Editor Pick
Hotel Posada de Don Rodrigo
- March 31, 2002
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Tavia from New York, New York
This four-star colonial-style hotel just up the street from the arch of Santa Catalina is within walking distance of all the major sites and restaurants. This is the hotel that all the locals recommend when they have guests from out of town. The service was excellent -- the women at the front desk and the porters were all ready "para servirle" -- and the staff wore the colorful, traditional Guatemalan garb. The posada is made up of rooms set around many inner courtyards. The rooms are all spare but furnished with period, dark wood furniture and native textiles. My room had a double bed, two small chairs and a table arrayed in front of a nonfunctioning fireplace, and an oddly institutional-looking (but spotless) bathroom. It was situated in the back of the hotel (off the noisy roads!) and I had a view of a courtyard and of a volcano. The posada is not air-conditioned, but as there is fresh cool air each night and morning, it's not a big deal. The hotel also has a gift shop and restaurnat that serves three meals (see dining entry).
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