Taller de Juan Casa-Hotel

Style

The repair shop

Setting

San Cristóbal cobbles

With enough glossy woodwork and carpentry to make Geppetto proud, Taller de Juan is a stylish studio in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas. As with much of the architecture of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, the low-slung building is centred around a courtyard, with a new storey added to really showcase Juan’s skills (and house the Master Suite). A local artist was enlisted to create the paintings and even the rooms keys are miniature works of art.

Facilities

Rooms

Eight, including one suite.

Checkout

Noon. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Rates don’t usually include breakfast.

Also

The entrance has a ramp for wheelchair access and most of the rooms are on the ground floor.

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout. In rooms: adaptor plugs, Le Creuset French press plus Chiapas coffee, yoga mats, vinyl record player and Loredana bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

In the traditional local style, most of the rooms at Taller de Juan are in a single storey around the courtyard – but there is one new part to the house, containing the Presidential Suite (which, small-screen addicts take note, is the only room with a television). From this lofty perch, you’ll be able to admire the local rooftops, as well as the tan headboard and dark concrete walls.

Spa

The hotel’s spa is as serene as everywhere else, with treatments ensuring a continued sense of wellbeing (or just manicured nails).

Packing Tips

The atelier will have you wanting to tinker with something – pack some suitable hobby material.

Also

In keeping with the studio theme, all of the artworks are for sale – even the unique ones, since the artist will gladly craft you a second edition.

Children

All ages are welcome. Babysitting can be arranged with 12 hours’ notice; it’s 750 pesos an hour, with a minimum booking of five hours.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Keep cosy on cooler days in the green conservatory, or head out to the patio if the sun is shining.

Dress Code

Lose the tool belt.

Hotel Restaurant

Guests feel at home at Corazón de Luna (which means 'Moonheart'), which is designed to be like your own laid-back lounge, only one where someone else will make you mushroom ceviche, tiraditos, tacos and poke bowls. Healthy breakfasts are served here to set you up for a day exploring San Cristóbal de las Casas, with especially good (and reviving) coffees.

Hotel Bar

There’s no separate bar, but you’ll be able to order drinks at Moonheart.

Last Orders

The restaurant is open all day, from 7.30am up until 11pm.

Room Service

Breakfast and other meals can be delivered to your room during the restaurant’s opening hours.

Planes

The region’s main airport is Tuxtla Gutiérrez – international arrivals will have to connect in Mexico City or Cancún. The airport is just over an hour away from the hilltop town of San Cristóbal; hotel transfers start from 1,200 pesos.

Automobiles

If you’ve hired a car at the airport, you’ll be able to stow it away close to the hotel for 150 pesos a night. The hotel is a couple of blocks from the Guadalupe walkway, so a car won’t be necessary to get around town – the cathedral is within walking distance, too.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Taller de Juan is in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, with Mayan ruins and colonial cities to explore, toucans and tapirs to track, and the Agua Azul waterfalls offering some much-needed temperature regulation. After you’ve strolled the cobblestoned, colonial and officially magical streets of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, a certified Pueblo Mágico, further-afield options for day trips include the pre-Columbian Toniná temples.

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