The El Cosmico Offers a Different Experience
Located deep into the high plains desert landscape of remote West Texas is a collection of rooms that may appeal to a writer, hiker or someone on the run. Referred to as El Cosmico, this desert retreat in Marfa offers plenty of recreational activities but it is the accommodations that intrigue.
They are renovated trailers, safari and scout tents, Souix-style teepees, and Mongolian yurts. The complex offers a hammock grove, outdoor kitchen and dining area, community lodge, an outdoor stage, reading room and mercantile. There are also wood-fired hot tubs for romance.
Nightly rates start at $65.00 for the tents up to $500 for the 3800 square foot apartment located above Maiya’s Restaurant in the Brite Building. Check out it and you may agree that the teepees are the coolest. Visit their site.