The Beauty Behind the Doors

Mexico offers up so many pleasant surprises. One of them is the beauty behind often dull, almost blank walls and doors.

One of our first pleasant surprises was this courtyard of the Pueblo Mágico Hotel in Patzcuaro.

The courtyard of Restaurante San Miguel. (Didn't think to take an outside photo.)

The outside of this hotel in Zitacuaro certainly wasn't dull and had a nice common area inside, these colourful shower taps were what really caught my eye. 

This narrow street in Valle de Bravo was home to both our hotel and a restaurant that we really liked. Just driving by, you would have no idea what was behind the doors or, in the case of the hotel, the gate to the parking.

El Punto Restaurant

Hotel Puestra del Sol

Lake view from the hotel

Colima was a busy place as Valentine's Day grew closer but we managed to get a room at the Hotel La Cosona De Don Jorge which had this beautiful open courtyard. (Again, forgot to take outside photo.)

In Comala, we could have easily missed the small sign for Hotel Posada Comala. It's actually three stories built into the hillside (street level was top floor). At the bottom of a very steep, narrow driveway was a separate building that housed our river-side room.

Upper floor room with river view

Outdoor breakfast area

One of the colourful resident peacocks

The best part is that none of these hotels were all that expensive! Far less that you would ever pay anywhere for a hotel in Canada for sure.