Villa Oasis

Near the cobblestone Plaza Mayor that anchors colonial Villa de Leyva, Villa Oasis sits within the town's whitewashed historic grid, a short walk from the weekend market and the fossil museum on Carrera 9.

Accommodation runs self-catering style: each unit has a kitchenette with refrigerator and full kitchenware, a dining table, and a private bathroom with shower. Flat-screen TV and internet round out the in-room basics. Parking on site removes the headache of street space on busy festival weekends, when Villa de Leyva draws crowds from Bogotá, three hours south.

The property is smoke-free throughout. With only thirty reviews averaging 9.5, the volume is modest but the score places it consistently above most guesthouses on the Plaza's eastern fringe.