Cafeología

Top choice in San Cristóbal de las Casas


Coffee hounds, we've sniffed out the bean scene and this is the best place in town. Here's the checklist: single origin/single farmer production (tick). Smooth flavours (tick again). Fair trade. Brewed in house. Baristas (triple tick). International methods (you name it, they'll do it).

While we're at it, the place is lovely, too – modern and sleek with great wi-fi. Plus, if you really want to smell, taste, brew and or prepare your own, do one of the 'coffee experience' courses (M$350 to M750 per person).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Cristóbal de las Casas attractions

1. Café Museo Café

0.07 MILES

This combined cafe and coffee museum is a venture of Coopcafé, a grouping of more than 17,000 small-scale, mainly indigenous, Chiapas coffee growers. The…

2. Hotel Santa Clara

0.11 MILES

The Hotel Santa Clara was built by Diego de Mazariegos, the Spanish conqueror of Chiapas. His coat of arms is engraved above the main portal. The house is…

3. Catedral

0.12 MILES

On the north side of the plaza, the candy-colored cathedral was begun in 1528 but wasn't completed until 1815 because of several natural disasters. Sure…

4. Plaza 31 de Marzo

0.17 MILES

The leafy main plaza is a fine place to take in San Cristóbal’s unhurried highland atmosphere. Shoe-shiners, newspaper sellers and ambulantes (mobile…

5. Templo de San Francisco

0.19 MILES

Founded by the Franciscans in 1577, this fairly plain little church contains baroque altarpieces and pulpit.

6. Museo del Cacao

0.25 MILES

This chocolate museum runs along an open upstairs balcony of a cafe. Learn about the history of chocolate and how it was used by the Maya. Also on display…

7. Centro Cultural El Carmen

0.26 MILES

This ex-convent, just east of the Arco del Carmen, is a wonderful colonial building, with a large, peaceful garden. It’s now the Centro Cultural El Carmen…

8. Templo de la Caridad

0.26 MILES

Built in 1712, the Templo (or Iglesia) de la Caridad has an imposing facade consisting of Tuscan columns and a central bell tower, decorated in the…