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City in Sonora, Mexico
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This place that used to be Mariachisimo still has roving mariachi bands to serenade you while you enjoy your fajitas and margaritas, so not to worry.
Carne asada restaurant with very good service, taste, and quality. Window allows you to watch the chefs in action, and the enormous tortillas de harina (flour tortillas) being made. Xochimilco slogan is 'If you come to Hermosillo and don't eat at Xochimilco, you can assume you were not here'.
A fine place to sample some Sonorense/asado food.
Bar and pool tables. This place is on Rosales avenue, in the front of the BMW dealer and one block away of the University of Sonora. Offers domestic and international beer, soft drinks, music and screens with music videos or sports events. Opens at 11:00.
A park or space hosting food trucks and entertainment at times where people gather to socialize and have a drink.
This hotel offers one-person accommodation starting at about US$30-35 and up to double and executive suites at US$70. Three-star hotel with the basic stuff and also an inside swimming pool, free coffee at nights, WiFi access and cable TV among other comforts. The only low-budget remarkable hotel in town. Operating with no interruption since 1863. Also take a look to the exhibit of 19th and 20th century items. This hotel has no bar.
Buffet restaurant and outdoor pool, popular venue for meetings/events with its on-site hall.
Hotel with somewhat of an Aztecan-looking design that has one of those fun rooftop pools as well as a restaurant.
Pretty much the same thing, style and rates of Santiago Hotel. Just a bigger in size. Has a buffet restaurant and a bar with live music and comedian, plus pool to take the edge off the Hermosillo heat.
5-star amenities. Bilingual staff. It's in the southern part of the city, next to "Centro de Gobierno" or the main government offices. Modern decor, pool, and Jacuzzi.
5-star amenities. Bilingual counter staff. Located in the northern part of the city, as you enter from Mexico 15 south the hotel is just after you enter the city on the left in Hermosillo's finest neighborhood, "Pitic." Surrounded by some of Hermosillo's nicest (and most expensive) restaurants. The hotel has a restaurant, tennis courts and a nightclub.
Near the Fiesta Americana, a 5-star type hotel with all amenities. Includes a delightful outdoor pool, and a bar/nightclub in the rear side.
By car
The road from Nogales (on the border) down to Hermosillo is a paved highway.
By bus
) to Hermosillo. Fares are around US$49 one way from Phoenix, and vary based on other cities. The Hermosillo stop is on the Ciudad Obregon route.
There's a trolley bus tour that goes out just in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Hermosillo right in the city center. It will take you to the best sight seeings and landscapes of the city.
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