Casa Bolívar Hotel Museo

Old Beautiful house.

A bit expensive.

The breakfast was delicious and plentiful. The staff was helpful and friendly. The hotel was beautiful and graciously comfortable.

Set in a 300 year old Patrimonial home, Casa Bolivar Hotel and Museum is truly a wonderful experience. Walking into the property is like walking back in time when homes of this nature were reserved for the wealthy. What would have originally been a central courtyard has a raised glass cover which allows continuity of air flow and interior light, the resulting space being the restaurant in the facility. The entire property is decorated in the earlier periods of it's existence with furniture also from that period. The museum room on the second floor demonstrates the opulence and magnificence of its earlier years. The guest rooms are all on the second floor (accessibility for those with mobility issues and/or mobility equipment is not available). Each has it's own feel and is equipped with its own bathroom/shower facilities. Some rooms face out to the street with views of the Plaza San Francisco and others face into the courtyard/restaurant. Rooms are equipped with everything you could need and, if not, the staff are always prepared to be of assistance. Daily housekeeping services is available providing fresh bath linens, bed changing and cleaning. The staff are delightful and go the extra mile to be of service. They will provide information about the city, things to see and do and will book arrangements from reservations, to tours to travel arrangements. Each and every one of them exceptional, although we do have to mention Julia, Santiago, Christina and Jairo. They were absolutely the best. We highly recommend this property and will stay there ourselves in the future.

Daily and general cleaning is very well done. That said, the hotel could use a deep cleaning ... things that aren't cleaned daily like the glass lampshades, etc. In some areas, the original finishing on the floors needs to be removed and redone. Those floors show their age and after damp mopping are sometimes "sticky". These are not deal breakers, just things that should be done at some point.

The employees were professional and kind

It had creaky wooden floors, termites and wall paper that was pealing and frayed wooden on the wall near the floor on one side of the room.