Originally posted by Brewmeisterbro from -TripReports-: 2003/07 Brewmeisterbro - Hermosillo Trip Report : Part 01

I have stayed at two hotels in the Hotel Zone, La Siesta and the Gandara. Prices are competitive between most of the hotels and usually run about $500 pesos per night.

I much prefer the Gandara. I am told it is owned by the Gandara brothers and they also have a hotel in San Carlos. While watching my Packers loose on the hotels big screen TV last winter I struck up a conversation with a Canadian who spends every winter at the hotel. He has gotten to know the owner Caesar Gandara and he said the family has political connections in Sonora. The hotel has great service, a good restaurant, a nice pool and I have always found someone at the desk that speaks English. Last winter I also noticed that the local winter league baseball team (the Naranjeros, mentioned in a previous report) was also staying there.