This is a lovely, well-appointed historic home in Coyoacan, walking distance to the Frida Kahlo museum and the famous market and town square.
As other reviewers have noted, this is the ancestral home of the muralist Orozco, and his great granddaughters are welcoming hosts. His art is up on almost all of the walls of the three bedroom, four bath home. The house is recently renovated with updated fixtures but retains a lot of historic feel, with high ceilings, wood beams, and lots of skylights and huge windows for natural light.
We stayed with two families and four children under five, and there were a number of things that made the house ideal for a stay with children:
- there is a completely enclosed yard (shared with two other small Airbnb apartments, but we rarely saw the other guests) that was great for kids to play in;
- all stairs have permanently installed baby gates;
- Gaby provided a double stroller, two high chairs, toddler potty seat, and a travel crib;
- the master bedroom also has a full size crib and a toddler bed (as well as a huge California king that made the inevitable jet-lag induced co-sleeping less of a drag);
- Gaby herself is a pediatrician! Thank goodness we didn’t need her services, but it was a comfort to have a contact just in case.
We also took advantage of a connection Gaby has to a chef who prepared dinner for us the last night of our trip. It was very reasonable, and the food arrived packaged with clear directions for heating and serving. It turned out to be one of the most delicious meals we had on the trip. (There was also an option to have a waiter plate and serve the food and clean up after, which we didn’t opt for.)
If you are planning a stay in Coyoacan, this is a really special place and a great value.