Hotel Chalet — Hotel in Quiché

The location of this privately-run hotel was fine and just a 5-6 min walk from the center. The older gentleman who owns the place was friendly and helpful, though I needed to ask him for towels and toilet paper, which weren’t in the room. He kindly brought me a cup of boiled water to put my coffee packet in. He provided information about the city. However personally, I was not happy with this place. I had a ground floor room. It was freezing cold and even the extra blanket I was given didn’t provide enough warmth. I let the water run several minutes in the shower but it was still cold, so I didn’t take a shower. The bed was hard and uncomfortable. But worst was the constant noise of barking dogs outside (and even the owner’s dog) as well as a rooster that crowed from midnight until dawn and I couldn’t sleep a wink. I cancelled the second night I had booked (after having found another hotel) and the owner reimbursed what I had paid for the second night with no hassle. Perhaps the rooms on the upper floor are warmer, have hot water, and more comfortable beds … who knows? But due to the problems mentioned, I wouldn’t...

We only stayed in Chichicastenango for 1 night. Our stay at Hotel Chalet was pretty good. ||The hotel is quite disjointed with some guest rooms on the ground floor, administration and the owners living quarters on the second floor and more guest rooms on the upper floors. ||Our room was quite basic. We|Had a triple room with a larger double bed and 1 twin. Our young kids shared the twin and everyone slept ok. ||The hallways of the hotel are littered with stuff. I believe it’s all for sale. There are glass cases filled with dusty knick knacks all with price tags on them. There are also a number of faded (and somewhat scary) piñatas hanging from the ceiling. I got the feeling the owners are hoarders. ||The owner was nice and fairly helpful. He offered us advice about protecting our valuables while we visited the Chichi market. ||You can get breakfast at the hotel for 25Q per plate. It comes with scrambled eggs, bread, butter, jam, coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice. It was pretty basic and a bit overpriced but...

We loved staying at the Hotel Chalet. Our room was extremely simple, but definitely adequate. Manuel could not have been a more charming host. So friendly and accommodating! He gave us lots of information and helped us figure out the next leg of our travels....Breakfast was delicious: fresh-squeezed OJ, homemade strawberry jam, eggs, and bread hot from the oven!||We got in on Wednesday night, before the Thursday market, which worked really well. We walked around at night and saw the market stalls being assembled, some selling already going on...had a good dinner at Restaurant San Juan that Manuel recommended right near the big church. Then, on Thursday morning we got up early to go to the market...really didn't see another tourist until some shuttle buses arrived a few hours later....