The Hotel Posada Real de Chiapas has traveled in time through the colored metaphors of natural dyes, transcending the poetry of yarn as it absorbs the magic and delightful beauty of the textiles woven by the Indian peoples of the Chiapas highlands. Day after day these hard-working crafts-women enchant us with an array of products that include Pre-Hispanic garments still worn today (“huipil, enredos, fajas, tilmes”) and Spanish-influenced attire dating from Colonial times, both of which became a cultural passport—an image of Indigenous identity.

Towns like Magdalenas, San Andrés Larrainzar, Chamula, Zinacantan, Tenajapa and Venustiano Carranza are home to groups of Tzotzil and Tzeltal weavers, whose craft has inspired the décor of each one of our guestrooms, where the four elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth are depicted in patterns of color and natural fibers forming like a sort of hymn for the Mother Earth.

Ancient oral traditions tell of the goddess Ixel who descends upon the earth at night under the guise of the moon, and rests upon tree leaves as she teaches the women weavers the secrets of their art. She shows them how words become threads and how colors and shapes intertwine into the patterns of life.

Hotel Posada Real de Chiapas pays homage to these women artisans in being the first theme hotel dedicated to the textiles of Chiapas. As such, Real de Chiapas Hotel provides our guests not only comfort amidst the beauty of a Colonial City, but also a fascinating visit into the world of the Weavers of Life.

 

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSE NOW OCCUPIED BY POSADA REAL DE CHIAPAS HOTEL.

 

The house was built in the 18th century at the corner of Madero St. and Benito Juarez Avenue in the colonial neoclassical style, it had sixteen rooms with wide corridors surrounding two central patios, a backyard, and stables.

It was the residence of the descendents of Captain Andres de la Tovilla, one of the founders of the city along with Diego de Mazariegos.

In the 19th century, and part of the 20th, the lawyer, politician and journalist Timoteo Flores Ruiz lived in the house with his wife Josefa de la Tovilla. Their children Carlos, Manuel, and Jose Flores de la Tovilla were born there.

Carlos Flores renovated the house in the 20th century, keeping parts of the patios and the original rooms, as well as the facade.