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.

A wonderful low-budget place to stay. If you are traveling to/from Copper Canyon by train there is no better place. It is right across the street from the train station! The Casa Chihuahua is a hostel but has double rooms too. We (5 of us) stayed for two nights and Phillipe (the owner) gave us a whole 10-bed dormitory to ourselves. You have to share bathrooms and showers but they are kept spotlessly clean. You can get a continental breakfast in the morning very cheap. The host and hostess are wonderful and full of information and great travel tips: like take the 2nd class train to Copper Canyon, it's half price and the only difference is no dining car, but there still is a snack bar. I will stay there again anytime I am going to Chihuahua