Hotel Casa Lima Bacalar

The gentleman at the reception was really nice, he was speaking perfect English which made everything very easy and fluid. The area, garden was also lovley! The room was also nice.

There was some mold on the curtains:(

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The hotel is very simple and rustic which did not come across to me in the photos so when I arrived, I thought I wasn't going to like it as that was not what I was expecting. But the room, while quite small and having absolutely no frills, had lots of positives. It was very clean, had a good air conditioner (a must here!) and good water pressure including plenty of hot water. The TV worked and had international channels that came through clearly which was great as during the hot hours of noon and 4 pm you just want to chill in your room. All the staff were very kind and helpful from the check-in to the cleaning personnel. The location is great as you can easily walk to the Fort which is worth a visit, to the Ecopark which is definitely worthwhile and there is the main square with plenty of restaurant choices and the boat docks to take the lagoon tour all within minutes by foot. The hotel's garden also has a lot of nice aspects as there are coconut trees, bananna trees, lime trees and organge trees which at first you don't notice for some reason, but once you spend some time on the patio relaxing, you start seeing how nice it really is. The place is very quiet and while there were other guests, I felt like we had the place to ourselves and we were able to rest and sleep very well. There is no coffee, water or fridge in the room itself, but there is all the instant coffee you want at the entrance in the outdoor shared-living room, along with purified water by the glass and I was able to use the fridge in their breakfast area to store small items. Breakfast was fresh fruit that they prepared every day when we arrived for breakfast. It consisted of a bowl of sliced papaya, bananna, melon and watermelon and 2 slices of toast with a small dab of jam on it, plus coffee and some kind of Sunny Delight beverage (not real orange juice). We stayed for 6 days and while the breakfast was always the same, it was fresh and helped get us started.

In the end, I didn't care that it wasn't super sophisticated since it was relaxing and authentic. I ended up liking everything. But again the place is really no-frills.