Name: Casa Arnel
Address: Aldama 404, Jalatlaco, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 68080, Mexico
Rating: 7

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Oaxaca International Airport

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Sometimes it's not just about the amenities, location and aesthetics. Sometimes it's about the people. My family of four (my wife and two young children) showed up on New Year's Eve in Oaxaca, wrung-out and emotionally fragile from a gruelling trip down from El Paso with an ailing VW Westfalia, on our way to spend a sabbatical year in Puerto Escondido. Our van had been getting progressively worse as we had been driving, to the point that we barely made it, and probably should have stopped at a repair shop sooner.

After explaining our situation to the kindly owners, they called in a favour with one of their friends who owned a mechanic shop and he showed up at 7 PM on New Year's Eve to start working on it, because, as he explained, nobody would be working until at least the 3rd of January. He fixed it that evening and charged me $60 US (I had some of the key parts needed).

This hotel is a lovely place, full of cheerfully squawking parrots amidst the beautiful trees of the interior courtyard, with a great lending library. Everything is as good or better as you might expect, including the price.

Sometimes everything goes well and according to plan. But sometimes not, and for those  times, well, there's Casa Arnel.

Casa Arnel to the rescue!

I thought this little hotel was delightful.  The ambience of the interior courtyard is superb and thoughtful.  Our room was a bit monastic but I still thought it was charming. Bonus: you can get one of the five parrots to dance by dancing in front of him (something we discovered by accident)!

Very charming choice

We stayed here during the Day of the Dead celebrations and found it a great base for exploring the city, easy walking distance to the Zocalo and other major sights. 

The reception staff are friendly and helpful, rooms are basic but clean and comfortable with fans. The real highlight was the gardens in the central courtyard and the roof terrace which we were able to watch some of the Day of the Dead processions pass by from. 

We didn't eat at the hotel but there are several small cafes nearby which are very reasonable and have great local food.

Great location for exploring the old city, clean, beautiful gardens

We stayed here as part of an Intrepid trip and thought it was a lovely little hotel. Beautiful courtyard and rooftop area which was great for groups. Rooms were basic but clean and breakfast was up there with the best we had the entire time we were in Mexico.

Nice Hotel

Casa Arnel in Barrio Jalatlaco isn’t in the centre of town but is in fairly easy walking distance of the Zócalo. The rooms were adequate if a tad small. Desayunos offerings were okay but we found lots of good comida choices just up the road along Callejón de Hidalgo. The lush green garden full of natives in the courtyard was a beautiful setting to open out on from our upstairs room. Loved the cafe mural on the corner wall opposite the hotel.

Garden courtyard Casa Arnel’s best feature 

Stayed here as part of an Intrepid tour. Although rooms were clean, they were very basic - we had to ask for towels and water, and staff were not particularly accommodating. Although breakfast was good, the beds were extremely hard and at checkout we were charged a lot of money for a mark on the sheets.

Compared to the other hotels we stayed in throughout Mexico, this was definitely the worst.

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