Casona Colonial Guesthouse

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HI again!

Here is where I have been for the last 2 nights and will stay another, I think. It is really cozy (acogedora - a new spanish word for me) and beautiful. It is furnished with wonderful antiques including bureaus and high beds. One needs a stepstool to get up into the bed. The gardens are lovely and since it has been raining so much it is a great place to sit it out and for me to get over my cold. Rosaria is the owner and she is really sweet and accomodating. The others who work here, Roberto and Salvadora, are also lovely.

They have about 15 turtles that live in the garden and every day Roberto goes out and buys them chicken which they clean right off the bone.

I´m really enjoying my time here at the hotel. Walking outside with the exhaust and the rough sidewalks is another story. Unfortunately, I haven´t felt much like touring the museums, the churches and the ruins. This city life it just not for me!

Dawn

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Photos

La Habitacion
Here is one of the rooms in the Casona. Each room is slightly different but all are charming.

Nice seating area
This is the area outside of my room. Everything here is just so quaint and lovely.

The Dining Area
Here is the common area where we can bring in food or sit and talk with other guests. There is also a computer to use.

The Rose Garden
In the front of the hotel is the rose garden where the largest turtles live.

Turtle with Chicken Leg
This turtle ran off the the chicken given to him by Roberto.

Water Catch Tank
Out back in the fruit garden is a water catch system. They use this water to wash the linens.

Fruit Garden
There is a papaya and a pomegranate tree out back as well as ginger, crotons and other nice plants.

Comments

[Patty]

Turtle toes
That looks like a more comfortable place, but I don't think I would go near those turtles with open toed shoes! It has never crossed my mind to feed chicken to a turtle! I am learning from here. Feel better.