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Hotel El Capitan

2.5 star property

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Exterior
Lobby
Gift shop
Outdoor Patio King Room | Terrace/patio
Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, desk, blackout drapes

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
100 E Broadway, Van Horn, TX, 79855
  • Clark Hotel Museum
    ā€Ŗ2 min walkā€¬
  • Van Horn Rodeo Arena
    ā€Ŗ17 min walkā€¬
  • Red Rock Ranch
    ā€Ŗ2 min driveā€¬
  • Van Horn, TX (VHN-Culberson County)
    ā€Ŗ6 min driveā€¬

Room options

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Standard Room | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Double Room | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Courtyard Patio King Room | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, desk, blackout drapes

Courtyard Patio King Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Outdoor Patio King Room | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, desk, blackout drapes

Outdoor Patio King Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, desk, blackout drapes

Courtyard Queen Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

Hotel El Capitan

Van Horn hotel with restaurant
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a bar/lounge and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include conference space, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk.
Hotel El Capitan offers 50 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Satellite television is provided.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and ceiling fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.

Event facilities measuring 1225 square feet (114 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a library, a vending machine, and a garden. Complimentary self parking is available on site.

Hotel El Capitan has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
El Capitan Dining Room - Onsite restaurant. Happy hour is offered.
Gopher Hole Bar - Onsite bar. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Onsite parking includes off-street options

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • El Capitan Dining Room
  • Gopher Hole Bar

Things to do

  • Library
  • Shopping

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Guidebooks
  • Laundry facilities
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 1,225 square feet of conference space
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor entertainment area
  • Outdoor furniture

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 22-inch TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Restaurant dining guides

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laundry detergent

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 3:00 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: USD 10

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 40 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 40 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Late check-out fee: USD 10 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available

Property is also known as

Hotel El Capitan Hotel
Hotel El Capitan Van Horn
Hotel El Capitan Hotel Van Horn

Hotel El Capitan Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 958 out of 1210 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 186 out of 1210 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 36 out of 1210 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 18 out of 1210 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 1210 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Nice Vintage hotel that needs a service upgrade

The Capitan Hotel came highly recommended so we eagerly looked forward to our stay. The vintage hotel is charming with a cooling fountain in the front courtyard and nice historic architectural features. We had to wait awhile to be checked in. We had requested a queen bed room but were assigned a small double bed room with no explanation. The double bed had a pillowtop mattress that was very uncomfortable for two so we got very little sleep. At dinner, the food was decent (pasta with shrimp and greek salad with grilled chicken). Nice wine list. But service was terrible. It took 2 hours to get through a simple meal. We shared a dessert that they said was pecan bread pudding but it seemed to be a small pile of bread cubes overwhelmed by a quantity of bourbon sauce and a large handful of raw pecans. In short, we dont really recommend it. But if you want to experience the historic ambiance, be sure to be prepared to be specific about your reservation and meal time constraints.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Beverly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is the most happening spot. It lives up to the original intentions when the place was built in the 1930's. I even bought my lifetime interagency pass to visit the National parks.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very comfortable!

We were traveling and looked up reviews on the Hotel El Capitan. It had good reviews and looked charming, so we booked. We didn't get much time to stay as we got in at midnight and were on the road again by 8am.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfortable and charming

The room has an old world charm especially the patio. The room is not large but offers all the modern amenities and the bed is extremely comfortable. Cookies, fruit and coffee are a nice welcome touch in the lobby , there are books to read, a puzzle to complete while waiting for companions. The staff is friendly and efficient.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Roxanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gerard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rose, Palmhurst

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Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Beverly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historical property. The food is second to none! The bar is the most happening place in town. Cocktails are carefully hand-crafted. The liquor is stored in an old bank vault. Too cool to miss.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Gary

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great find traveling. Staff friendly, comfortable bed, great linens, the inviting fireplace and the charm of the old hotel were wonderful! Showing wear from previous guests locking their pets in the bathroom and allowing them to scratch the doors and mouldings, also the curtains need repair in the room we stayed in. The restaurant in the hotel was great for dinner! We look forward in our travels to dine there. The complementary breakfast is about the same as most hotels, which was a disappointment this time. The fresh blueberries and coffee were good. Will we stay again for the value, not sure?
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cool historic place definitely worth going to the patio area is fantastic to have a drink at and hang out and look at the fire pit
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

sarah

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

June

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is beautifully renovated and a true gem in the Texas desert.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Amanda

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Phillip

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was beautiful. The room was clean. The staff was pleasant. They had a private party the night we stayed. That made the bar and restaurant unavailable and the parking lot was full so we had to park on the street. These things happen so definitely no a knock on the property. Iā€™d definitely stay again if I were in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lois E

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Diamond in the Rough

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Charla

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

WILLIAM

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historic and everyone was first class!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Guadalupe Peak Adventure

Our stay at Hotel El Capitan was nice. The rooms are well equipped and comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

juli

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hidden gem

This hotel is beautiful! If you like older, throw backs to the past, antiques, nostalgia or hotels that tell a story, then this is the stay for you. I can tell you that the town doesn't have much to offer, but this hotel and its almost 100year old history does. Beautiful entrance, tile flooring, fireplace, restaurant, bar, gift shop, and even a puzzle to work gives this hotel a quaint charm. The front desk gentleman was very friendly, offered no hesitation in speaking with guests and ensured that our stay was special with a bag full of goodies and a smile. The linens were clean and comfortable and the towels were some of the softest I have ever used. This hotel offered cookies, water, coffee and a warm ambiance like no other.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding value hotel like this in a larger city would be much much more expensive
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lois

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
this hotel had so much personality, It was cozy and the staff was great. A warm fireplace was perfect on the very cold night that we arrived. Fireplace, glass of wine and interestingcompany,
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

William

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing old hotel. The decor is stunning
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025