Boutique & design

A restored 1910 merchant's mansion on the seafront with a five-storey addition behind it, rooftop pool and one of the better restaurants in the city.

A colonial house on Independencia turned into a small adults-only hotel, courtyard planting and a plunge pool at the centre of it.

A walled hacienda-style guesthouse with a garden courtyard, run at the scale where the owner still cooks breakfast.

The boutique wing of the La Posada property, fewer rooms and a quieter aspect on the water.

Ten suites on the Coromuel side of the Pichilingue road, sized for people who want the coast to themselves.

A design-led adults-only house downtown with two restaurants, two bars and a rooftop terrace five minutes from the Malecón.

A long-running bed and breakfast on Benito Juárez, five minutes' walk from the plaza, with a planted courtyard.

A converted townhouse with a garden and terrace, about a mile and a half from the seafront.

A small hotel on the Malecón itself — you cross the road and you're on the promenade.

A slim modern building on Álvaro Obregón with sea-facing rooms and a rooftop.

Colonial-revival rooms full of Mexican antiques, a small rooftop pool, and a location on Álvaro Obregón at the calm end.

A handful of rooms around a garden, twelve minutes' walk from the Malecón, consistently rated well by couples.

A diver-friendly guesthouse, small enough that trips get organised around the breakfast table.

Exactly what the name suggests — a bookish, conversational bed and breakfast with a good breakfast table.

A small central hotel with breakfast included and a courtyard to eat it in.

A small Greek-influenced hotel on Allende with a roof terrace and kayaks for guests.

A courtyard inn 600 metres from the Malecón kiosk, four rooms around a fountain.

A small design-led hotel downtown, more considered than its price suggests.

An artist-run apartment above a gallery in the old town.

A boutique conversion in the old town with a handful of rooms.

A restored 19th-century hacienda around a courtyard, with an art gallery in the front rooms.

A studio conversion downtown that couples rate very highly — small, considered and well finished.

A one-room loft downtown, decorated with more personality than most.