Guanajuato Hotel Guide: Quinta Las Acacias

Where: Paseo de la Presa 168, Guanajuato, Mexico

4/17/2008 at 11:48 AM
Tags: Mexico Hotels, Guanajuato Hotels

Once again, HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel is moving around Mexico, checking out the hotel scene in the colonial heartland. If you have a question about where to stay in Guanajuato or San Miguel de Allende, hit us on the tipline, or just comment below, and we will do our best to get you some sort of answer. Enjoy.

A few days back we ran a video tour of the top hotel in Guanajuato, but running a close second is the city's original luxury hotel, Quinta Las Acacias.

With a location by the governor's residence and a tranquil city lake with rowboats for rent, this 17-room hotel has a prestige address and the pedigree of a former mansion. It's a 20-minute walk to the center from here though, so expect to pay a few extra bucks on cabs. You should also figure out your preferred decorating style before booking as this is really two hotels in one.

The original building is decorated like a Victorian tea parlor, with lots of 19th-century furniture styles, heavy wallpaper, and a certain "eau de grandma." The newer addition built two years ago fast forwards at least one century, with lots of Mexican tile, local crafts for decoration, and brighter colors all around.

Each room has a different theme, including one that gets the Frida Kahlo treatment, and a few have tile whirlpools for two.

The choice rooms are the large master suite and the apartment-sized presidential suite, the latter with its own mountain-view terrace next to the pool (pictured here).

Rates are $185 to $225 for the standards and $270 to $380 for the suites, including all taxes and a full breakfast. Book at least a month ahead and you score a 12% discount.