It's been a while, but hello.
We were looking for a place close ish by to take a semi short trip and had recently heard pretty cool things about Santa Fe from a few different people. A short direct flight to Albuquerque (took me a while to master this spelling and I'm sure I will forget in time) from SF (after a 2-hour delay), an $80 4-day car rental from Hertz (half of this was taxes and fees, believe it or not), and we arrived at La Posada de Santa Fe. We chose the hotel because of the Starwood affiliation, and it served us well.
During check in, we had requested for a suite upgrade, but unfortunately this was not available for the first evening. The reception lady told us to stop by the next day and they would help us with this. The regular room was nice, comfy bed, worked out just great for us. Lingon learned to build a fire (even though there was a sign telling us not to build a fire) and that kept us nice and warm! The one thing that was annoying is that there were no bedroom slippers, apparently they had been on back order for a while!
The grounds of the hotel were really pretty. Some of the buildings were old adobe structures, and others were newly build but in the same style. The lobby was inviting with a wonderful fireplace and they served complimentary coffee and hot chocolate in the morning. The hotel was a few blocks from the main square, so we had a nice walk everyday when we went to town.
On our second day, we upgraded to a suite. It had a living room and was very big, and we enjoyed the extra space though it was not really necessary. The bathroom had double sinks though, which we appreciated!
What I really liked about the hotel (I must be turning into an old person!) is the activities they arrange. While we were there, we attended an art talk, smores evening, and we would have done the Saturday morning yoga except we decided to go hiking early instead. Yummmmmm smoressssss.
For our Starwood Platinum amenity, we chose the breakfast. You can get a continental breakfast which is coffee, a pastry and fruit parfait, but coffee was free so we decided to go with the $30-off-your-bill option at Julia restaurant. Over the days, we got to try the huevos rancheros, lox and bagels (it really was just one bagel), French toast and Skinny Minnie Beni (poached eggs with a bunch of vegetables). All very good and we were very pleased. Portions were large and we often had leftovers. Service was wonderful too.
Also, there is free coffee, tea and Mayan hot chocolate available in the lobby in the morning, and we just got that every morning instead of buying coffee for Lingon at breakfast, saved a few bucks!
We had a most lovely stay here. I would highly recommend the hotel. Thumbs up!
We were looking for a place close ish by to take a semi short trip and had recently heard pretty cool things about Santa Fe from a few different people. A short direct flight to Albuquerque (took me a while to master this spelling and I'm sure I will forget in time) from SF (after a 2-hour delay), an $80 4-day car rental from Hertz (half of this was taxes and fees, believe it or not), and we arrived at La Posada de Santa Fe. We chose the hotel because of the Starwood affiliation, and it served us well.
During check in, we had requested for a suite upgrade, but unfortunately this was not available for the first evening. The reception lady told us to stop by the next day and they would help us with this. The regular room was nice, comfy bed, worked out just great for us. Lingon learned to build a fire (even though there was a sign telling us not to build a fire) and that kept us nice and warm! The one thing that was annoying is that there were no bedroom slippers, apparently they had been on back order for a while!
The grounds of the hotel were really pretty. Some of the buildings were old adobe structures, and others were newly build but in the same style. The lobby was inviting with a wonderful fireplace and they served complimentary coffee and hot chocolate in the morning. The hotel was a few blocks from the main square, so we had a nice walk everyday when we went to town.
On our second day, we upgraded to a suite. It had a living room and was very big, and we enjoyed the extra space though it was not really necessary. The bathroom had double sinks though, which we appreciated!
What I really liked about the hotel (I must be turning into an old person!) is the activities they arrange. While we were there, we attended an art talk, smores evening, and we would have done the Saturday morning yoga except we decided to go hiking early instead. Yummmmmm smoressssss.
For our Starwood Platinum amenity, we chose the breakfast. You can get a continental breakfast which is coffee, a pastry and fruit parfait, but coffee was free so we decided to go with the $30-off-your-bill option at Julia restaurant. Over the days, we got to try the huevos rancheros, lox and bagels (it really was just one bagel), French toast and Skinny Minnie Beni (poached eggs with a bunch of vegetables). All very good and we were very pleased. Portions were large and we often had leftovers. Service was wonderful too.
Also, there is free coffee, tea and Mayan hot chocolate available in the lobby in the morning, and we just got that every morning instead of buying coffee for Lingon at breakfast, saved a few bucks!
We had a most lovely stay here. I would highly recommend the hotel. Thumbs up!
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