LA GUARIDA DEL CAUDILLO, a property with a garden, is located in Antigua Guatemala, 38 km from National Palace Guatemala, 38 km from Popol Vuh Museum, as well as 2.4 km from Santa Catalina Arch. It is set 33 km from Miraflores Museum and offers a shared kitchen. Cerro de la Cruz is 3.7 km away and Eco Jinaya is 19 km from the guest house. All units feature a shared bathroom, free toiletries and bed linen. Hobbitenango is 9.4 km from the guest house, while Pacaya Volcano is 37 km from the property. The nearest airport is La Aurora Airport, 39 km from LA GUARIDA DEL CAUDILLO.
You feel at home immediately you enter reception and meet the welcoming staff. The grounds are lovely with a beutiful views of the Volcanoes from restaurant and garden. The rooms have been quirkily set out as streets of houses with a cobbled road (not great for wheeling a suitcase especially when you are right at the back!). Our room was in a small courtyard containing several others on two storeys, it comprised two double beds with ample space adn a large shower/loo area. A hairdryer was provided and water stations were plentiful outside. This unfortunately is where the cons kick in, our room was situated right at the far left of the complex and a busy noisy road ran alongside so during it was very noisy both day and night! Maybe ask for a room on the garden side of the complex which should be quieter! There is a nice pool and the open fronted restaurant has stunning views of Volcano Fuego - which was kindly puffing smoke during our visit! Breakfast was served to order, only 3 choices - We had Omlette - ham/cheese or cheese/spinach - served with mashed beans, tortilla and hot plantain - juice - tea -coffee. It was reasonable but service was very slow especially for tea refils. Overall a nice hotel, with pleasant staff but situated a good 25 minutes walk from the town centre which given the traffic noise is not much of a plus. Would we stay again ? - yes but we would request rooms next to the garden which I suspect were much quieter. Also meaning we didn't have to negotiate the cobbled street with our wheelie bags.