Posada Corto Maltese

San Cristóbal de las Casas


A simple place, its enormous fruit-tree garden buzzes with hummingbirds and roaming chickens (buy eggs and cook in the guest kitchen) and includes a kids’ treehouse and a brick oven. It’s a respite for folks who treasure green space in the city. Discounts for longer stays available.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Cristóbal de las Casas attractions

1. Café Museo Café

0.13 MILES

This combined cafe and coffee museum is a venture of Coopcafé, a grouping of more than 17,000 small-scale, mainly indigenous, Chiapas coffee growers. The…

2. Templo de la Caridad

0.17 MILES

Built in 1712, the Templo (or Iglesia) de la Caridad has an imposing facade consisting of Tuscan columns and a central bell tower, decorated in the…

4. Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya

0.22 MILES

Upstairs inside the Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo, this excellent museum showcases over 500 examples of handwoven textiles from throughout Mexico and…

5. Museo de los Altos de Chiapas

0.22 MILES

One of two world-class museums inside the Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo (on the western side of the Templo de Santo Domingo), this exhibits several…

6. Catedral

0.23 MILES

On the north side of the plaza, the candy-colored cathedral was begun in 1528 but wasn't completed until 1815 because of several natural disasters. Sure…

7. Hotel Santa Clara

0.26 MILES

The Hotel Santa Clara was built by Diego de Mazariegos, the Spanish conqueror of Chiapas. His coat of arms is engraved above the main portal. The house is…

8. Mercado Municipal

0.3 MILES

For a closer look at local life – and an assault on the senses – visit San Cristóbal’s busy municipal market, eight blocks north of the main plaza between…