Hotel La Casona De Los Dos Patios

It’s a very basic hotel but everything you need from a hotel. They’re hospitality is on point, bathrooms are filled with towels and shampoo. The rooms, at least my room was quite small of enough for two.
But the scenery is so beautiful and historic looking you want to stay here. It’s has this 19^th century look and feel, and as a traveler I love that. It’s one block away from Zocalo and in the center of everything in Oaxaca. Another reason to stay here.
Warning!!! For Americans! There’s no A/​C so ask about a fan or remember there’s no A/​C before booking. Before you start bitching and crying on how you had to sleep without any A/​C. I came here in June when its was 55 degrees.
Hotel ⁹⁄₁₀. Location ¹⁰⁄₁₀.

We stayed here during our first visit to Oaxaca for Dia de los Muertos. Check in at the desk when we arrived VERY early in the morning (about 7 a.m. from our overnight bus trip from DF) was promising. The guys at the desk were really nice and we were able to store our bags prior to actual check-​in time, which was hours off. When we actually checked into our room hours later, things started to go downhill a bit. We were on a first floor interior room with no windows, except for ones that opened out into the inner courtyard (which made the room feel a little TOO accessible, since we couldn’t open them or someone could climb in easily) and very little circulation. The room was a triple, although we only needed a double and had booked accordingly online. Overall, it was incredibly dark and stuffy. Our shower also seemed to be broken. There was no showerhead, just a spigot. But, whatever, we didn’t plan to actually spend any time in the room beyond sleeping, so it was what it was.
Check out time, however was a nightmare. We had prepaid and yet somehow they wanted to charge us an extra night for which we had neither stayed nor reserved, regardless of the proof of payment I provided (printout from reservation on
.) There was a ton of confusion and back and forth and the lady was very rude. After a lot of grief, we managed to settle the situation, but it definitely soured any good will I’d felt at the beginning of our stay. Needless to say, if this is the only hotel available in Oaxaca during DDLM, I’ll pass.

Y mientras seguíamos en la ardua búsqueda de un hotel para hospedarnos el fin de semana pasado, por recomendaciones llegamos aquí. Dicen que es uno de los hoteles con más historia en el centro histórico de Oaxaca. El hotel es grande y con una decoración muy al estilo Oaxaca.
Me pareció una muy buena lección para poder pasar una noche, además de grande, bonito y limpio, tiene sus balcones en los que podrás tener una bonita vista a las calles del centro. La recepción es algo espaciosa, la atención y servicio de las personas del lugar siempre fue de lo mejor. Te muestran la habitación sin ningún compromiso por si decides quedarte y si no, no hay ni un problema, no se molestan (en unos sí me tocó). A pesar de ser uno de los hoteles más recomendados y más conocidos por la zona, los precios no son altos.

Es considerado unos de los 3 hoteles más antiguos de Oaxaca, de hecho el inmueble siempre ha sido un hotel, aunque ha cambiado de nombre. Por ello si aquí te hospedas, ten cuidado al pedir referencia del hotel a algún residente porque todos los oaxaqueños lo conocen por su anterior nombre: Hotel Francia.
A pesar de ser todo un clásico, si ha tenido remodelaciones y mejoras, pero no esperes gran lujo, son habitaciones con servicios básicos.
Los patios son gran atractivo del lugar, aunque el hotel esté ubicado entre el ruido del sur del centro histórico, sus patios atrapan el silencio y son excelentes para leer o disfrutar de un rico desayuno del restaurante del hotel.