The Bottom Line
- Central - Guadalajara's cathedral and centro plazas are blocks away
- Very friendly
- Good security, safe neighborhood
- Great food nearby
- Free wifi and computer access
- Could use a couch or two
Description
- Breakfast (coffee, juice, toast and jam, cereal)
- Free computer stations with internet access, free wifi (doesn't reach dining area or private rooms)
- Laundry facility onsite
- Linen, pillows and towels (all spotless) included
- Lockers and no lockout
- Well furnished kitchen with clean dishes and cooking utensils; open courtyard; cozy dining area
- 24 hour reception (friendly night clerk sleeps on site, but arrive before 10:00 p.m.) - see rates, amenities, and directions
- Lounge with satellite TV; TV's in two private rooms
- Kid friendly, with a safe, small, open plaza outside the front door -- dorms sleep up to six in bunks
- Dorm with ISIC or HI membership: $12.00; $14 without. Private room with bath: $30. (Fall 2006)
Guide Review - Guadalajara's Hostel de Maria
Guadalajara's Nine Corners (Nueve Esquinas) neighborhood is home to cozy Hostel de Maria; lamps light the streets and a locked front door and inner gate provide security. Five 4-8 bed dorms and two private rooms are named after nearby areas like Tlaquepaque and Chapala. Two sunny and very clean bathrooms offer constant hot water; private rooms have pleasant, tiled, private 3/4 baths and working televisions with satellite and remotes.
Hostel Location
- Address: Nuevo Galicia Number 924
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Phone: 01 (33) 3614-6230/044 33 3440-8699
Directions: The hostel is between Colon Street and General Rio Deco Street. Follow Calle de Colon south about ten blocks from the cathedral in Guadalajara's centro and take a right on Nueva Galicia (middle of the block beside small plaza), or follow large Avenue 16 de Septiembre and take a left on Nueva Galicia (about two blocks through narrow street).
Hostel Photos
Check out the Hostel de Maria photo gallery -- more Guadalajara info, too -- scroll below photos to read about it. And learn about the Tequila Bus -- it's a guided trip (about $25) to the town of Tequila, with a tour of agave fields and the Jose Cuervo distillery (and plenty of sampling). Easy to catch the Tequila Bus near the hostel.
