Must-see hotels in Western Central Highlands

  • Casa Baden-Powell

    Morelia

    The fully equipped apartments in this delightful complex share a courtyard and terrace. All have complete kitchens, dining areas and one, two or three…

  • Matices Hotel de Barricas

    Guadalajara Region

    For the guilty pleasure of staying in a real tequila distillery, reserve one of the two-dozen oversized 'barrels’ (that's what barricas means) scattered…

  • Hotel El Leñador

    Guadalajara Region

    Stepping through the door of this small family-run hotel, you're likely to be greeted with 'mi casa es tu casa' (my house is your house), and with 13…

  • Hotel Casa del Refugio

    Inland Michoacán

    With adobe walls covered in religious motifs and portraits of saints, a palm-filled atrium with an enormous open fireplace and 23 small but immaculate…

  • Casa del Sol

    Guadalajara Region

    This sunny-colored B&B with nine rooms and a ground-floor apartment is pricey for what it is, but the multihued and impeccably kept rooms, easy artistic…

  • Los Abolengos Casona Hotel

    Guadalajara Region

    This lovely place a short distance from the center of town has 20 rooms in a 19th-century casona (mansion) and in converted stables in the forested garden…

  • Posada San Pablo

    Guadalajara

    This cheery place comes complete with a central courtyard and sunny terrace. The 16 tiled rooms can be a little monkish, though the upstairs ones have…

  • Hotel María Fernanda Inn

    Inland Michoacán

    A surprisingly sleek and modern hotel in the heart of Zitácuaro, this low-rise offers spacious and sunny rooms with deluxe beds and gleaming bathrooms…

  • Cantera Diez

    Morelia

    Facing the cathedral is Morelia’s slickest boutique hotel. The 11 rooms – all suites – range from spacious to palatial, all with dark-wood floors, stylish…

  • Casa Iztac

    Western Central Highlands

    A bright, airy hotel with a huge courtyard, Casa Iztac has four spacious rooms (more are in the works) just one block from the central plaza. All have…

  • Hotel Mansión de los Sueños

    Inland Michoacán

    This restored mansion built around three adjacent courtyards offers some of the most luxurious accommodations in town. There is art on every wall, coffee…

  • La Casa de Maty

    Guadalajara Region

    It can get mighty cold and damp in these hills at night, so you'll want a warm and cozy place to snuggle down. The large rooms at Casa de Maty, which…

  • Gran Hotel Zapotlán

    Guadalajara Region

    This awesomely old-style hotel, set on the western side of the main plaza with a pretty tiled atrium full of hanging plants and enormous metal urns, has…

  • Mesón de San Antonio

    Inland Michoacán

    Rooms at this great-value, old hacienda-style inn border a leafy, colonial-like courtyard. The beamed overhangs are held up by ancient timbers and the…

  • Villa San Francisco

    Guadalajara Region

    This very swish property with 13 rooms of varying size and degree of luxury faces the lake from the boardwalk. Rooms all have fireplaces and are themed;…

  • Hotel Reforma

    Guadalajara Region

    A spic-n-span hotel in the heart of downtown, Hotel Reforma makes for a convenient and comfortable stay. The rooms are dated – flower bedspreads, old…

  • Casa Campos

    Guadalajara

    This pink-and-orange repurposed 19th-century mansion has a gorgeous, flower-filled courtyard, stone columns and sleek wood furnishings. The 11 rooms on…

  • Hotel Cabaña Colina de los Ruiseñores

    Guadalajara Region

    Down the hill from the plaza, this pleasantly rustic place, with lovely grounds and 30 homey rooms, cozy log fires and a squawking parrot, at times feels…

  • Hotel Mansión Iturbe

    Inland Michoacán

    Right on the main square, the 14 rooms in this atmospheric hostelry are spacious, old-world in style, furnished in heavy dark woods, with beamed ceilings…

  • Casa del Retoño

    Guadalajara

    The eight rooms in this pleasant traditional house are all colorfully decorated, share an enormous garden and boast good bathrooms. It’s a short walk from…

  • Gran Hotel Pátzcuaro

    Inland Michoacán

    This squeaky clean hotel has smallish rooms, most with interior facing windows, but is very central, perched at the southern end of Plaza Chica. Ask for a…

  • Posada La Hacienda

    Guadalajara Region

    This very affordable little guesthouse just down from the main plaza counts nine rooms: doubles (some, like room 1, with fine views) upstairs and…

  • Quinta Quetzalcóatl

    Guadalajara Region

    Behind the stone walls of this hotel are a pool, lush gardens and plenty of private outdoor space. Some of the rooms are highly eccentric in style (the…

  • Plaza Don Gabino

    Inland Michoacán

    By far the best of the town's guesthouses, this family-run and exceptionally welcoming place has nine sparkling-clean, if basic, rooms with hot-water…

  • Hotel Casino

    Morelia

    Overlooking Plaza de Armas and the cathedral, the Casino's frontage hums with the addictive energy of Mexican street life. The 42 rooms themselves,…

  • Hotel Misión Pátzcuaro Centro Histórico

    Inland Michoacán

    An impressive building once you make it past the ugly entry-level car park, the Misión, one of four dozen properties in a local chain, has a soaring…

  • Casona Rosa

    Morelia

    A quintessentially Mexican-flavored guesthouse with two rooms and four large suites configured around a shared patio and dining room where you’ll be…

  • Hotel Real Valladolid

    Morelia

    Putting in a solid performance in Morelia’s somewhat scant budget end of the market, the Valladolid delivers the basics: 21 clean, no-frills, relatively…

  • Hotel Regis

    Inland Michoacán

    This is probably the best value among the budget plaza hotels. The public areas and central patio are charming in a borderline eccentric manner and, while…

  • Santa Fe Hotel

    Inland Michoacán

    This nothing-special hotel with 19 rooms at the southern end of the main thoroughfare does have one thing going for it: it is about the only place on town…

  • Hotel Plaza

    Inland Michoacán

    Something of an institution in Uruapan and perhaps a little institutionalized as a result, the Plaza nevertheless delivers the hotel basics with 120 large…

  • Maskarones Mansión

    Guadalajara

    In a quiet residential area 15 minutes' walk from the city center, this 'shared house' counts six large rooms only two of which have their own bathroom…

  • La Casa de los Recuerdos

    Inland Michoacán

    If you're looking to stay close to the center of Zitácuaro, you could not do better than the budget 'House of Memories'. It has 15 spotless rooms with…

  • Hotel Real de la Sierra

    Guadalajara Region

    Just a bit away from the action and a lot quieter as a result, this modest hotel with 13 clean and bright rooms conveniently sits above a restaurant…

  • Casa Mis Amores

    Guadalajara Region

    A bit worn around the edges, this central guesthouse has a plant-filled courtyard and 12 adobe and tile rooms decorated with local art, high ceilings and…

  • Hotel Candilejas

    Guadalajara Region

    This 15-room budget hotel with tiled floors and vaulted brick ceilings ticks all the boxes: scrupulously clean, friendly to a fault and very affordable…

  • Hotel Tlayolan

    Guadalajara Region

    Tlayolan Hotel is two minutes south of the main plaza. It has a gamut of 75 rooms from plain and cheap to smart and more expensive, so take a look at both…

  • Posada San Rafael

    Inland Michoacán

    The love child of a colonial mission and a US motel, the 103 rooms here open onto wide verandas overlooking a driveway and parking area filled with cars…