Posada Don Diego — Hotel in Sacatepéquez

Just across the square from the La Merced church & convent, this is a lovely little guest house, with no frills, but with plenty of charm. There's a cafe in the front that serves great coffee, crepes and pancakes all day, that leads into the back courtyard where the small number of rooms are available.||||The rooms are very basic, but very clean and comfortable, although there really is just room for the bed(s). Any sitting or relaxing you want to do you do in the courtyard. There's excellent wifi throughout the posada and a water fountain in the cafe to refill your water bottles whenever you want.||||The bathrooms are narrow, but the water pressure and heat good and although they provide soap, they don't provide shampoo or any other amenity, so you will need to bring your own. ||||The staff are super friendly and go out of their way to help, even getting up at 4AM to let in late (or early?) arrivals. It's in the perfect location in Antigua to see all the sights and close to the transportation hubs for other parts of Guatemala and Central America.||||A really nice break from standard hotels or B&B's, this is a lovely...

5 stars to the very friendly staff and the location, but that is it. The beds are hard, so are the pillows. The rooms are clean superficially, just don’t pay to close attention to the spiderwebs or scuff marks on the walls. The shower wasn’t great, pressure is weak. I preferred showering with my flip-flops on. There is a TV in the room but all the channels had snowflakes so we watched Netflix instead. This was challenging as well as the internet is not great. We were on a working holiday and had to work but couldn’t find good internet anywhere in Antigua. On our first night there we also had a mouse in our room, I was ready to check out then and there. The place needs serious upkeep. I love old buildings but there is a difference between old...

After my original hotel gave my room away for the week of Semana Santa, we walked around looking for another place to stay Wednesday night...we came across the cute Cafe Don Diego and noticed it was also a hotel. Carlos came out to greet us and showed us the back room with 4 beds. The location is perfect- right across from Iglesia Merced which is where all the main processions start and end during Holy Week, and he only charged us $90 a night, which is expensive for Guatemala but NOT for Holy Week. It is a family run hotel, not fancy but they take care of you and the attached cafe has the best coffee and breakfast for great prices. I highly recommend this place if you're...