Oaxaca, Mexico

Escondido Oaxaca

Price per night from$380.80

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (USD380.80), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Transformed tranquil casa

Setting

Wander-friendly Centro

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A boutique hotel with high-design credentials, Escondido Oaxaca is a paean to low-key luxury. Mezcal-hued rooms dressed with antiques and artisan-made details are housed in Alberto Kalach’s timber-clad Brutalist tower. It sits in striking contrast with the storied casa that hosts the hotel’s communal spaces, from its patio courtyard to a rooftop bar and sun terrace. Chef Saúl Carranza’s tasting menu of locally sourced delicacies brings culinary clout, too. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

12, including one suite.

Check–Out

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More details

Rates include Continental breakfast. If you're staying on the best available rate, you'll also have one dinner (per stay) included.

Also

Unfortunately, this Oaxacan base isn't suitable for guests with limited mobility.

At the hotel

Library and co-working space and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, Bluetooth speaker and locally made organic bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Escondido Oaxaca’s patio rooms are our pick, with doors that open out onto a tranquil shared courtyard shaded with palms: shelter from the midday Mexican sun in your secluded private seating area.

Poolside

A modestly sized pool, edged by day-beds, is wrapped with city views and sits close to the main bar area on the rooftop.

Packing tips

Minimalist threads in natural cottons and linens will match the tactile, textural nature of the hotel. Bring a book to curl up with in the Culture Room (library and co-working space), and an appetite to make the most of all the foodie delights on offer.

Also

Escondido Oaxaca is one of two Smith-approved stays in Oaxaca Centro, along with sister hotel, Otro Oaxaca — both from the Grupo Habita family of stays.

Pet‐friendly

Your four-legged friend is welcome at Escondido for $50 a night. See more pet-friendly hotels in Oaxaca.

Children

Welcome but not especially catered for. On request and subject to availability, a free baby cot can be added to all rooms, and the Top Suite and Deluxe Room can each take an extra bed (US$50 a night).

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Secure a window seat for maximum people-watching opportunities.

Dress Code

Like the hotel does, err on the side of polished understatement.

Hotel restaurant

The tasting menu at Escondido Oaxaca’s bijou lobby restaurant punches above its size with Oaxacan delicacies presented as works of art by chef Saúl Carranza Zatarain. Shaded from the city sun, a deliciously cool dining room that falls just on the right side of austere is the setting for a monthly-changing menu, based on what’s in season locally and the organic produce at Abastos market. 

Hotel bar

Head up to the rooftop terrace for cocktails and views of Oaxaca’s historical center. A marvel of mezcals — the natural tipple of choice — are sourced from local producers, resulting in a noteworthy selection of top-shelf picks.

Last orders

The restaurant is open daily from 7am to 11pm. You’ll need a reservation for the tasting menu sittings, between 7pm and 9pm.

Room service

You can order dishes from the restaurant’s menu to your door between 9am and 9pm.

Location

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Address
Escondido Oaxaca
Avenida María Morelos #401 Colonia Centro
Oaxaca
68000
Mexico

You’ll find Escondido Oaxaca in the historic heart of its titular city, meaning Oaxaca’s cultural and culinary hotspots are just a stroll away.

Planes

The hotel is around a 20-minute drive from Oaxaca International Airport. You can pre-book airport transfers through the hotel for an extra charge.

Automobiles

You won't need a car here, but if you are bringing a set of wheels, there's free parking near the hotel, which valets can handle for you.

Worth getting out of bed for

You couldn’t be closer to the thick of things at Escondido Oaxaca – it’s right in the jewel-toned heart of the city. A stroll around nearby streets will take in  the imposing Baroque Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, and — equally important — an ice-cream with a view in Plaza de la Soledad.  
 
While you’re in the culinary capital of Mexico, the mercados are a deserving pit stop for a street-food fixes such as mole tamales or chapulines (toasted grasshoppers, better than they sound). Oaxaca is also Mexico’s chocolate capital, so stop at Chocolate Mayordomo for an Oaxaqueño (spiced hot chocolate), too. 
 
For forays off the beaten track, the staff at Escondido Oaxaca can arrange visits to the workshops of local Zapotec rug makers, just outside the city; or get hands on Mixtec basket making or creating natural dyes at the San Agustín Arts Center.

Local restaurants

Humar is the spot for seafood. Secure a seat on their terrace for views of the mountains and super-fresh shrimp tacos. Restaurant Sin Nombre brings fine-dining vegan flair to classic Oaxacan dishes, with rich mole sauces and roasted aubergine served up under the palatial arches of their secluded patio.  

Local cafés

La Popular is a laidback corner spot, offering updated takes on trad Oaxacan plates. It gets busy with locals and tourists alike with a taste for tacos and tlayudas — ‘Oaxacan pizza’ made from crispy tortillas topped with local produce.  

Local bars

It might take you a while to choose your tipple at Sabine Sabe, the selection is so eye-wateringly huge and celebrates the spirit of Mexico in every sense of the word.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this design-forward hotel in Oaxaca City and unpacked their mezcal and alebrijes figurines, a full account of their chilled-but-cultural break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Escondido Oaxaca… 

There’s an intentional serenity to design den Escondido Oaxaca: despite its central location in Mexico’s culinary capital, even its almost-hidden doorway is a statement of quiet. Proceed along a cobbled corridor towards the leafy patio garden and the sounds of the city are left behind. 

Starchitect Alberto Kalach (Terrestre, Casona Sforza) is behind this sensitive restoration, combining a colonial townhouse with a timber-encased Brutalist tower. Interiors by Decada and Grupo Habita’s Carlos Couturier are soaked in mezcal tones, from amber to añejo, imbuing the casa with a sunkissed glow. Rooms deliver almost monastic levels of calm, with high ceilings and unadorned, polished plaster walls, softened with tactile ahuehuete-wood furniture, artisanal textiles and houseplants. 
 
After a day exploring, it’s heaven to slip into the rooftop pool or chill on a day-bed, smoky margarita in hand. Only evenings here disturb the hush, as discerning gourmands, sated with suckling pig tacos from the buzzy eatery downstairs, head up to the roof for cocktails and chilled beats. 

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