Casa de Sierra Azul is an elegant and beautifully restored 200-year-old colonial home offers quiet, unusually spacious rooms in the heart of the city. It is only two blocks from the bustling Zocalo with its many cafes, strolling musicians, and artisans offering Oaxaca's famous painted animals and other high quality hand crafts. The hotel is a restored colonial building from the 19th century with architecture that features wide, airy corridors and columns and archways made of green quarry from the region, as well as a courtyard with a beautiful fountain. The property was declared an artistic monument by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes due to its incredible aesthetic value.