Hotel La Pasadita in Huatabampo, Sonora

Hotel La Pasadita

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Colonia Centro
Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico
+52 (647) 426-1059

Comfortable, Secure Accommodations in Downtown Huatabampo

The Hotel La Pasadita is a very nice two-story hotel located in the downtown shopping district of Huatabampo. It is within walking distance of the city’s main plaza and palacio municipal, grocery stores, shopping district, restaurants and local eateries.

Accommodations at La Pasadita are quiet, clean and comfortable. Each room has two comfortable full-size beds, room for clothing and luggage storage, a flat-screen TV and a large mini-fridge.

The hotel has free WiFi, and the Restaurant La Pasadita that adjoins the hotel serves very good traditional Mexican meals. There is also a nice balcony seating area on the second floor where you can watch the activity on the street below.

One potential drawback is that the hotel does not have any off-street parking. Spaces are available on the street in the evening, either directly in front of the hotel or within a short distance.

Hotel Alys in Huatabampo, Sonora

Hotel Alys

Francisco I Madero S/N
Colonia Centro Habitacional
Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico
+52 (647) 426-6093
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Comfortable, Secure Accommodations in a Great Huatabampo Location

The Hotel Alys is one of the nicer yet lesser-known hotels in Huatabampo for foreign visitors. This is because they do not pay commissions to hotel booking sites and their only web presence and contact options are in Spanish. But don’t let that deter you, they would love to show you their hotel and have you as a guest.

I have stayed at the Alys and found it to be a very comfortable place for a short-term or even longer-term stay in the area. The hotel rents rooms by the month and bi-monthly, and it also offers a very reasonable daily room rate.

Rooms have a mini-split air conditioner, abundant hot water, a flat-screen TV with cable, a microwave and a mini-refrigerator. They are recently renovated and very clean, and the beds are comfortable. And in the hallway outside the rooms are places to sit, relax and enjoy a conversation.

I also mentioned that it is secure – the police station is at the end of the block, they close and lock the gate at night, and the common areas are under video surveillance 24/7.

And, the Hotel Alys has a great location for exploring Huatabampo. The hotel is just down the street from the Red Cross and the city police and fire departments, and if you walk two blocks in the other direction you will find the Alvaro Obregon House Museum and an Oxxo convenience store.

Walk a few steps further and you are at the Huatabampo Palacio Municipal and Plaza Juarez – a location from which you can find stores, coffee shops and other places to see within walking distance.

And if you get hungry at night, next door to the hotel Don Chito fires up his grill at 8:00 p.m. to grill delicious carne asada. The Alys is a very laid-back place that is one of my favorite places to stay in Huatabampo.I hope you will enjoy it too.

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Hotel Soria in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico

The Mercado Municipal in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico

Hotel Soria – Norte

General Ignacio Pesqueira 1129
Navojoa, Sonora, México 85835
+52 (642) 422-9898
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Comfortable, Economical Accommodations on the Way to Alamos

You will not find the Hotel Soria on any of the online hotel booking sites, because rather than paying a commission to those websites the hotel would rather offer their guests a better price for the same level of accommodations.

There are three Soria hotels in Navojoa, the Hotel Soria Norte is conveniently located on the right side of the highway as you enter Navojoa from the north. The other Hotel Sorias are located near highway 15 on the south side of Navojoa – to see a map and phone numbers, visit their website.

The hotel does not have a swimming pool, but it does offer great WiFi, free coffee and basic continental breakfast, and a clean, quiet, secure and comfortable air-conditioned room with abundant hot water, where you can get a good night’s sleep.

The Hotel Soria Norte also has a very large parking lot, with lots of space where you can park your RV, or a group of recreational vehicles.

Fill out the online reservation request form below to request a reservation at the Hotel Soria Norte. You will receive information about pricing and availability via email, and can cancel your reservation at any time prior to your arrival.

We recommend the Hotel Soria as your best economical lodging option in Navojoa.

Explore the Tehuelibampo Eco Museum

The Eco Museum at Tehuelibampo

Tehuelibampo, Sonora, Mexico

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The pueblo of Tehuelibampo, Sonora is the location of an archaeological site and eco-museum of the Yoreme Mayo culture and local natural environment, located on 25 acres of land near the Mayo River about 18 miles northeast of Navojoa, Sonora. The location derives its name from the word Tehueli-ba in the language of the Mayo, which means “blue water.”

The museum is located across the river from the road where it is accessed from Barrio Cantúa, Sonora. From December to March it can be accessed by a rowboat that is guided by a cable to the museum’s dock, and for the other eight months of the year there is a spot where the grassy riverbed is accessible on foot.

The Tehuelibampo Eco Museum is a marvelous building constructed of native stones that fits perfectly into the scenery of the terraced rock hill it sits atop of. Inside are beautiful ceiling murals painted by local muralist RV Payan, and the stone walls are adorned with paintings that depict ancient cave wall art and symbols depicted in petroglyphs carved into rocks around the area. There are also faux stone depictions of the local rock art that add a realistic accent to the place.

The museum is used as an educational site for groups of students to learn about the ancient and recent history of the Yoreme Mayo and the plants, animals and other features of the beautiful Southern Sonora river region environment where it is located.

Behind the museum is a nature path through a wooded area, where as you walk you can hear the calls from a variety of birds that are native to the region, or may be making a visit during their biannual migratory route.

The path leads to an opening between two large rock walls, where you will hike back into ancient history, observing the variety of more than 100 rock-art petroglyphs along the side walls that were carved into the rock between 2,500 and 3,000 years ago by the Proto-Mayan peoples.

The hike along the ravine ends at the Well of Enchantment, a local legend that promises clarity of mind and a personal learning experience if the person spends three nights at the well.

I want to thank my guides for showing me this marvelous place – Señor Atalio Jusacamea of Tehuelibampo and Señor Martin Soria, President of the Office of Conventions and Visitors (OCV) in Navojoa, Sonora. If you are interested in the ecology, history and culture of Southern Sonora, I would definitely recommend that you visit this marvelous place.

To arrange a visit to this unique, spiritual place, contact OCV Navojoa, call +52 (642) 421-5531 or +52 (642) 422-7260, or send them an email. All of the contact information listed is in Spanish, if you do not speak Spanish you may contact us, and we can help to arrange a visit.

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2017 Pitic International Festival in Hermosillo

2017 Pitic International Festival

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Fiestas del Pitic

This year was the 15th year of this cultural, arts and music event to celebrate the founding of the city of Hermosillo, and it was a big party in the city center from May 25 to May 30, 2017.

The city was originally known as Pitic, and Hermosillo started the party in 2003 as the Fiestas del Pitic. Last year the name of the event was changed to the Festival International de Pitic, to make the gathering more of an international happening.

The festival is quite a remarkable event that transforms the areas around Plaza Zaragoza and Plaza Bicentenario, and other areas in the city, into a huge street party. Vendors of all kinds of Mexican and international cuisine, desserts, arts and crafts, bacanora and a variety of cold brewed beverages line the plazas and streets,

In addition, different sized stages set up throughout the downtown area as venues for music, theater plays and other entertainment that goes on continually throughout the afternoon and evening, and the streets were also filled with individual performers doing magic and performance art, reading fortunes or just posing for photos in exchange for a few pesos.

The main stage had a major performer or group every night, this year’s popular headliners were the Mexican duo Jesse y Joy. And to make this a truly international event one of the headliners this year was Christopher Cross, who I had last seen opening for the Eagles way back when. The festival also featured a variety of music genres from opera to rock, traditional and contemporary Mexican music, and even country and western.

And there are also fun, impromptu events and the Festival del Pitic. I was walking in the downtown area on the afternoon of the last day of the fiestas and joined with a crowd that was following actors, musicians, dancers and other performers in a walking history and music presentation that was very entertaining and informative.

To be honest, I had heard of the event but was not aware that it was in progress until I arrived in Hermosillo on May 30, the last day of the 2017 festivities. I am going to mark my calendar when the dates for next year’s festival are announced and will be sharing information for the 2018 Fiestas del Pitic, because the Festival is a very fun, relaxing, entertaining and delicious event.

So if you are interested in having a great intercultural experience among some of the most beautiful sights of the capital of Sonora, Mexico, I would recommend that you come to Hermosillo, Sonora to enjoy the Festival Internacional del Pitic. Stay tuned, we will post dates and information for the 2018 festival when they are announced.

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The Capilla de San Francisco Xavier in Magdalena

The Capilla de San Francisco Xavier

Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico

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The Capilla de San Francisco is located near the Santa Maria de Magdalena church on the Plaza Monumental in Magdalena de Kino. The image of San Francisco Javier had been located in a chapel on one side of the church, but is now on display inside of this impressive building.

San Francisco Javier has been a revered saint in Sonora since he was introduced to the region by Jesuit priest Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in the late 1600’s.

Thousands of people come to visit San Francisco every year, including pilgrims who travel to Magdalena on foot, on horseback and in vehicles to visit the saint during the Fiestas de San Francisco (also known as the Fiestas of October) held every year in late September and early October.

Read more about the Fiestas de San Francisco.

The Capilla de San Francisco was opened on March 10, 2013, after it was blessed by Father Ulises Macías Salcedo, the Archbishop of Hermosillo. It is a must-see for visitors to Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico.