Mazatlan Malecon

Easy to travel to Mazatlan on a luxury bus. Taxi to the ETN bus station in Guad, then for $40 USD one way, you kick back and enjoy as the drive is about 8 hours from Lakeside. It has the longest malecon in Mexico which is great for biking. We have stayed at three different hotels in Mazatlan and we prefer the quiet historical district where this hotel is located. The Freeman Posada Best Western Hotel is NOT an all inclusive hotel, but for about $75.00 USD, for an ocean view room, you will also enjoy a buffet breakfast daily.  The beds

are very comfortable and the service staff is excellent.  The Freeman is near the end of the malecon, and you can rent a beach bike for 100 pesos per hour and cruise the long malecon.  Historically,  this was the first hotel in Mexico to have an elevator and it catered to the Hollywood stars who loved to go deep sea fishing.  John Wayne and many other famous people have stayed at the Freeman.  Our thanksgiving trip was voted a winner by all. Except we could not find the elusive NEW highway that Mike and Barb travelled on, so we wondered through every tiny village along the way! The Hotel Freeman is convenient to many fine restaurants within a few blocks of the hotel.  Just down the malecon is a unique slide into the ocean, but we highly recommend extreme caution due to a personal experience of painful falls caused by the slippery moss covered steps to the slide.

We had a golf cart taxi take us to an evening of FUN for a mystery dinner. We walked all over, rode bikes along the malecon in the early COOL, and loved the pizza place directly up the hill from the natural waterslide. The hotel has a private beach directly across the street and the pool is on the top of the building.  Great views, excellent location, supreme service, with valuable pricing.  Explore all Hotels.com hotels. Eddie and Betty, Dan and Joy and Mike and Barb enjoyed a fabulous full blown turkey meal at a quaint local cafe. There is so much to see, and being retired, well we take full advantage of exploring the country we live in. VIVA MEXICO!

LetraCH - Restoran del Mar

Enter into the old style charm of Mexico as you ramble down the cobblestoned street from Guadalajara down Pepe Guizar to the Boutique Hotel and restaurant LetraCH which is right next to an OXXO and across from Lake Chapala.  This is a favorite spot for the Tapito's from Guad, they love the food and convenience to Christiana Park, the malecon (without the noise) and the old railroad museum. Newly revamped to include luxury suites and a fabulous SPA. An hour massage for 900 pesos, a refreshing facial that deep cleans as it adds moisture only 750 pesos. Why drive all the way to San Juan Cosala?  Enroute to Mezcala, this family owned and operated JEWEL offers lots of history, and less traffic. 

ADDRESS for TAXI: Carretera a Mezcala, Gonzalez Gallo 4 - Las Redes, 45900 -Chapala, Jalisco. Book online or call 376-765-3004.  Newly remodeled with pool, massages, air conditioning.  Follow them on Facebook.  Letra CH - Restoran del Mar.

Hotel Lindo

With only 8 rooms at this boutique Hotel, you are guaranteed to get excellent service. You can book online on Hotels dot calm, and give the address to your Taxi driver. The best way to drive from airport is to take the Libriemiento towards Ajijic, turn RIGHT at Wal-Mart, drive through 4 stop lights, just past Colon in Ajijic, turn RIGHT up mountainside at the corner at PIZZA place LaSerenata - up one block, turn RIGHT on Angel Flores. Hotel Lindo front door pictured.  GREAT beds, sheets, breakfast included. Walk to Ajijic Plaza in 5 minutes down Colon.  Eat at Tango's facing the malecon.

ADDRESS FOR TAXI: Angel Flores 17A - Las Salvias, 45920 Ajijic, Jalisco.  CALL: 331-865-4766 EMAIL: reservas@hotellindoajijic.mx