Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hotel Casa Familiar $
( 7783-0656; adelamendozaj@yahoo.es; r without bathroom s/d/tr Q60/90/120)
Only partially built, this
central lodging just down from the main plaza has four cozy rooms with hardwood floors,
traditional textile bedspreads, good hot showers and plenty of blankets. Have a breakfast
bowl of
mosh
or fresh-baked banana bread at the cafe downstairs.
HOTEL
HOTEL
Hotelito Todos Santos $
( 7783-0603; r Q125, s/d without bathroom Q45/90)
South of the plaza, up a sidestreet that branches
left, this backpackers' fave has small and bare but well-scrubbed rooms with tile floors
and firm beds. The casual cafe here is noted for its pancakes.
Comedor Katy $
(meals Q22)
Women in traditional garb attend to great vats bubbling over glowing embers at
this rustic cook shack just below the central plaza. There are tables on a terrace overlook-
ing the market activity.
GUATEMALAN
Comedor Evelín $
( 6am-8pm Mon-Sat)
This often busy eatery features two dining halls; you'll find the menu
scrawled on a styrofoam board at the back. Lunchtime they serve classic traditional fare,
such as
pepián de pollo
(chicken in pumpkin-seed sauce) and
caldo de res
. It's 100m east
of the plaza, turning uphill at the bookstore.
GUATEMALAN
Shopping
Tienda Grupo de Mujeres, downstairs from the Hotel Casa Familiar, has a great selection
of
típica
clothing and accessories, all produced by a women's weaving cooperative.
Orientation & Information
Todos Santos' main street is about 500m long. Towards its west end are the church and
market, with the central plaza raised above street level on the south side.
The Grupo de Mujeres weaving shop at the base of the Hotel Casa Familiar functions as
a de facto information center and they can give you a town map.
To make telephone calls look for signs saying 'Llamadas Nacionales y Internacionales'
in the area around the church.
