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A Cathedral View May Also Mean Dirty Rooftop View

Where: 160 Corona Av. Centro Histórico, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven Tim Leffel skipped on down to Guadalajara for a bit and continues to fill us in on the hotel scene. Unfortunately, sometimes an anti-view cannot be avoided.]

When a hotel brochure or web site says "sea view" or "view of the square" they often neglect to include what else you'll see out the window. At least Hotel Fenix in Guadalajara doesn't advertise this view from room 624 as "cathedral view," leaving you disappointed when you find that the historic church is actually behind a lot of really ugly rooftops.

There is some other strange false advertising going on here though as they say the hotel hails from 1912 and has hosted the likes of John F. Kennedy, Richard Burton, and Elizabeth Taylor. One look at the exterior, however, and it's obvious this building came to be well after those folks were all over the news.

Guadalajara, Mexico has some beautiful colonial architecture downtown, but it's surrounded by a lot of similar rebuilt ugliness. So spring for the Quinta Real instead and opt for a garden view.

Related Stories:
· Hotel Fenix reviews [TripAdvisor]