrow—everything was here when I sent this book to the publisher. Unless you are very, very good in Spanish when trying to make a reservation you can count on numerous misunderstandings and not getting what you asked for. Spanish is the language of choice in this country and not all hotels will have a soul who speaks a word of English.Don’t count on any place accepting credit cards—ask first!Hotels and Restaurants are notorious for letting their Internet connection and website go by the wayside. Never eat at a street vendor selling food. You’ll end up sicker than a dog.
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