Piedra Alta Hostel & Suites

Small but comfortable

Breakfast

Me gustó todo. La casa es lindaaaa, bien distribuida. El espacio bien cuidado, súper bien ubicado, y el personal increíble! Gente muy amable dispuesta a ayudar y muy atentos. Recordaré mi viaje con mucho cariño. Gracias!!

Fast direkt am Strand. Große, saubere Zimmer mit Spind. Tolle Gemeinschaftsräume, Terrasse. Super Atmosphäre.

The location is good in theory. Close to the beach and to many restaurants / bars. Showers / common areas are clean. I believe breakfast is offered but we didn’t take it. Nice hammock in the garden. Two nice cats and a few dogs. My friend is Uruguayan and had good conversation with the staff, me as an English speaker less so.

It’s likely not the hostels fault because a) it’s peak season so busy and b) the noise was largely from outside; but the noise levels are unbearable. Four nights of hell (which we had to pay upfront so could not move after the first night, we were trapped). Now, full disclosure, my friend and I are in our late 30s and leaning towards retirement from hostels haha so I am sure that for younger people who are there to party, it will be great. However, I’ve travelled for around 15 years and never known noise levels this bad from hundreds of other hostel stays. The hostel has a “quiet time” from 1am (poorly enforced) and then from 1am until 6am a party thumps and vibrates outside the bedroom windows. But, it’s January so maybe this is normal. I would say the least the hostel could do is offer earplugs to guests. Six bed dorm, very small and few charging points. No curtains on beds or individual lights. Cannot really move in the room when all occupants are present. I was also keen to amend my original booking from 4 nights to 3, as I wanted to spend some time away from the coast in the countryside. I was denied this and advised they have a 4 night minimum stay which, to be honest, is excessive. I also received multiple WhatsApps between when I booked to when we arrived, it felt a bit annoying because they were constantly asking if the reservation was still confirmed and were we coming. Once or twice, OK. But I think I got about 4 or 5 messages and it was a bit much.