Hotel de la Borda in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico

Taxco Hotel de la Borda in Taxco. Taxco's best location in the town of Taxco for your Taxco family vacation. Reserve this Taxco hotel at the best rates in the hotel business. Hotel de la Borda in Taxco has rooms with superb views of Taxco for ideal lodgings. With your vacation at Hotel de la Borda Taxco go a short distance to see the famous tourist sites of Taxco. As recently as 70 years ago traveling to and from Taxco was done on horseback. Now in less than two hours from Mexico City you drive through spectacular scenery and 300 curves which was part of the former approach to Taxco. An old-world atmosphere prevades Taxco and the lodgings in the Hotel de la Borda in Taxco.

Welcome to the magic of Taxco
Right now Dona Naty is inside the church playing the organ. Would you like to hear? Easy. Let the magic begin. Move your mouse over the photo of the famous church built by la Borda (who's hotel you will be staying in through MexicoSteve.) As MexicoSteve's guest at the hotel you will not pay the list price (rack rate) of $90USD a night but our special rate of only $55USD a night.

More about the hotel later. la Borda a French immigrant to Mexico struck it rich in silver mines while in Taxco. To give thanks to God, la Borda built the cathedral shown to the left. Inside and out it is a marvel to behold. And maybe you'll attend mass there on Sunday. Around the plaza are great shops selling silver articles of every size and type for any budget.

Welcome to colonial Mexico. Welcome to Taxco.
The colonial and picturesque city of Taxco features many silversmith workshops; since silver represents the origin, development and strong-suite of Taxco, this village is the ideal place to shop for this kind of jewelry or crafts made of Taxco silver. Also, you will be able to admire the Santa Prisca Parish Church, which dates from the eighteenth century and is the religious symbol of this city, emphasizing the devotion and the deeply-rooted religious traditions of the local people.

Taxco is built on hills with winding cobblestone streets.

A leading tourist resort, Taxco is especially noted for its preserved and restored 17th and 18th century colonial buildings; it was designated a national monument in 1928.
Much frequented by artists (and CancunSteve who took the photos you see on this page), the town has a school of arts, many historic town houses, and the baroque Santa Prisca Church. Fiestas are held throughout the year. The original Tlachco, a Native American settlement and mining town dating from the 15th century, was nearby to the southeast; the Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés established the new silver-mining center in the 1520s. After 1717 Taxco became a leading silver center.

Be sure to visit the famous Spratling Museum; exhibiting pre-Columbian art; named for the American who in 1931 successfully revived the town's silver jewelry workshops. Closed Mondays. Address: Calle Porfirio Delgado.

The people of Taxco

This lovely dark-haired child selling art done by her family recommends the Hotel de la Borda for your stay.
She says Senior, CancunSteve gives you good rate.
And it's true. This lovely hotel complete with restaurant, pool, bar, parking, lush gardens offers a splendid view of the city due to it's prominent position overlooking the town.
Breakfast is a reasonable $6USD and rooms have views, TV, telephones.
Rooms may be ordered with one king bed; or 2 double beds; or 4 single beds.

Rates:

2009

Single or double $54USD per night plus 17% tax
Triple occupation $68USD per night plus 17% tax
per night plus 17% tax
Children 12 or younger up to 2 free staying with parents

2010

Single or double $52USD per night plus 17% tax
Triple occupation $64USD per night plus 17% tax
per night plus 17% tax
Children 12 or younger up to 2 free staying with parents

Aerial view of the hotel shown below.

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