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Guadalajara · Hotel shortlist

High end hotels on the waterfront in Guadalajara

Luca Ferreira

Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal

Updated 1 September 2026 · 8 Guadalajara hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Guadalajara, out of the 8 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.55 down to 4.5.

Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 2 is the one I would book myself.

Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 2

Highest rated of the five

Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 2

★★★★★4.55 from 312 reviews

Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 2 comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.55 from 312 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under city centre and around $172 a night on the dates we checked.

8 hotels in Guadalajara qualified for this list and five made it. Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 3 is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 21

    Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 2

    ★★★★★4.55 from 312 reviews

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    • Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 32

      Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 3

      ★★★★★4.55 from 213 reviews

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      • El Refugio de Abril3

        El Refugio de Abril

        ★★★★★4.6 from 83 reviews

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        • Casa de Lorca4

          Casa de Lorca

          ★★★★★4.5 from 116 reviews

          • Spa
          • Kid friendly
          • Air conditioning

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        • Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 45

          Soñar en la Plaza Cervantes 4

          ★★★★★4.5 from 90 reviews

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          How this list was put together

          8 Guadalajara hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

          Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

          The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

          What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

          Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

          Luca Ferreira

          Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal

          Shuts the workshop two weeks every summer and rides. The Pyrenees, the Danube route and most of Portugal on frames he built himself, camping most nights.

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