Casa de Sierra Azul is an elegant and beautifully restored 200-year-old colonial home offers quiet, unusually spacious rooms in the heart of the city. Its is only two blocks from the bustling Zocalo with its many cafes, strolling musicians, and artisans offering Oaxaca's famous painted animals and other high quality hand crafts

The Casa de Sierra Azul's 15 guest rooms are furnished with carved wooden furniture, tiled floors in geometric designs, stucco walls, high domed ceilings, and skylights or high windows. All have luxurious private bathrooms with tiled showers. In your room, you'll find a vase of fresh flowers, examples of local pottery, prints illustrating Mexican historical sites, and contemporary oil paintings.

The original carved stone central fountain provides a soothing burble that masks city traffic. Some of the building's original frescoes still adorn the covered, columned arcade, their blue and white borders matching the fountain's hand-painted tiles. The walls of the courtyard provide a changing display of fine, contemporary art, making this tranquil spot an ideal setting for reading and relaxing at any time of day, and at any time of year.

The guest rooms open on the courtyard or on adjacent corridors overlooking a secluded garden. At the end of the day, you'll find your room freshened and your bed turned down.

Lety Cruz , the hotel's manager, can arrange for guides and tours of Monte Alban and other Oaxaca historical sites, and visits to villages of painters, weavers, woodcarvers, and other artisans.
She also can direct you to fine local restaurants and shopping, and will do her best to make your trip delightful.