avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG is a three-star hotel in Tlaquepaque. The hotel offers breakfast, a gym and parking. It scores 4.5/5 across 38 guest reviews — an excellent rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$71 to US$136 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Tlaquepaque: Tlaquepaque is the potters' town that Guadalajara swallowed without erasing it: its own historic centre, pedestrian lanes lined with galleries, and old courtyard houses turned into hotels. All hotels in Tlaquepaque →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 10 priced stays for avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG: rates ran from US$71 to US$136 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Tlaquepaque move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG is at Carretera A Chapala 4070, Tlaquepaque, Mexico. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists breakfast, coffee and room service. On the wellness side there's fitness center. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, 24h. security, business center, currency exchange, free car parking and laundry service. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathroom, safe and tv. The full list of 29 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the three-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay.
Tlaquepaque for hotel guests
You sleep steps from the Jardín Hidalgo and El Parián, the square of cantinas where mariachis play from noon until midnight, and wake up with ceramic and blown-glass workshops on the same street. Supply is thin: our 2026 scans found only three hotels here quoting a real price, from US$71 a night with a typical rate of about US$89. Few beds means weekends and fairs sell out fast, so book early or sleep in Guadalajara and ride the light rail in. All hotels in Tlaquepaque →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.538 reviewsThis is now our place to stay when flying in and out of Guadalajara. Clean, quiet, but the people and service make the biggest difference. Thank you all!
It's a bit of a downside that it's closed for renovations, but it's inevitable. The rooms are super well-maintained. They need to pay more attention to the details, as sometimes they don't change the pillows or towels, and I'm not a fan of reminding them. Other than that, it's a very good hotel. I'm very picky about mattresses, and these meet my expectations, as do the pillows. The average breakfast, nothing spectacular, includes 24-hour coffee, water, and all that.
Planning your trip to Tlaquepaque
When to go
October and November are the sweet spot: the rains have stopped, the valley is still green, days sit around 26-28°C and nights need a light jacket. March to May is the hot dry season, 32-35°C by mid-afternoon with dust in the air; the shaded courtyards help, but plan your shopping and workshop visits for the morning.
From June to September it rains most afternoons — short, heavy storms that leave the mornings washed clean. It is not a bad time to come: fewer crowds on the lanes and cooler air. Bring a rain shell and keep 5pm to 8pm loose. June also brings the ceramics fair and the San Pedro patron-saint festivities, which fill the few hotels in town.
December and January bring cool nights of 7-10°C, and in old high-ceilinged houses you feel it — ask about heating before you book. Check the metro-area calendar too: the Guadalajara book fair in late November, the international mariachi festival between August and September, and trade fairs at Expo Guadalajara all squeeze availability across the valley, Tlaquepaque included.
Getting there and around
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla airport (GDL) lies about 20 km out along the Chapala highway: 25 to 40 minutes depending on traffic. The authorised airport taxi runs around MX$400-500; ride apps, which work well across the whole metro area, usually come in under that. After dark the app is the sensible choice.
The Nueva Central Camionera, Guadalajara's long-distance bus terminal, sits in Tlaquepaque territory, some ten minutes from the old town. Arrive from Mexico City, Colima or the Bajío and you effectively step off in town. The older terminal, serving nearby destinations such as Chapala, is in Guadalajara and easy to reach by light rail or taxi.
Light rail Line 3 crosses the municipality with a stop a few blocks from the centre, putting Guadalajara's cathedral about twenty minutes away for around ten pesos, with none of the traffic on Avenida Revolución. It is by far the strongest argument for sleeping here and still having the big city within easy reach.
Central Tlaquepaque is walked end to end: the andadores are pedestrian and everything worth seeing fits into ten blocks. With a car, expect narrow one-way streets and private lots at roughly MX$100-150 for half a day. Tonalá is ten to fifteen minutes away, and its market days are the one real reason to have wheels.
Where to stay, zone by zone
The historic centre is the answer for almost everyone: courtyard houses with ten or fifteen rooms around the Jardín Hidalgo, Calle Independencia and Juárez, steps from galleries, museums and restaurants. Our 2026 scans found only three Tlaquepaque hotels with a real price — from US$71, typically around US$89 — a small sample that fairly describes the market: few beds, nearly all of them boutique.
The price of that location is noise. El Parián has mariachis from Friday to Sunday until late, and the surrounding streets amplify everything. Ask for a room off the inner patio, away from the square. These are also historic buildings: stairs, few lifts, uneven floors and modern bathrooms squeezed into nineteenth-century walls. Charming, not always practical with big suitcases or limited mobility.
Around the bus terminal and along the arteries towards the Periférico you will find functional hotels and roadside motels. Nobody stays there for pleasure: they work for a 6am bus or a work trip to the municipality's industrial parks. No charm, nothing walkable, and surroundings you would rather not stroll at night.
If you want a wider price range or real nightlife, sleep in Guadalajara — Centro, Colonia Americana or Providencia — and come over by Line 3 during the day. The honest trade-off: Tlaquepaque wins after dark, once the tour buses leave and the town belongs to whoever stayed; Guadalajara wins on choice and on cheap rooms.
Eating and going out
Start the day at the municipal market or a centre fonda: tortas ahogadas drowned in chile de árbol salsa, beef birria in its broth, carne en su jugo with beans and bacon. A set lunch runs about MX$120-180; a proper dinner with mezcal and dessert — jericalla, the local custard, is the classic — lands around MX$300-500 a head in the courtyard restaurants on Independencia.
El Parián is the local institution: a full block of cantinas around a bandstand, with mariachis charging by the song, roughly MX$150-250 a piece. It is touristy and genuine at the same time. Agree the price before they strike up, and order a cazuela, the tequila-and-grapefruit-soda cocktail served in a clay bowl. Share one; the large sizes are enormous.
Midweek the town winds down early: by eleven little is open beyond El Parián and a bar or two on the andador. For late drinks, Avenida Chapultepec and Colonia Americana in Guadalajara are twenty to thirty minutes by taxi, around MX$150-250 on an app. Coming back late is easy; walking alone through the empty outer streets is not worth it.
Booking well
With so few hotels, booking early matters more than being clever. Weekends, long holiday bridges, the June ceramics fair and the weeks of the book fair or big Expo Guadalajara events empty the centre's inventory. If your dates fall there, reserve months ahead or accept sleeping in Guadalajara and commuting in on the light rail.
Ask the specific questions before you pay: does the room face the patio or the street, is there air conditioning and any heating for January nights, is breakfast included, does the hotel have its own parking, and until what time is reception staffed. Small courtyard hotels close their desk early and appreciate knowing your arrival time.
Use the range from our 2026 scans — from US$71, typically about US$89 — as your benchmark for a boutique room in the centre. Rates far below that generally belong to transit hotels near the bus terminal, a different proposition entirely. Carry cash for workshops and clay stalls: many add a card surcharge or simply do not take plastic.
Frequently asked about avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG
How much does avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$71 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG?
The address is Carretera A Chapala 4070, Tlaquepaque, Mexico, Tlaquepaque. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, 24H. Security, Air conditioning, Bathroom, Breakfast and Business Center. The full list (29 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte by IHG?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
