A gift for the sight was the spacious entry to the Hotel Spa Garci-Crespo, a perfect preamble of what was the whole building, Here in April, 1946, 400 persons managed to lodge per day, having to reject the manager Alex Cardini 2000 requests of the national and foreign tourism, this I constitute a record inside the hotel industry of the country in this time.
There was arising the reputation of the Garci-curly hotel, the resort mas complete of the country was only at 4 hours of the capital of the Republic. The president of the Republic Don Manuel Ávila Camacho, was in the habit of coming with his wife to rest to the Garci-curly Hotel. Already with Peñafiel's name the banquets would be given to Don Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Adolfo Lopez os mate, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.
Don Alex Cardini, I marry a beautiful lady Tehuacanera and in the fertile plaines I present his Mexican and famous salad to stop, and to Torillo del Giovanni, cook of category who gave to him flavor and reputation to the kitchen of the famous Hotel Peñafiel.
Between his managers don Alex Cardini, Leopoldo Domínguez Vice, Don Jose Maria Herrera were, the integration to the hotel chain Dublin (Mexico-Tehuacán-Acapulco), I mark another effort for visitors recover.
Another distinguished guest was don Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" who I visit the hotel on April 16, 1949.
The foyer of the Hotel Spa Garci-crespo then Peñafiel was undoubtedly from his inauguration in 1934 up to the end of his epoch of brilliance in 1970 the place chosen by artists, politicians and intellectual writers.
El vestíbulo del Hotel Spa Garci-crespo luego Peñafiel fue sin duda desde su inauguración en 1934 hasta el fin de su época de esplendor en 1970 el sitio escogido por artistas, políticos e escritores intelectuales.
The casino of the hotel had a splendid table of jack, but this agreeable place was devoured by the flames in 1985, getting lost the whole furniture.
During every May, 1949, the beach and the ponds of the hotel Spa Peñafiel, was beautiful decorated they were used as scene in the filming of the North American movie, The great theft, estelerarizada for Robert Mitchum and Ramon Novaro whom together with other artists thought that it was a place of dream and an authentic paradise.
At the beginning of them 90's, Mexican investors rescue the building of the Hotel Spa Peñafiel, which was divided in two fractions, remaining adapted in one of them the EuroAmerican University that at present is Inter-American University for the Development.
In the second fraction of the hotel, where there were the jacks, a bar, room of meetings and the pond, it was reconstructed and planned a building of characteristics “ Contemporary Mexico ” in order that in September, 1994 the Hotel was inaugurated Marries Cantarranas, a building of modern concept, rustic Mexican of a Tehuacán who is renewed and who possesses an excellent highway Puebla-Tehuacán-Oaxaca.