Hotel Tricks

For Hotel Colonial to work for you during your stay, it would have to be its courtyard pool, your private urban oasis. The Hermosillo weather in accordance with the Sonoran desert climate can become very hot. The best way to sightsee is during the morning and late afternoon, and save the center of the day for a retreat to the hotel’s fantastic yet exceptionally large pool area. It’s just the spot to cool down, lounge around, and escape from scorching heat.

A very nice tip for sightseeing is to just walk across the plaza to the Palacio de Gobierno. It appears to be functional from the outside, but along the interior courtyard, there are spectacular floor-to-ceiling murals that vividly tell the history of the state of Sonora. There’s no charge to enter, but many visitors miss this incredible artistic and cultural treasure that is literally steps from the hotel.

For food, you need to have two things with you as of being in the evening a street vendor around the plazas because he sells ‘dogo Sonorense’ which is a hot dog wrapped in bacon and topped with a huge variety of condiments, people are crazy about having this local specialty. For dessert, look for a coyota, which is a big, flat cookie-like pastry that’s customary for the region’s sweet offerings. It’s a very good idea to try these local delicacies just to get the feel of what’s happening with the food culture of the city.

Once you've got a taxi from the centre up to the Cerro de la Campana viewpoin just before sunset, from this hill all Hermosillo is going to loo great with twinkling city lights. A favorite of the locals, this viewpoint gives a great idea about the layou of the city as well as its proximity to the surrounding desert. End you day f explorations the here.