San Miguel de Allende Hotel Guide: Casa Linda

April 23, 2008 at 1:00 PM | by Tim L. | 0 Comments

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.

Hotel Casa Linda is an American expatriate's dream hotel and parts of it actually do look like something out of a dream. Each room here has a different theme and whimsy wins out over subtlety every time.

The Angeles Suite features a carved headboard filled with angels, angel tiles in the bath, and a few colonial era religious sculptures. Las Rosas Suite features a bright red whirlpool tub in the bath. Las Gardenias (pictured here) is a huge open space with two queen beds, hardwood floors, full kitchen, and a terrace with a view.

Most everything you need is at your fingertips here: gas fireplaces, satellite TVs with DVD players, minibars, coffee makers, and nice Lord & Mayfair toiletries.

The Maya Suite is as big as an apartment, with a kitchen, dining table for six, a full living room set, and two queen beds with iron headboards. Two separate blue tile baths each have their own whirlpool tub and there's a family-sized walk-in closet. For parties, no decorating necessary in the Fiesta Penthouse: there are already hanging piñatas, two terraces for cocktails, and dinner seating for eight.

A series of courtyards and gardens are in the center, along with a lap pool and a tile whirlpool built for 12. The hotel's hip Nirvana restaurant serves up fusion food in a dramatic space and is a popular hotspot. Rates here are only a smidgen below those at Dos Casas and Casa de Sierra Nevada though, at $275 to $370 a night before taxes.

As we wrap up this San Miguel de Allende report, you may have noticed that all four hotels have had the word "casa" (house) in them. Design flair is abundant in these parts, but naming imagination is not. A few we skipped: Casa Diana, Casa de los Olivos, Casa Liza, Casa Rosada, Casa Mision de San Miguel, Casa Quetzel, Casa de Aves, Casa Carmen, Casa Schuck, oh enough already!

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