Casa Mexilio

I booked the Casa Mexilio based on what I had seen on the internet and a couple of reviews I had read. It was described as a bed and breakfast with eclectic style but that doesn't do the place justice. It's a bit hard to describe; the following is taken mostly from my journal... "Driving in from Chichen Itza, we were a bit nervous picking our way through the narrow streets of city (population 700K) and a bit more nervous when we got there.
While one of the guidebooks said this was in a residential area, but with the flat faceless facades, this could have just as easily been a warehouse district. There was a small sign on the door but it was locked so we rang the bell...
A young guy in a white pressed shirt answered the door and when I told him we had reservations he let us in and went to get the guy who runs the place. He took one look at me, made a face, and said "Oooohhh... you’re awfully tall for the room we have you in... Normally I would put you in a different room, but we’re full up... You’d better go look at it... Well, we took a look at the place all right.. .through a living room, an outside courtyard with a small pool and jacuzzi and overgrown with foliage, through another foliage-filled courtyard up some narrow steps and into the room:
		It is decorated in an odd mix of old furniture and has a bit of a ‘door’ motif - folding doors to (sort of) close off the bathroom area, folding doors to close off a small (screened in) terrace and shutter doors hanging as wall decorations on two walls.
There are steps going ‘nowhere’ (the guy who was showing us around explains), and, to the guy at the front desk's concern, the sink and shower are about three steps down past an overhang while
	the toilet is on the same floor level as the bedroom and the same ceiling level as the shower... which means that I can't stand up straight have to stoop to get to it!

	After showing us the room, the guy takes us around the rest of the place, a labyrinth of stairs, different levels, catwalks and terraces.
To get to the dining room (for breakfast) you walk up a couple flights of stairs and across a little bridge spanning the space between the courtyards.
On a higher level, you can walk across a narrow catwalk three floors off ground level to reach a rooftop terrace where there is a fine view of the central district. Our guide points out some landmarks - cathedral, other churches, parks and the central square so we begin to get our bearings."

Bottom line is that the Casa Mexilio is a cool place, unlike any place else you are liable to stay in Mexico (or anyplace for that matter - although you might fit it in on Key West!). It is centrally located, within walking distance of anyplace you are likely to go in the downtown area, they serve a nice breakfast, the rooms are all different and the common areas are interesting and homey. We would definitely stay there again... Check it out at PlaceToStay.com and tell Roger we said "Hello"!...