On Januar this year my husband and I decided to travel around Central America, one of our stops was Guatemala City as we organized the trip,ourselves we booked several of our hotels by using the website. Hotel Spring was one of them ... on the trip advisor there isnt any photos; but they have a website and they describe the luxury bedrooms they looked ok to us, but we wanted a middle range one. When we arrived to the hotel at one o´clok in the morning and very tired, Mr Miguel answerd the door and told us the only room available was a LUXURY ...one it was a very little diference so we took it!! But when we arrived there .....It was the worst hotel i ever been in my entire life!!! dirty old, cucaraches dead everywhere , and when we complain, they told us that it the owners fault, and the employes have already told them that many people complain. Besides is not a very good area for a foreing to stay !!!

I have been a regular guest , on and off since 1986, and this last Christmas was spent all around Guatemala but keeping the Spring as the home in Guate. The facilities are very pleasant, clean rooms, good breakfast, and above average services. This hotel is well located near the business and government centers in the Historical sector of the Capital. Transportation is available at all times and the place very secure. There is a new section which has been added following the colonial architecture of this old mansion. I hope the Spring will manage to keep this atmosphere even if it keeps growing. To my good friends in the Spring from Franklin in the front desk to Doña Fide in the CAFETERIA, I want to express my deepest love and admiration for a happy stay there with my wife. God bless Guatemala.
Ricardo Cotte

For those looking for a nice, colonial style hotel in the center of Guatemala City (and also secure), Hotel Spring is one of the best choices, since it offers a very characteristic patio, helpful staff, a good location and more than reasonable prices (about 22 USD/double room/night, as of september 2006). Rooms could be nicer, but are clean and fulfill all necessities.

Hotel Spring was the choice of many members of the international Peace Brigades and still used by many younger Guatemaltecos while spending time in the capital (which has actually enough to offer).

Food is more than OK and from there you may enjoy a little walk into the heart of Zona 1 (check the security situation with the hotel staff, they will tell you better than any embassy).

I was at that hotel on 2003 summer with five colleagues. I've to confess that I'm mainly customer of the mai chains like "Le Meridien", Hilton, etc... and "Sping" was absolutely different.
Sping is not a luxury hotel, maybe you can give it 2*, but has some "charm" and is very cheap. I remember my big room like a country house, queen size beds, and a lot of wood. It's also clean. But the better is the "patio" in the center, with tables ans chairs. You can take your own food and eat there, sorrounded by nice flowers. There are no corridors but nice arcades also with nice plants. I very nice place to stay in Guate.