La Casona

In a residential area of the Roma neighborhood, near the Zona Rosa, La Casona (Durango 280, tel. 5286-3001, fax 5211-0871, www.hotellacasona.com.mx, $150 s/d with breakfast) is housed in a refurbished late-19th-century mansion. The small but luxurious hotel contains a very good café-restaurant, a gym, services for business travelers, and 30 rooms filled with wooden writing desks and lacy curtains.