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Hotel Museo Spa Casa Santo Domingo
La Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala · Independent · Core Luxury
One hundred thirty-four rooms in a 1538 convent: Hotel Museo Spa Casa Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala, the 1773 earthquake ruin that Edwin Shook bought in 1970, hotel from 1989, six museums and two galleries in the cloisters, the only five-star inside the UNESCO city, a living monastery rather than a new colonial replica. You sleep in the convent, then walk Santa Catalina. This is Santo Domingo in Antigua. The door says Casa Santo Domingo.
- 134 rooms
- Opened 1989
- Neighborhood: El Virrey
About Hotel Museo Spa Casa Santo Domingo
- One hundred thirty-four rooms around the ruins of the sixteenth-century Convento de Santo Domingo, once among the largest in the Americas, wrecked in the 1773 earthquake. Built 1538. Hotel project 1989.
- Archaeologist Dr. Edwin M. Shook and his wife acquired the ruin in 1970. Six on-site museums and two galleries: archaeological, colonial art, pharmacy and glass.
- Neighborhood is El Virrey, Antigua Guatemala, about a nine-minute walk to Santa Catalina Arch. Independent five-star museum hotel in a UNESCO city (1979).
History
Casa Santo Domingo is a 134-room five-star in the 1538 Santo Domingo convent ruins in Antigua. Shook bought the site in 1970; the hotel opened from 1989 with six museums in the cloisters.
The setting
Convento de Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala, El Virrey, walk to Santa Catalina Arch.
Restaurants and bars
- El Refectorio — Restaurant · Fine dining
- Bar Cabildo — Bar · Bar
Amenities
- Six permanent museums and two art galleries on-site
- Integrated archaeological area and colonial ruins
- Heated swimming pool and outdoor jacuzzi
- Full-service spa and cardiovascular gym
- Fine dining at El Refectorio and multiple bars
- Pet-friendly accommodations and facilities
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