pirate4x4lance
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La Paz hotel during the Mil....
Hello everyone, this forum is a great Baja resource! Thanks for letting me be part of the community..
Anyhow, at the last minute we went through with attempting the Baja 1000. We need to find a place to stay in La Paz for 8 people. Sleeping on floors
shouldn't be a problem, so if we could find two rooms, that would be plenty. I've used all the hotel sites - expedia.com, travelocity, etc... I can't
find any hotels that have vacancy. Am I SOL? I figure even if we don't get reservations, considering there will probably be a lot of people who never
make it to La Paz, we will probably be able to find something. But the last thing we will want to do is look for a room after driving for 40 hours
straight! So do any of you have any advice as to places that might have something available?
Thanks in advance!
Lance
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Natalie Ann
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Try Hotel Gardenias - safe Mexican hotel a few blocks off the Malecon.
Telephone from the US: 011-612-122-30-88
www.hotelgardenias.com.mx
Suerte.
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motoged
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Las Gardenias
Great place....it is spooky that the four times I have stayed there over a 15 year period, they have always put me in room #51 or 52.
Good room as it overlooks the parking lot....have had vehicle broken into there once....kid climbed through the pop-up vent on van roof and also stole
spare tire from underneath.
But I go back every time in town.
Ged
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Baja&Back
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Please DON'T drive 40 hours straight. Half of that will be at night. DON'T drive at night!
40 Hrs x 1/2 x 800 miles = 2 cows hit at night & you never make it to La Paz!!!
There are plenty of Mexican hotels on side streets 3 or 4 blocks back from the beach that Gringos don't generally know about.
You also need to know not to check into a MOTEL - they rent by the hour. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink ...
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja&Back
You also need to know not to check into a MOTEL - they rent by the hour. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink ...
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My wife and I have stayed in "Romance Motel"s several times while traveling, with not problems, good rates, clean rooms etc.
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TMW
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Take a sleeping bag and stay in a camp ground.
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TecateRay
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gardenia is full
We've had reservations at the Gardenia for the weekend following the 1000 - made 'em 4 months ago. Some friends were in La Paz last weekend and asked
- sorry no rooms race weekend.
There's always a chance there may be some cancellations - but it's just a chance.
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