Every Carnival, the streets of Tlayacapan fill with chinelos, dancers in velvet robes, plumed hats and bearded masks who leap to the sound of brass bands, a tradition the village proudly claims as its own. The rest of the year, the Pueblo Mágico in the hills of Morelos is quieter, with a sixteenth century Augustinian convent, more than twenty neighbourhood chapels and pottery workshops, all beneath the rock cliffs of the Sierra de Tepoztlán and, on clear days, within sight of Popocatépetl.
La Casa del Volcán takes its name from that view. The small inn of seven to ten rooms stands in Barrio El Rosario, on the old road toward Tlalnepantla, a short walk from the centre. It offers an outdoor pool open all year, gardens, a terrace, a restaurant with local cooking, massage services and free private parking. Guests rate its staff at nine out of ten.
