諾亞方舟飯店

Hôtel au bout du monde Hôtel au bord du lac avec une vue imprenable sur les volcans. Attention, ne faites pas comme nous qui sommes venus en 4X4. Navette en bateau impératif. Bon petit déjeuner : desayuno rancho.

Estadia Sta Cruz No geral a estadia foi boa. No hotel tem um restaurante (mto bom), porém no primeiro dia houve uma certa resistência em aceitar o pagamento com cartão de crédito, problema solucionado no outro dia conversando com outra funcionária. O hotel fica num lugar lindo na beira do lago, otimo para nadar.. Santa Cruz la Laguna é um pueblo mais isolado, não tem mta opção de cafes e restaurantes, mas como gosto de um sossego achei ótimo. Na pousada tem tudo, fornecem até água, mas caso precise de algo mais específico, oriento levar... Amei o lugar, voltaria con certeza!!

Muy amable la gente y tranquilo la área.

We stayed at the Casita Sunrise, the one at the highest point in the property. The room is small and you have to walk through steep stairs to get to it. The view from the room was great, however, there is little privacy as some windows have no curtains, we had to hang some scarves we had for privacy. The bed was comfortable and they clean the room every day. There is a dirt path going uphill that takes you to the back of the property and closer to downtown. The place itself is calm, however, there are several street dogs in town and once one barks the rest follows. There is a spanish school in the property however we never saw it open and the place itself looked dead. They have a restaurant service but you have to reserve by 5 for dinner. The boat service from other towns going to this one finishes at 5:30 pm. The service at the reception when their receptionist Stephanie is there is terrible, she is very condescending and lacks touch for customer care, thank god there is the Iguana Perdida right next door which is where we got most of our answers when we had questions about the town, how to get around etc. Also be aware there is a community tour agency Santa Cruz Jo who offers tours for good prices, we got a weaving class of about 3 hrs with Tomasa a local indigenous woman for 100Q pp and a traditional temazcal bath for 200 Q pp compared to what one of Stephanie’s relative tried to charged us ($35 USD pp) for one activity. There is a book with the number and activities available at the Iguana’s reception. Also, we were never able to take a proper bath, the temperature does not regulate, is either too cold or too hot, there is like 3 seconds of ok temperature then it is either too cold or steaming hot. Also, there are few restaurant options in town, like 2 or 3. If you stay here or at the Iguana Perdida please feed the dogs who sleep outside, they are adorable and their only decent source of food comes from the tourist.

The bed was like sleeping on cardboard the bathroom did not look clean at all. There is no WiFi and the staff was unfriendly. Beware to take quetzales with you for they do not accept dollars unless they are un-wrinkled and flawless. Take into account that if you are looking to go eat out at night you just have two options around and both of them are not open menu you have to sign a list so you can dine in both places. The kitchen of the hotel itself was full of flies. However if you want to disconnect and starve this is great place !

No muy buena experiencia El inodoro se rebalsó, y nos cambiaron de habitación pero solo tenía 1 cama. No dormimos bien, y el costo de la comida elevado