Fodor's Expert Review Casa Azul

Editor's Note: This location is no longer in operation.

Not many hotels have guest books filled with recommendations for specific rooms, but the ones on the second floor are so good that people want to be sure to share them with others. The upstairs rooms are more expensive, but they're larger and brighter and have views of the volcanoes; all rooms are painted in washes of red and, of course, blue (azul in Spanish). Communal sitting rooms open onto a pleasant courtyard; breakfast is served beside the small pool.