Guanajuato Hotel Guide: La Casa de Espiritus Alegres
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.
Imagine you had traveled around Mexico for a decade or so, buying every piece of folk art that caught your eye. Now imagine you opened a bed and breakfast and had a chance to stuff every one of those masks, paintings, and Day of the Dead figures into seven rooms, a dining area, and a lobby lounge/library. Then imagine that you also took trips to Rajasthan, India now and then and you decided to jam all those souvenirs into one suite and a garden lounge area while you were at it.
The result would be La Casa de Espiritus Alegres, a trippy hotel in the village of Marfil, on the edge of Guanajuato in Mexico. Set in shady gardens and made up of buildings that date as far back as the 1700s. You can't look in any direction here without seeing something interesting. It gives the phrase "a hotel with personality" a whole new meaning and here there really is a skeleton in the closet--in every room!
Rates run $145 to $165, including taxes and a magnificent full breakfast. See the video tour here for a taste, then check out their website for a pics of each room and suite.
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