Casa Zinc

Facilities

• Dining: Breakfast is served daily. There's no in-house restaurant but light snacks are served on request and there are restaurants within walking distance. Guests can make use of the kitchen to cook their own meals with prior notice
• Communal areas: The communal breakfast room and living room are filled with antique treasures. Outside there's a patio with an old, 4-tonne olive tree and a long outdoor dining table; there's a small garden and a petanque court, too
• Internet Access: Free WiFi is available throughout
• Swimming Pool: None
• Spa Treatments: Reception can organise a masseuse to visit the hotel
• Recreational: Bicycles to borrow
• Weddings and Celebrations: Not suitable
• Meetings/Functions: Not suitable
• Disabled Access: Not suitable
• Pets: Allowed by prior arrangement
• Languages Spoken: English and Spanish

Environmental Policy

Planks of recycled wood in the bedrooms, salvaged windows and repurposed furniture make Casa Zinc a popular choice amongst the environmentally aware.

When to go?

Although Casa Zinc’s room rates are cheaper at the beginning of December, true hedonists should head to La Barra in peak season (end of December-January), when the bars are full, a party atmosphere fills the air, and when temperatures hover in the 80sF (the southern hemisphere's seasons are a reverse of ours). Throughout February, things calm down slightly and families start to head to La Barra. For bargain room rates and an even more tranquil experience, wait until March to take your summer holidays: you’ll practically have the beaches to yourself. The hotel is closed for the second half of May and throughout June.

Author's tips

If budget permits, drive an hour out to the tiny, sleepy town of Garzón and dine at celebrity Argentine chef Francis Mallman’s wonderful gourmet restaurant, Garzon. You’ll be eating beneath palm trees by the illuminated pool and it’s guaranteed to be a meal you’ll never forget.

Features include:

• Room service
• Vegetarian menu
• Breakfast
• Communal dining
• Walk to restaurants (offsite)
• Snacks on request
• Garden
• Terrace
• Guest lounge
• Internet access
• WIFI internet
• In room treatments available
• Bicycles available
• Pets welcome by arrangement
• Off street parking