This hostel is new and clean, and the best part is that it sits right across from the station that the Copper Canyon train leaves from at 6:00 a.m. in the morning! The second class train leaves an hour later, and it is every bit as good at half the price. There is a Pollo Feliz restaurant about two blocks to the east. The owner, Phillipe, and his lovely wife are very friendly and very interesting to talk to. The train returning from the east comes in at 10 or 11 p.m. if it is on time, so the hostel makes a lot of sense on the return run. There are two dorms and a private room available, and reservations are taken on line. Breakfast or coffee are available.

In every respect a great place: friendly, safe, superclean, comfortable and superb location near train station, Pancho Villa museum and pleasant side of Chihuahua.

A special thanks after our 6 weeks trip to Mexico goes to the owner who gave very valuable tips what to see and where to stay. Some of these places were not obvious despite two excellent travel guid books.

"Casa Chihuahua" in Chihuahua city is located on Calle 22a & Mendez, opposite the ferrocarril train station (or "Chepe") where you take the Copper Canyon/La Barranca del Cobre train to Creel, El Divisadero & eventually Los Mochis.

It is run by a Frenchman called Phillipe and his Mexican wife, Lori who previously lived in Switzerland. They also have two gorgeous multilingual children. Lori speaks Spanish, English, French & Italian.

There are 2 share dorms, beds are MX$120 per night. There is also a twin room for MX$240 a night. There is also Maytag washer & dryer which you can use for MX$50. Breakfast is an additional MX$20. Beds are very comfortable & all linen and towels are provided. Bathroom standard is excellent - large private showers.

Movies are shown every night, projected onto a large wall in the communal dining-lounge area. There is a wide range of information regarding things to do and see in Chihuahua & Lori & Phillipe are extremely helpful!

The hostel is within walking distance to the centro historico and the HSBC bank where you can change your foreign currency & travellers cheques. There is also a supermarket nearby where you can purchase everything you could possibly need. Close by is also Pancho Villa's house and the Quinta Gamero.

At the time of writing Casa Chihuahua has only been open for 4 months.

I give it ten out of ten!

This is a really great hostel which offers good value for money. It is owned/run by a lovely couple who really couldn't do enough to make our stay as good as possible. There is a double room and two dorm type rooms, they were very clean and were next door to three brand new shower rooms. There is free internet and also a massive home cinema system that they play on one of the walls of the hostel. I would recommend this to anyone who is either just passing through Chihuahua or taking the El Chepe train. The station is directly opposite and therefore the hostel is perfect as somewhere to stay at the start or end of your train trip.