Trocadero Suites

We stayed here for three nights on first arriving in Guadalajara. Although on a fairly main ‘calle’ - Lopez Cotilla - and being subjected a fair amount of road noise in the form of trucks - overall, the suites were very good value. We stayed in number 24, on the road side of the garden and away from the bar next door of which, despite being in there moments before with the music up quite loud, we could hear nothing from our room. The room itself was very rustic, clean and comfortable. The hotel is situated in what we thought was a pretty good part of a very good city. Lots of bars and restaurants, shops, parks and plazas with very walkable back streets. It felt very safe and hospitable like most of the Mexico we have seen so far. You can easily walk into El Centro in 30 minutes if not less. The only two annoyances which would be easy to fix: 1) there is no notice on the gate advising guests that they are required to check-in at the sister Hotel Villa Ganz about a 20 minute walk down the road (and which we’d just passed in our taxi) and 2) the maintenance staff tend to start work quite early (for holiday-makers, anyway) - before 9am - which can be a bit off-putting if you’re jet-lagged or want a sleep-in. We moved from The Trocadero to The Villa Ganz, not because of any dissatisfaction with “The Troc” but because we’d promised ourselves a treat after a lot of hard work. You can read a review of Villa Ganz elsewhere on this site.