El Centro Hotels

The Hampton Inn was the first Hilton hotel in El Centro, and it has an easily-reached location at the Dogwood Road exit of Interstate 8, on the east side of the city just across from Imperial Valley Mall, within sight of open farmland. Both daily hot breakfast (takeout version available) and weekday evening receptions are complimentary. A convenience store sells drinks, snacks and cookable meals, prepared using the microwaves installed in all guest rooms. The hotel also has an indoor pool complete with water slide, a fitness center, a 24 hour business center and meeting space for up to 50 people.

New for spring 2024, the Home2 Suites is part of a group of businesses and other hotels beside Imperial Valley Mall, near the Dogwood Road exit of Interstate 8. Guest rooms have long-distance views over the flat surroundings; the hotel is just half a mile from open countryside and farmland. The Naval Air Facility is 11 miles northwest. All accommodations are suites, equipped with kitchenette; general facilities are an indoor pool, meeting space, a business center and a fitness center. Hot breakfast is complimentary.

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 (South Dogwood Road) 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.

Generally thought to be the best mid-range hotel in El Centro, the Holiday Inn Express occupies 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 Street; 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 hot breakfast buffet, a fitness center, guest laundry and rooms with microwave & refrigerator.

The Best Western in El Centro is at the southeast corner of town, just next to exit 115 of I-8 (Corfman Road), on the edge of the flat irrigated farmland that occupies large areas of this part of far south California. The hotel 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.

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 (4th Street); nearby are at least six restaurants, and the Imperial Valley Mall which has over 80 stores, a cinema and many more places for dining.

MainStay Suites El Centro adjoins a Choice Hotels sister property (Comfort Inn), sharing the general facilities (outdoor pool, fitness center, bar, free hot breakfast), but differing in that all guest rooms are equipped with a full kitchen, and have extra living space; catering primarily for extended stay travelers. The hotel faces I-8 at the 4th Street exit, within walking distance of several restaurants and a supermarket.

The Days Inn is a budget-priced motel offering just the basic amenities, of free wi-fi and free continental breakfast. All accommodations have a coffee maker, microwave & refrigerator; there are also several suites available with kitchenette facilities and separate living area. The inn occupies a two floor, exterior corridor building, with a large parking area to one side, and it has a northerly location in town along Imperial Avenue, near restaurants and a supermarket.

Super 8 El Centro is a typical budget-priced roadside motel, the guest rooms all on the ground floor, in three blocks around the central parking area. Coin-operated laundry, free wi-fi, free coffee, and free breakfast item are the only amenities. The motel is one of the more northerly in El Centro, along Adams Avenue (Hwy 86), 1.5 miles from Interstate 8.