El Centro Hotels

Generally thought to be the best hotel in El Centro, the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites at 35 Smoketree Drive is a handsome, red and cream building situated in a residential district near the south edge of town, close to exit 115 of I-8 but set back a little from the highway for a quieter stay. The hotel has 3 floors, 100 rooms and an outdoor pool at the rear, surrounded by well kept gardens with a few palm trees. The center of El Centro is a mile north along 4th St; here are found most of the restaurants and bars though there are at least 4 fast food places around the interstate exit. Other hotel amenities include free continental breakfast, a fitness center, guest laundry and rooms with microwave & refrigerator.

The Best Western hotel in El Centro is at the southeast corner of town, just next to exit 115 of I-8 (S 4th St/Corfman Rd), and on the edge of the flat farmland that occupies this part of far south California. It is within a mile of Broken Spoke Country Club (formerly the Desert Hills Golf Course), Imperial Valley Mall and Desert Gardens Park. The 58 rooms are on 3 floors, and each has a microwave, refrigerator, ironing facilities and free internet access. Rooms have views over the parking area, the hotel's outdoor pool, the one nearby restaurant (IHOP), or the interstate which runs just to the north.

Opened in 2007, El Centro's Fairfield Inn & Suites is a modern, beautifully clean hotel right next to the Imperial Valley Mall - the main shopping center of southeast California - half a mile away from I-8 (exit 116), and 3 miles from the town center. The 88 rooms (on 4 floors) are all bright and spacious, containing a microwave, coffee maker and ironing facilities. The hotel's cafe serves free hot continental breakfast, with other dining available at a number of restaurants by the mall. For relaxation, the Fairfield Inn offers the three main options of pool (indoor), hot tub and exercise room.

The main amenities at El Centro's Comfort Inn hotel are an outdoor pool/hot tub, exercise room, sauna, cocktail lounge, refrigerator/microwave in each room, and free continental breakfast. West-facing rooms have views over the completely flat countryside that extends for many miles around El Centro, land which is farmed for a few miles then becomes sandy desert around the Jacumba Outstanding Natural Area, 18 miles away. The inn is located just southwest of I-8 junction 115 (S 4th St), and is adjacent to the Best Western hotel; nearby are at least 6 restaurants, and the Imperial Valley Mall which has over 80 stores, a cinema and many more places for dining.

The Clarion Inn is a southwestern El Centro hotel, situated at the edge of a residential area beside I-8 exit 114, Imperial Avenue. There are several restaurants nearby (and one on-site) but a better selection can be found one mile east. The Clarion (formerly Ramada) has two interior corridor floors and 145 rooms, some looking out over the central garden/pool, and all quite well equipped, with a microwave, refrigerator, plasma TV and free internet access. The hotel can cater for meetings & events, and has other amenities of free continental breakfast, an exercise room, hot tub and guest laundry.

On the south side of El Centro, the Rodeway Inn has quite a pleasant location on the edge of open land, close to but not right next to the interstate (access is from exit 115 - Corfman Rd, CA 86). There is supermarket just opposite, various restaurants close by, and the Broken Spoke Country Club 0.2 miles east. The hotel is a rather aged single story building with 49 rooms (all containing microwave & refrigerator), looking inwards over a courtyard/parking area plus small outdoor pool. The place is generally clean, staff welcoming, and the free continental breakfast is above average in quality.

Newly built TownePlace Suites El Centro is situated next to another Marriott property (Fairfield Inn), alongside Imperial Valley Mall on the southeast edge of El Centro, 0.8 miles from exit 116 (S Dogwood Rd) of interstate 8. The property opened in February 2009. Contained within are 80 suites in three floor configurations, all with separate areas for living, sleeping, working and cooking - this latter in a full kitchen featuring a microwave, refrigerator, stove & dishwasher. Services for extended stays include guest laundry and a convenience store. Free full breakfast is provided.