Texas, United States
New hotels in El Paso
A border city whose grandest hotel just reopened after a century: a rare case of restoration outshining anything new.
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El Paso, Texas
Hotel Paso del Norte, Autograph Collection
Trost & Trost opened this El Paso landmark on Thanksgiving Day 1912; it reopened in October 2020 as an Autograph Collection hotel after a four-year restoration.
From $170
Open · October 2020
El Paso, Texas
The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park
A 1930 Art Deco tower, one of Conrad Hilton's first high-rises, reopened in 2020 after a $78 million restoration with 130 rooms.
From $140
Open · April 2020
El Paso, Texas
Courtyard by Marriott El Paso Downtown/Convention Center
A nine-story, 151-room Courtyard opened in August 2018 across from El Paso's convention center, with a rooftop pool.
From $110
Open · August 2018
El Paso, Texas
Stanton House
A century-old former furniture showroom in downtown El Paso became a 42-room art hotel built around a four-story kinetic light sculpture.
From $175
Open · 2018Coming soon in El Paso
No confirmed openings ahead in El Paso for now.
Iconic hotels in El Paso
El Paso
Hotel Paso del Norte, Autograph Collection
Financed by Zach White after he watched a rival hotel burn to the ground, architect Henry Trost's 1912 building crowned its lobby with a stained-glass dome in the Tiffany style, over 45 feet across. Guests once watched gunfire from the 1914 Mexican Revolution from its roof terraces, and later visitors ranged from Amelia Earhart to six U.S. presidents.
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El Paso
Gardner Hotel
El Paso's oldest continuously operating hotel has kept its original 1922 elevator and mosaic tile floors. Gangster John Dillinger reportedly stayed in room 221, and novelist Cormac McCarthy lived here while writing in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Learn more →We track two new hotels in El Paso, Texas, both restorations of historic downtown landmarks rather than new construction, and both reopened within months of each other in 2020. Hotel Paso del Norte's 1912 Tiffany-style stained-glass dome and The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park's Pueblo Revival Art Deco tower, one of Conrad Hilton's first high-rise hotels, anchor a downtown built around Spanish colonial and Mexican-American border culture rather than a modern skyline. Both put a visitor within walking distance of downtown's museums, murals and Tex-Mex restaurants.
What to do
A weekend in El Paso
Spend the first day in downtown's Las Plazas Arts District, walking El Paso Street's string-lit blocks and the Trost-designed buildings from the 1920s, before touring the El Paso Museum of History for its overview of 400 years of border history. In the evening, catch a game at Southwest University Park, home of the El Paso Chihuahuas, a short walk from both Hotel Paso del Norte and The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park. On the second day, walk El Segundo Barrio's streetcar route for its murals on Mexican-American culture, border life and civil rights, then finish with dinner at one of downtown's Tex-Mex restaurants.
A full week
A week allows a half-day at the Magoffin Home Historic Site for its adobe architecture and border-history exhibits, plus an evening at Viva! El Paso, a performance at the McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater telling the story of the city's history and culture. Add a day trip across the border to Ciudad Juárez if travel conditions allow, or a drive up to the Franklin Mountains for hiking and city views. Both hotels sit close enough to downtown's Plaza Theatre and art museum for an easy return each evening.
Where to stay
Downtown
Hotel Paso del Norte, Autograph Collection reopened in October 2020 after a nearly four-year restoration of the 1912 Trost & Trost landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979. The 351-room hotel's centerpiece is a preserved 25-foot Tiffany-style stained-glass dome ceiling, alongside 33,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park reopened in April 2020 after a more than $78 million restoration of a Pueblo Revival Art Deco tower that opened November 30, 1930 as the ninth and tallest hotel in Conrad Hilton's young chain. The 130-room hotel overlooking Pioneer Park includes a wood-fired Mexican restaurant and a rooftop bar, La Perla.
Which hotel for your trip
Business and event travelers
Hotel Paso del Norte's 33,000 square feet of meeting and event space and 351 rooms make it the larger-scale option of the two, suited to conferences and groups.
Design and heritage-hotel travelers
The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park's Pueblo Revival Art Deco architecture and rooftop bar overlooking the park suit a smaller-scale, design-focused stay, with a direct link to Conrad Hilton's earliest hotel chain.
Frequently asked questions
What is the newest hotel to open in El Paso?
Hotel Paso del Norte, Autograph Collection, which reopened in October 2020, five months after The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park's April 2020 reopening.
Are both El Paso hotels historic restorations?
Yes: Hotel Paso del Norte restores a 1912 Trost & Trost building, and The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park restores a 1930 tower built by Conrad Hilton. Neither is new construction.
Is downtown El Paso walkable?
Yes: the Las Plazas Arts District, El Paso Street, Southwest University Park and both hotels tracked here sit within a compact, walkable downtown core.
Which El Paso hotel has a rooftop bar?
The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park's La Perla, overlooking Pioneer Park.
What is the stained-glass dome at Hotel Paso del Norte?
A 25-foot-diameter Tiffany-style stained-glass ceiling, original to the hotel's 1912 construction and preserved through its restoration.
Is El Paso close to the US-Mexico border?
Yes: downtown El Paso sits directly across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and the city's border history and Mexican-American culture shape much of what there is to see downtown.
How long did each hotel's restoration take?
Hotel Paso del Norte closed in 2018 for a nearly four-year restoration before reopening in October 2020. The Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park's more than $78 million project restored the building fully apart from its original facade, following its 2008 purchase by El Paso businessman Paul Foster.