Hotels Antigua Guatemala Guatemala ( GT)
Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo, 2a Calle Oriente No 28 A, Antigua Guatemala 03001
Hotel Museo Casa Santo Domingo offers 125 rooms with a variety of qualities and spaces, each one has a private bathroom, mini bar, chimney most of them , T V, cable, telephone, hair dryer, and safety deposit boxes. The following services are available for our guests every day... medical services, shoe shine, laundry, postal service, newspaper in specific areas, baggage storage, lost objects, ice, wake up calls, voice mails and taxis. Casa Santo Domingo opened its doors in June 1989. Its localed 45kms from the capital city 50 minutes by car and barely 10 minutes walking distance from the center of the city of La Antigua Guatemala. It has a tropical climate with an average annual temperature between 55 and 75 F. The warm months are from January up to April and from May up to October is the rainy season. La Antigua Guatemala was founded as Santiago de Guatemala, and was one of the most important Spanish cities of the New World. As seat of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, between the years 1543 and 1773, it was the political, religious, economic and cultural center of the region comprised between Chiapas and Costa Rica. Because of the destructive 1773 earthquake and the royal decrees of the same year the capital was transformed to the Valle de la Ermita and was founded as La Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion and that is why the abandoned city was called La Antigua Guatemala. Besides getting to know the museums that are part of Casa Santo Domingo Hotel Museum and the Chapel of our Lady of the Rosary Mass every Sunday at 10 a.m
El Convento, 2a Avenida Norte 11, Antigua Guatemala 03001
Location. The El Convento is adjacent to the Capuchin Convent in Antigua, Guatemala, Guatemala. Central Park and Calle del Arco are one half kilometer from the hotel. Casa Santo Domingo Museum is also one half kilometer away. Hotel Features. With bricked, vaulted ceilings, exposed stone walls and hand crafted doors, El Convento emulates the 18th century design of the adjacent Capuchin convent. At the hotel's Sitz' Restaurant and Lounge, chef Arlene infuses dishes with spices, flowers and fruits of the Antigua region. The lounge is open afternoons and evenings and provides access a terrace with volcano views. The hotel features an outdoor pool and a lobby fireplace. Wireless Internet access is complimentary throughout the hotel. Guestrooms. The hotel's 14 guestrooms share a central courtyard decorated with a 100 year old Tempixque tree. Private patios with fountains extend from each room. Beds feature 300 thread count Egyptian cotton linens and a choice of pillows that range from hypoallergenic to memory foam. Marble bathrooms boast L' Occitane toiletries, bathrobes and slippers, towel warmers and rain showers. Five in room music selections are complemented by a choice of aromatherapy, including cypress, eucalyptus, rosemary and orange. In room spa services include deep tissue and relaxation massages, and manicures and pedicures. Flat screen televisions and i Pod docking stations are provided. Expert Tip. In keeping with the look and feel of an 18th century convent/monastery, the hotel features candlelit walkways at night and restaurant wait staff dressed as monks