Route 66 motel if you're into saving money in pricey Santa Fe, NM. Got a room here through our Choice Hotel Privileges card for 3 nights after the conclusion of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta for prices ranging from $144 to $137 a night, before taxes They charge $10 for daily parking, but that's less than the tax you would pay on the room. Motel structure built in 1957, and the parking lot is huge for the 80+ units. Two story, park your car in front of your room. Outdoor corridors with no balconies. Standard room is 10'x 14' with two column windows next to the front door, and one window in the bathroom. Our room was a two bedroom unit. Bottom floor right on the corner underneath the awning, with a coke machine next door. Main bedroom was 20' x 15' plus a second bedroom 8' x 8'. 365 square feet, or two and a half times the size of a standard room. The second bedroom was underneath the outside stairwell leading to the second floor corridor. Place was really dark when the front door was closed, as no windows in the front. Two small windows in the back faced a steep embankment on top of which was a parking lot, so people parking their cars could see down into the units, if the drapes were open. Window in the bathroom faced a retaining wall. Little natural sunlight in the room, and forget about a view from the room, as dark as the deepest New York City basement studio. Single bathroom had a shower had the liquid soap, shampoo, and conditioner dispensers reattached to the wall -somebody figured out they could save these until after the pandemic subsided. Comes with a flat screen TV, microwave oven, and mini refrigerator. The 20' x 15' main room was so large that they fit a 4 chair dining table, an L shaped sofa, and ottoman in the room. They serve a pickup and go breakfast: coffee, orange juice, yogurt, tiny apples, oranges, and pre packaged chocolate chip muffins and breakfast bars. Minimal seating in the lobby. For a real breakfast walk 6 minutes to the Plaza Cafe in the central plaza or 10 minutes to Tia Sophia's on 210 West Francisco Street near the Hilton Historic Plaza toward Guadalupe. We usually stay at the Hilton, but they wanted $333 during our stay here. El Sendero had the usual wifi in the rooms, while Hilton's $333 rooms had no microwave and no wifi in their rooms.…