Agave Terlingua — Hotel in Manuel Benavides

If you've ever been to Terlingua then you know that there's no town center, per se... cafes, businesses and lodgings are strewn all up and down highway 118 and 170. 170 is the highway that leads to "Ghost Town" Terlingua and Agave Terlingua is just off 170 by the turnoff to the ghost town... which isn't really much of a ghost since there are shops and eateries occupying all the old buildings.||We did a great deal of searching for a place to stay before settling on Agave Terlingua and after arriving at our casita, we were extremely glad that we chose this place to stay. Here's why.| |First of all, many of the places we saw look down on 170, including other properties owned by Basecamp Terlingua, the owners of this property. Or, they are very close to the highway and the noise. Or, the view from the properties is blocked by other buildings in front of them.| |But, Agave Terlingua is just off the main 170 road, and down a hill which blocks a lot of road noise. The casitas have a western view... lovely to watch the sunset, and there is virtually nothing in front of you... one telephone pole, and way in the distance, a farm building. It was very satisfying to sit and enjoy the views.| |We stayed in Casa Anejo, one of four casitas on the property. They are well separated from one another. Casa Anejo is a 2 person casita and it looks just like the pictures on their website. The bed was very comfortable. There is no TV, but the room had a microwave, a couple of dishes and spoons, a small fridge and a Keurig coffee maker. The air conditioner/heating system worked very well and was extremely quiet. The high speed internet worked very well.||The bathroom was spacious with a large rainfall shower area, and plenty of room at the sink and counter area. Two minor gripes: Not enough places to hang used towels, and the exhaust fan was very loud.| |Outside, there were two Adirondack chairs and a firepit, and two "end tables"... OK... two logs that served as places to put your drink. Firewood is extremely expensive in Terlingua if you can find it ($11 for 3 or 4 skinny chunks of wood) so do like we did and bring some wood and starter. Be prepared to not have a fire, though... it can become extremely windy.||Restaurants can be found just on the other side of the road in the ghost town 3 minutes away (I've also reviewed the restaurants we ate at), and down at the junction of 170 and 118.| |We thought the prices for lodging were rather steep here but considering that everything in Terlingua is expensive in the high season, this place was unbeatable, and if we return to Terlingua, we will definitely...

I had booked a reservation at Agave Terlingua for Feb. 2021. Unfortunately TX had a record freeze & storm during the dates we had reserved for (Google TX freeze for info). Despite all of this being on the news and many cities in TX (including ours) losing electricity & water, housing pipes bursting from the freeze and having roads too treacherous to travel on, Agave Terlingua refused to refund our money despite these extraordinary circumstances. They kept one night's deposit and said they could give us a raincheck for the remaining 2 days. We were pushed into booking a future trip knowing that it was mostly unlikely we'd have another opportunity to visit there. At first I tried to be understanding but the more I thought about it the more it bothered me. The raincheck was useless to us because we are unable to make a future trip there due to our schedules & our pet. I eventually had to ask Agave to confirm cancellation of our raincheck to try to get trip cancellation insurance reimbursement, but was only able to recover a partial amount. So basically Agave Terlingua made almost $1500 from me while giving me nothing back in return. This whole situation has been incredibly frustrating and for a place that has most of its rooms booked many months in advance (at least in the seasons you'd want to visit) it's shocking that they refused to refund us anything at all. I suppose it serves me right for not taking every word of the fine print literally.||||From other reviews this place may be nice to visit, but I recommend that you are 100% sure that NOTHING will interrupt your trip before you book at this place, because the management certainly won't let go of your money (outside of offering a partial credit for future stays) once they have it. Greed,...

Stayed one night at Casa Patrón. Things we loved were the outdoor shower Good amount of towels stored everywhere. High class soap products rather than cheap ones. Awesome window view. Outdoor seating area and fire pit. Things that were not good were the cleaning crew most likely wipe the storage counter with Fabuloso and turn the glasses and cups upside down but that then soaked the cleaning scent into the cups. So a glass of wine or cup of tea tasted horrible like you were drinking cleaning supplies. So we just washed and cleaned everything again before we used them intensely. Someone else’s socks and used ear plugs were left on the side of the bed so they most likely had to rush the cleaning job. One of the showers had a lot of mold at the base wall which looked disgusting. Outdoor shower door didn’t close properly at all and when we text them they sent a trick to close it but it didn’t work and they never bothered to come and fix it so the door basically was open for critters to crawl through. Glad we didn’t use that bedroom area we just closed the door.

Overall good experience with a few things that can be fixed with communication and wouldn’t stop us...