Enrique is very friendly and generous. We were on a students budget and requested for the cheapest room, but he gave us the best room since it was available (low season). Please don’t try to haggle with him, because he is really not trying to make a profit to begin with, but for a love of hosting tourists and guests. He went out of his way to make us feel comfortable, and kept telling us to use the kitchen and help ourselves to the tea, coffee and snacks.

In the mornings, we would sit around the table having breakfast, and we would try to communicate in a mix of English, Spanish and hand signals. We also met his niece Alexandria, and she was filling up a map of where all the different guests who have stayed with them are from. Enrique knows his town well and gives a lot of good advice and recommendations.

We left very early in the morning so we did not want to disturb him, so he said to just leave the keys at the front desk and don’t worry about it. Even though many years have passed, I still look back at Casa Alvarez with many fond memories and cannot recommend it enough.