Just a few blocks to the gorgeous Santo Domingo & the Alcala, the pedestrian walkway that takes you to the Zocalo about 6 blocks away. I was a little concerned about walking down this alley at night until I did it & found that it was completely safe. The alley location was nice & quiet. Only on Saturday night did we hear a bar playing obnoxious music until way too late. The rest of the time was peaceful. No dogs barking & even the neighborhood rooster slept in until 9 AM. Devi the on-site housekeeper met us on our arrival. We speak passable Spanish, but we still don't know what she was saying about a switch out in the garden & how to use that in the event of no water. The water faucets did run dry at one point, but we were out of the house most of that time & water had reappeared when we got back. Devi also told us we had to run the hot water faucet for 15 minutes before hot water would come out of the shower head, which was baffling that we would be expected to waste so much water. It actually only takes about 3 minutes to get hot water in the shower. Take a look at the water heater by the washing machine & realize that you will not have as much hot water as you do in the US. A 5 gallon bottle of drinking water was provided, & when we asked Devi for more, 2 more bottles appeared. One thing that surprised us was there is no cooling system besides the ceiling fans. In mid-March, it was already warm enough that it was difficult to fall asleep. We opened the bedroom window when we went out for the evening & that helped cool it off quite a bit, but in the afternoon, it was pretty warm. We didn't notice any heating system. I'm not sure the bed is actually queen size. I am always worried about letting someone else do my laundry because I think they will put my clothes in the dryer & shrink them, but Devi did a great job, line-drying & folding our clothes. We were sad to cut our 11 day trip short by 4 days because of coronavirus & concern that the US border would be closed or we would be put in quarantine. There is so much we still want to do & see in beautiful Oaxaca. Despite the few issues I noted, we will want to stay in this casita again because of its quiet location & value. We especially liked being 2 blocks from Calabacitas Tiernas, a wonderful vegetarian restaurant. We would recommend that the owner leave directions in English about things like WiFi, drinking water, waste disposal, hot water, toilet usage, possible water shortage.