The world famous Camino Real Hotel used to be a convent for nuns until the 19th century. The convent belonged to nuns of the religious order of the Dominicans. However, during the 19th century the nuns were expulsed by the Mexican government. After which the building was taken over and used as government offices.
Today it houses a Hotel. Inside this hotel you can enjoy fresco paintings over murals, and original paintings that still abound from its colonial past.
Camino Real Hotel
The building itself continues to be completely true to the epoch that it was built in. It still has is own chapel, and continues to employ the so called “lavaderos” or washer. The washer was a fountain that distributed water to 12 different recipients; everything carved out of stone. Washers were considered at during their time, a very ingenious water hydraulic distribution system.
