• 2 miles South of Iowa State University
• 3 miles South of Ames' Main Street Cultural District,
• 6 miles South of Ames' North Grand Mall
• 30 miles North of Des Moines,
• 40 miles from the Des Moines International Airport
• GPS: Lat: 41.99336, Long: -93.64187 [view Google Map]

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• Read: June 11, 2007 Ames365.com feature: "Monte Bello owners use 'retirement time' to grow business", by Ames365.com's Julie Young.
• Tapestry Weaving Guild
  2nd Sunday of every month, 6:30-8pm.
  Please come and join other tapestry weaving enthusiasts! Discuss anything related to tapestry. Contact Heidi Reyes at 515-296-2181 for more information.

MonteBello B&B Inn's setting and friendly staff make it an ideal setting for:

• Out-of-town visitors and clients,
• Getaway weekends,
• Relaxing retreats,
• Weddings and wedding receptions,
• Honeymoon escapes,
• Reunions and parties,
• Seminars, workshops, and meetings,
• and much, much more

The Inn has a variety of rooms at your service:

• Four spacious distinctive guest rooms
• Large media-equipped meeting room that can seat up to 12 people,
• Hand-painted mural in entryway "The Encounter: The Meeting of Two Worlds", by resident artist, Mary Raap,
• Beautiful sitting room and living room that include a library and local and Mexican artwork,
• Open and colorful dining room,
• Relaxing patio and Terraza with gorgeous dawn through dusk views of the lake and countryside.

A note from Daphne and Jaime

MonteBello B&B Inn is now growing very rapidly, so it is time for us to fulfill our dream of expanding MonteBello's guest room and event space! In addition, after much time and planning, our efforts in creating the Latino Cultural Institute of the Midwest (LaCIM) have come to fruition with LaCIM being granted tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status. As of this month, it is officially a nonprofit organization. If you are interested in supporting either our dream of expanding MonteBello or helping us with LaCIM, please contact us at: 515-296-2181, info@montebellobandbinn.com. We are also developing a website for LaCIM, which will be up soon. We will be announcing it on our blog at http://montebellobandbinn.blogspot.com/.