San Miguel de Allende-Rosewood or Casa de Sierra Nevada? (Mexico)
Sep 17, 2014, 7:02 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
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I have written extensively on the two hotels in previous posts. Even though the Belmond ( this is it's third ownership change in as many years) is closer to the jardin ....I would stay at the Rosewood. It is the best hotel in town, gorgeous and a quick 5 minute walk to the jardin through picturesque colonial streets.
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Sep 17, 2014, 8:35 am
#18
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Jan 15, 2018, 4:53 pm
#19
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Location: YYC
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Any recent updates on this? We think we are going to do a long weekend here in late March. We like to be close to the action. But also want a really nice hotel.
The city looks amazing.
The city looks amazing.
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Jan 15, 2018, 8:17 pm
#20
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We stayed at the Belmond last September, and if we ever went back, would only stay at the Rosewood. 1st, the Belmond has not gym so we ended up going to the Rosewood every day anyways. 2nd, the church bells are so loud and often that we slept terribly at the Belmond each night. Talking to other people at our wedding, they did not have this problem at the Rosewood. Also, the distance is about 5 blocks walking, so you are not sacrificing much in terms of location by being at the Rosewood.
Jan 16, 2018, 5:00 pm
#21
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
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If you have any questions about the town please feel free to ask or send me a PM.
Jan 17, 2018, 11:58 am
#22
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The Sierra Nevada is lovely ( we have a house right around the corner) but third on our list of recommended hotels for our guests. Rosewood 1st, , Matilda 2nd, ( not to everyone's tastes) and then the S.N.
If you have any questions about the town please feel free to ask or send me a PM.
If you have any questions about the town please feel free to ask or send me a PM.
Jan 17, 2018, 1:51 pm
#23
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Posts: 8,963
From someone who is quite jaded with regards to the right times to go to SMA.... Christmas, Easter, and most of September because of non-stop festivals are my least favorite times to go. As much as I love the spectacle and the festivals and traditions around these holidays.... so does EVERYONE else and the town is packed. Impossible to get into our favorite restaurants...and parking ( if you are foolish enough to have a car) forget it. The only other time I would suggest not going is the month of May. Hot and dry. Otherwise SMA is quite wonderful the other 11 months of the year ( excluding the crowded holidays I mentioned). Some of our favorite times: early to mid - December, January-March and August ( one of my favorite times..... great thunderstorms roll in mid afternoon for brief but theatrical displays and the desert is a bloom.
Note...that SMA has become a major weekend destination for wealthy Mexicans. Any weekend ( Fri-Sun) will be quite crowded..... but by Monday the crowds have thinned out and the town is yours.
( My husband and I have owned a home in SMA since 2005)
Last edited by david55; Jan 17, 2018 at 3:03 pm