A casa de campo wrapped around a brick-arched garden
Behind an unassuming sage-green façade with a wrought-iron balcony, on Calle Juan C. Doria in the centro of Huasca de Ocampo, the house opens into a generous garden where a brick archway frames a stone-paved path past potted palms, an outdoor fireplace and a sun terrace. This small, independently run guest house was previously known as Casa de Campo La Ninfa, same property, current name, every booking lands at the same place.
The interiors are warm Mexican country: terracotta tile floors, exposed wooden beams and pine ceilings, white lime-wash plaster walls, hand-glazed Talavera ceramics, wrought-iron handrails on a curved staircase that lands beside a stained-glass arched window. Six room categories run from a compact Deluxe Single Room up to a two-bedroom Holiday Home, all non-smoking, all with private bathrooms and fast 63 Mbps Wi-Fi.
Where it sits, 100 yards from Mexico's first Pueblo Mágico
Huasca de Ocampo earned the very first Pueblo Mágico designation from Mexico's federal tourism ministry on 5 October 2001, kicking off the entire programme. The 16th-century Augustinian Parroquia de San Juan Bautista and the cobbled Plaza Principal sit a two-minute walk from the front door, with artisan stalls, the Pueblo Mágico letters and a dozen small restaurants on the same circuit.
The signature regional draws are within a 15-to-20-minute drive: the Prismas Basálticos waterfall (the basalt-column formation Alexander von Humboldt drew in 1803, around 5 km away), the 18th-century silver-processing ex-haciendas of the Conde de Regla, Santa María Regla and San Miguel Regla, and the Bosque de las Truchas where families fish for trout and have it grilled on site. Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) is around an hour and a quarter to the south, Mexico City roughly two hours.
Garden, outdoor fireplace and a host who knows the haciendas
The garden is the property's quiet superpower, a stone-paved courtyard with a brick archway, an outdoor fireplace, picnic seating, planters and a sun terrace, with a smaller back patio that catches afternoon light. Guests routinely flag the staff, among the most praised parts of the stay, for hand-drawn maps of the haciendas circuit and concrete recommendations rather than generic concierge talk: which combi to catch for the Prismas, which restaurant in town does the best trout, when to leave for sunset at Peña del Aire.
Free private on-site parking is genuinely valuable here, centro Huasca's narrow cobbled streets fill up on Saturdays, Sundays and Mexican long weekends, with several streets pedestrianised around the Plaza. Drop the car at the property and walk everywhere in the centro; drive only for the haciendas, the Prismas and the Bosque de las Truchas.
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Interesting Points About Casa de Campo Huasca
- Located in the centro of Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico's first Pueblo Mágico (designated by the federal tourism ministry SECTUR in 2001 as the founding member of what became the 177-village Pueblos Mágicos programme); the property is two minutes from the Plaza Principal of one of Mexico's heritage-tier-protected small towns.
- Previously traded as Casa de Campo La Ninfa at the same Calle Juan C. Doria address; the rebrand to Casa de Campo Huasca preserves the building's prior reputation under updated branding, useful pre-booking context for return visitors who would otherwise search for the legacy name.
- Six room categories from a compact Deluxe Single up to a two-bedroom Holiday Home; an unusually wide inventory taxonomy for a small guest house in a Pueblo Mágico, letting families, couples and solo travellers all book within the same property rather than splitting across competitors.
- Set behind a sage-green facade with a brick-arched garden, an architectural signature that distinguishes the property from the standard whitewashed-stucco Pueblo Mágico hotel typology; the visual signature is what returning guests describe and what keeps its reputation intact despite a small-town competitor pool.
Rooms & Accommodation at Casa de Campo Huasca
Deluxe Single Room
1 guest · ~8 m² · Single bed · Private bathroom
The compact entry-tier room, a clean single bed setup, private bathroom, free toiletries and the same fast 63 Mbps Wi-Fi as the rest of the property. The smartest pick for solo travellers in town for a Pueblo Mágico weekend.
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Studio with Garden View
Up to 2 guests · ~17 m² · 1 bed · Garden-facing arched window · Private bathroom
A studio with a distinctive gabled arched window that frames a garden view, the bed sits opposite the window so the first thing you see in the morning is foliage and morning light. Sized to a couple, with private bathroom and the property's 63 Mbps Wi-Fi.
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King Suite
Up to 2 guests · ~18 m² · 1 king bed · Exposed-brick feature wall · Private bathroom
A character-led king-bed suite, the bed is set against an exposed brick feature wall, with a fairy-lit tree-trunk column at the room's edge that turns into the property's signature warm-glow detail at night. the property's data sheet records a king bed; couples consistently call this room out by name.
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Studio - Split Level
Up to 3 guests · 2 levels · 2 bathrooms · Twin beds + sofa bed · Private bathroom
A two-level studio with twin beds on the lower floor and a second sleeping area above, the property's data sheet flags this category as having two bathrooms, the only room type at Casa de Campo Huasca with that. The wrought-iron balustrade between levels is the room's signature.
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Family Junior Suite
Up to 4 guests · ~40 m² · 1 double + 1 twin · Private bathroom
Family-oriented layout with a double bed and a twin bed in the same room, comfortably sleeps four, with carved-wood headboards, wrought-iron wall lamps and the sunflower-yellow quilts that recur across the property as a regional accent. Children of any age welcome; cots aren't provided so book a room with the bed configuration you need.
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Holiday Home
Up to 6 guests · ~350 m² · 2 bedrooms / 3 bathrooms · Multi-room layout
The full whole-house option, two bedrooms, three bathrooms, around 350 m² across multiple rooms with a king bedroom anchored by an exposed-brick feature wall. The right pick for a multi-generational weekend or a small group taking the property end-to-end. Book early on Mexican long weekends. This is the first category to sell out on puentes.
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Best Suited For
- Couples on a CDMX weekend escape: the property's couples' Top Pick at 9.6
- Walkers who want to drop the car once and stay in the centro the whole stay
- Multigenerational groups taking the two-bedroom Holiday Home end-to-end on a long weekend
- Travellers chaining Huasca with Prismas Basálticos, the haciendas and Bosque de las Truchas
Worth Considering Alternatives If
- Guests who need a 24-hour staffed reception: check-in here is a 15:00–18:00 window with no permanent overnight desk
- Light sleepers worried about street noise: the location is what guests praise most but the trade-off is centro thin walls on weekend nights
- Anyone planning regular returns after 23:30: the on-site parking gate aligns with the entry curfew
- Travellers without a car who want to do the haciendas and Peña del Aire: combis stop running early evening
Amenities & facilities
Property facilities
- Garden
- Sun terrace
- Outdoor fireplace
- Picnic area
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor lounge with TV
- Games room
- Table tennis
- Billiards
- Bicycle parking
- Family rooms
- Not available: Swimming pool
Activities (on-site or arranged)
- Walking tours
- Guided local-culture tour
- Bike tours
- Horse riding
- Cycling
- Hiking
- Fishing
Food & drink
- Breakfast available (varies by room type, confirm)
- Wine and champagne on request
- Not available: On-site restaurant
Parking & transport
- Free private on-site parking (no reservation needed)
- Bicycle parking
- Not available: Airport shuttle
Connectivity
- Free Wi-Fi (63 Mbps measured)
- Flat-screen TV in shared lounge
In every room
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Toilet paper, towels
- Shower
- Socket near the bed
- Non-smoking
- Towels & sheets (extra fee on extended stays)
Policies
- Bank-transfer prepayment required
- Pets allowed on request (charges may apply)
- Children of any age welcome (no cots provided)
- Extra bed (13+ only) available on request
- Minimum check-in age 18; under-18s with a guardian only
- Quiet hours 23:00–07:00; entry curfew 23:30–05:30
- Photo ID + credit card required at check-in
- No parties; no hen / stag groups
Accessibility
- Facilities for disabled guests
Location & getting around
Casa de Campo Huasca sits at 20.2027 °N, −98.5758 °W in the centro of Huasca de Ocampo, a small Pueblo Mágico in Hidalgo state, central Mexico, around 2,098 m above sea level in the Sierra de Pachuca. The town counts roughly 17,600 residents in the wider municipality (2020 INEGI census); the centro itself is far smaller, which is part of the appeal.
Practically, the property's whole geography reduces to one move: park once, walk the centro on foot, drive only when leaving town. The Plaza Principal and the 16th-century Augustinian Parroquia de San Juan Bautista are two minutes from the front door; the signature regional landmarks, the Prismas Basálticos waterfall, the Conde de Regla haciendas, the Bosque de las Truchas, sit between three and 12 kilometres away by car. The Pachuca caseta on Mex-85D runs around MXN 68–69 each way for a passenger car (late-2024 reference).
- Plaza Principal & Parroquia: ~90 m · 2-min walk
- Bosque de las Truchas: ~3 km · 10-min drive
- Hacienda San Miguel Regla: ~3 km · 10-min drive
- Hacienda Santa María Regla: ~5–7 km · 15-min drive
- Prismas Basálticos & Cascada: ~5 km · 15-min drive
- Peña del Aire mirador: ~9–12 km · 30–35 min drive
- Mineral del Chico (El Chico NP): ~27 km · 40–45 min drive
- Felipe Ángeles International (AIFA): ~82 km · 1 h 13 min drive
- Mexico City (CDMX centro): ~119 km · 1 h 40 min – 2 h 15 min drive
- Pachuca centro: ~34–36 km · 40–50 min drive
Getting to Key Locations
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Plaza Principal & Parroquia de San Juan Bautista
2 min walk
The 16th-century Augustinian parish church and the cobbled Plaza Principal are 90 metres from the front door, a two-minute walk via the Calle Juan C. Doria. The artisan stalls, the Pueblo Mágico letters and a dozen small restaurants sit on the same circuit.
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Prismas Basálticos & Cascada de Santa María Regla
Mexico's signature basalt-column waterfall, drawn by Alexander von Humboldt in 1803, hexagonal columns up to 30–40 m tall with a thin cascade tumbling between them. About 5 km / 15-min drive from the property; pair with the rear access of Hacienda Santa María Regla.
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Hacienda San Miguel Regla
The 18th-century silver-processing hacienda built by the Conde de Regla, now a hotel with a lake, gardens and theatrical evening tours. About 3 km / 10-min drive from the property; the natural anchor for an afternoon hacienda circuit alongside Santa María Regla.
View on MapHow to get to Casa de Campo Huasca
- From Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA): About 82 km, 1 h 13 min drive in light traffic, budget 1.5–2 h on Friday or Sunday peaks. Exit AIFA onto the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense (Arco Norte access), connect to the Mex-85D motorway northbound (one Pachuca caseta around MXN 68–69), then at Pachuca pick up Boulevard Luis Donaldo Colosio onto Carretera Federal 105 / Corredor Turístico de la Montaña. Pass Real del Monte and Omitlán, take the signed exit for Huasca / Prismas Basálticos and drive into centro along Calle Juan C. Doria.
- From Mexico City (Centro / Reforma): Around 119 km, 1 h 40 min to 2 h 15 min in normal traffic, 2.5–3 h on busy weekends. Head north via Av. Insurgentes Norte to Indios Verdes, continue onto Mex-85D toward Pachuca (one caseta), at Pachuca take the Corredor de la Montaña toward Huejutla, pass Real del Monte and Omitlán, then exit for Huasca centro.
- From Pachuca: Around 34–36 km, 40–50 min. Leave Pachuca on Boulevard Colosio / Carretera 105 and take the Corredor de la Montaña through Real del Monte → Omitlán → San José Ocotillos. At the fork keep right for Huasca centro (left goes to the Prismas). The road is winding and uphill, drive cautiously in fog or rain.
- By bus, no car: From Mexico City: ADO/Futura/Conexión/AVM bus from Terminal Central del Norte to Pachuca Central de Autobuses every ~20 minutes, MXN 120–180, around 2 hours. From Pachuca to Huasca: combi/colectivo from the base near Mercado Benito Juárez or the newer Ruta 99-PCH-C from Hospital General de Pachuca, MXN 25–31, 1 h to 1 h 15 min, every 30–60 minutes. Last departures from Huasca typically by ~17:30, plan late-evening returns in advance.
- Arrival: Free private on-site parking is gated, with no reservation needed. Check-in runs 15:00–18:00, outside that window, message the property in advance to arrange access. The bank-transfer prepayment instructions arrive by email after you book, settle that before you set off so check-in is paperwork-free.
Huasca de Ocampo
Huasca de Ocampo earned the very first Pueblo Mágico designation from Mexico's federal tourism ministry on 5 October 2001, kicking off the entire programme. A small, walkable, 16th-century cobbled town wraps around a yellow-and-white Augustinian parish, with three of central Mexico's most photogenic landscapes at its edge: the basalt prisms at Santa María Regla, the silver-mining ex-haciendas of the Conde de Regla, and the duende folklore that locals will tell you about over coffee without needing to be asked.
The sweet spot for a visit is late March to early June and October to November, clear skies, mild dry weather and the waterfalls at the Prismas still running on the late shoulders of the rainy season. December to February turns into cabin-and-fireplace season; nights at 2,100 m drop near freezing. Weekends and Mexican long weekends (puentes on 5 February, 21 March, 16 September, 20 November) are materially busier than weekdays.
What guests say about Casa de Campo Huasca
Scores and review counts are aggregated from verified guest bookings on major travel platforms.
Superb
Casa de Campo Huasca consistently delivers in the Superb tier, guests describe a small, family-run, plant-filled house a two-minute walk from the Plaza Principal where the staff genuinely know the area and the rooms are uncommonly clean. Recurring caveats are physical, not service-related: thin internal walls that transmit street noise on weekend nights, and a tight on-site parking set-up whose gates close around the entry curfew. The property holds a Couples' Top Pick badge at 9.6.
Love the house and garden, and the night fairy tour the staff arranged for us was a great surprise. We will definitely be back.
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Love the house and garden, and the night fairy tour the staff arranged for us was a great surprise. We will definitely be back.
2026-03-09Central location, very well kept and excellent service by staff. Hugo was very pleasant and helpful, we were very pleased with everything.
2025-09-20The guesthouse was really nice, I particularly liked the decoration of the room with the tree in the centre. The host was nice and helpful, the place clean and comfortable, and the location was good. The room was a bit cold but extra blankets were provided.
2025-02-16Very clean and tidy, with a good location. A little expensive and the pet fee is high, but otherwise we were happy with the stay.
2025-01-07Great place to stay, two minutes' walk from the centre with lots of shops and restaurants. Staff were extremely helpful and nice, free secure parking and a very clean, good-sized room. Wi-Fi wasn't working in our room and it can be a bit loud at night, small caveats on an otherwise excellent stay.
2024-08-07We liked it so much we decided to book a second night on arrival. Spotlessly clean, kind and helpful staff, and a fantastic location two minutes from the Plaza Principal.
2024-02-26Everything, location, cleanliness, the feeling that you have your own little casa de campo with staff who care for you like family. From the call letting us know our arrival time, to Adan walking out to meet us in the night rain when we couldn't find the place in the dark, so personal, so clean, such attention. I will come back soon.
2023-08-08Good to Know Before You Book
Bank-transfer prepayment is required
The property requires payment by bank transfer ahead of check-in, you'll be contacted with the account details after you book. A separate refundable damage deposit (around MXN 2,000) is referenced by aggregator FAQ widgets; confirm the exact figure when the property sends the transfer instructions.
Plan around the curfew and the parking gate
Entry is closed between 23:30 and 05:30 and quiet hours run from 23:00 to 07:00, which is when the on-site parking is also gated. If you're driving back from a Pachuca dinner, a Peña del Aire night zip-line or a Mineral del Chico hike, return before 23:30.
Light sleepers should pack earplugs
The location is the property's superpower, but the trade-off is centro thin-wall acoustics, guests routinely note street and neighbour noise on weekend nights.
Bring cash, layers and shoes for the cobbles
Many combis, small restaurants and parking lots in Huasca are cash-only; nights at 2,100 m turn cold even after warm afternoons; and the cobbled streets reward thick-soled shoes. Pets are accepted on request with a possible surcharge; smoking is not permitted anywhere on site.
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Frequently asked questions
Casa de Campo Huasca is at Calle Juan C. Doria 100, Colonia Centro, 43500 Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, a small Pueblo Mágico in central Mexico, around 34 km north of Pachuca and 119 km north-east of Mexico City. Yes, it is the same property previously listed across OTAs as Casa de Campo La Ninfa, the property's url still uses the legacy slug (casa-de-campo-la-ninfa.html) and your reservation lands on the same property regardless of which name you searched for.
From Felipe Ángeles International (AIFA): ~82 km, 1 h 13 min by car via the Mex-85D motorway, the Pachuca corridor and the Corredor Turístico de la Montaña. From Mexico City centro: ~119 km, 1 h 40 min to 2 h 15 min in normal traffic via Insurgentes Norte → Mex-85D → Pachuca → Huasca. By bus: ADO/Futura from Mexico City to Pachuca every ~20 min (~2 h, MXN 120–180), then a Pachuca-to-Huasca combi (1 h, MXN 25–31).
Check-in is from 15:00 to 18:00; check-out by 11:00. There is an entry curfew between 23:30 and 05:30 and quiet hours from 23:00 to 07:00, guests returning from late tours or a Pachuca dinner should plan to be back before 23:30. If you'll arrive outside the 15:00–18:00 window, message the property in advance so they can arrange access.
Yes, the property requires payment by bank transfer ahead of check-in. After you book, the property contacts you with the account details, and the transfer must clear before arrival. A separate refundable damage deposit of around MXN 2,000 is referenced by aggregator FAQ widgets; confirm the exact figure when the property sends the transfer instructions. Visa and Mastercard are also listed as accepted at the property.
Free private on-site parking is available with no reservation needed, a genuine highlight for a centro property. The lot is small with a tight turn from the cobbled centro street, and the gates align with the entry curfew at 23:30. Plan late-evening returns from Peña del Aire, the haciendas or a Pachuca dinner to arrive before then; centro alternatives charge cash and limit overnight access.
Pets are allowed on request, with charges that may apply, message the property before you book to confirm the fee for your pet's size and the dates of your stay. The whole property is non-smoking, and parties, hen and stag groups are not permitted.
There is no on-site restaurant at Casa de Campo Huasca. Breakfast availability varies by room type, confirm, and wine and champagne are available on request. For meals, Rosticería Lupita (50 m), Pizzas Vinces (~100 m) and Restaurante Los Pinos (~100 m) are within a five-minute walk; El Portal Viejo, Restaurante La Tradición and Casa Colibrí are also within centro Huasca.
Walking distance: the Plaza Principal and the 16th-century Parroquia de San Juan Bautista (~2-min walk), the artisan stalls and the Pueblo Mágico letters. A short drive: Hacienda San Miguel Regla and Bosque de las Truchas (~3 km / 10 min), the Prismas Basálticos waterfall and Hacienda Santa María Regla (~5 km / 15 min), Peña del Aire mirador (~9–12 km / 30 min), Mineral del Chico (~27 km / 45 min).
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Pick your dates, send the booking, and the property will email the bank-transfer instructions for prepayment. Free private parking and the Plaza Principal are 100 yards from the front door.
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