The hotel is well situated. Most sites are in walking distance, and there are several good restaurants nearby. The room was clean, comfortable, and reasonably priced. The staff spoke little english, but they tried to be helful. Zacatecas is a beautful city.

We stayed at the Hotel Condessa several times in the early seventies, long before Howard Johnson's owned it. It's was a great place then and remains so today, as we discovered during our more recent stay in November 2002. The rooms may not be as extravagantly decorated as some of the newer hotels in Leon, but they are very clean and comfortable and the staff is genuinely friendly and highly professional. Several desk clerks and bellhops speak excellent English and they are always eager to help with whatever you may need. The restauant's food is very good and reasonably priced. Try the breakfast buffet at least once -- it's outstanding and quite a bargain! In the evenings, you can dine on the restaurant's patio, enjoy live music, and watch the people strolling by on the plaza -- just like thirty years ago.