Hotel Tela

The Hotel Tela is onTela's main street.  The front of the hotel, on the main street is 3 blocks south of the beach; the back stairs open onto a back street 2 blocks south of the beach.

The 2 floor hotel is built atop a row of shops opening onthe main street. On the first floor (one flight up from the street) are the huge and airy dining room with good food and a huge old bar, the office, an open back porch, and 10 or so rooms. Upstairs are 6 rooms and a wonderful open porch, looking south to the hills behind town.

The rooms are big and airy, with 12 foot high ceilings and big windows. Each room has its own bathroom with a sink, a shower and a toilet.

The corner rooms on the top floor looking north are the best rooms: they have 2 windows, so you get a cross-breeze, and they look toward the Caribbean, so there is always a breeze blowing. The rooms don't have air conditioning, but they all have fans, and with the sea breeze always coming through the room, it would be a sin to use air conditioning anyway.

The rooms are only about $8 a night, a real bargain, and it's always easy to get one of the 2 best rooms. It isn't the fanciest hotel in town, but it surely has the most atmosphere and charm.