Rating:	Recommended
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This New Orleans-meets-Santa Fe Territorial-style hotel built in 1990 provides comfortable rooms near the plaza. The construction and decor of the lobby are rustically elegant, built around a fireplace with balconies perched above. Clean and attractively decorated rooms have Southwestern-style furniture and accents such as bancos (adobe benches) and French doors opening onto balconies or terraces that surround a quiet courtyard decorated with ristras (strung chiles). Try the bar for an afternoon drink or the veranda for coffee. Service has been inconsistent since the Radisson acquired the hotel a few years ago.

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