El Viajero-Manantiales Hostel Reviews

We enjoyed the stay at the hostel.

Great hostel but horrible location

Fantastic place. Great location in the forest and close to the beach. Staff great fun and helpful. One of my favorite hostels in South America. good value for money as well.

İf you are looking for a quiet place in the middle of nowhere but close to a very beatiful beach, it is a perfect place to stay. As a hostel everything was good. Recommended

Friendly staff, reasonably priced, fun events in hostel. $45 USD cab ride to downtown punta, or a bus for $2 that comes every hour.

poor breakfast, small room, bathroom was dirty and old, swimming pool looks dirty

For the money you pay this is a decent hostel the hostal is a 25 min bus journey from the centre of punta del este but is close to good beaches. Each bus journey to the centre is 28 pesos one way. The directions supplied on how to get there could be a lot better. The pin indicating the location of the hostal on google maps is actually 3km away.

Its out of town and the direction for it are poor. It is near the best beach tho and has a great bar and pool. But if you want to be in the toen centre look at other places

Despite being a big hostel, it did not offer many facilities. You had to fight for space in the fridge, buy a padlock for the lockers & hire towels. Plus the staff seemed very impatient to deal with you.

El Viajero was a great Hostel in at a Fantastic Beach. A few little issues. Condom found under the bed (still in wrapper) however shows they do not clean the rooms very well. Mini Padlock as the room lock could be replaced with a door handle and key. Charged us on credit card 5% which is fine however they also changed from Uraguay to US dollars at a very poor exchange rate before charging me which was a pretty poor way for them to make more money off me, make sure you check this when you pay.

The lcoation is perfect if you go without car

Manantiales is one of the best hostels I've ever been. I loved the place, staff,everything!

Very nice place to stay, comfortable, clean and a friendship atmosphere, recommended!

Nice hostel, good atmosphere and usefull/kind/nice staff. The only thing is that the hostel is placed in Manantiales and not in Punta del Este (Manatiales is about 15-20min from Punta). Manantiales is a small town and lot of things happen there during summer (also in La Barra), but if you want to be in Punta it might not be your place (anyway we went two nights to party at Punta).

Manantiales Hostel is the best Hostel I stay. The staff Alejandra and Andrea were very helpfully. The place is located near the beach and the hostel it’s very clean, it has a full brekfast I had a great time in the swimming pool and in the bar!!!!

Thats the 4th Viajero I visited and they have all an excelent quality and ver cool and helpfull staff. The swimming pool is a hit! and Monica, the bartender, is a sweetheart. Thanks guys!

Love place, the staff is very nice!!!!!!! The place is beautiful, clean and one nice bar and great area outside with barbecue swimming pool ,the breakfast is very good , with the dulce de leche typical of Uruguay , and fruits … The hostel is close of Bikini beach the famous surf beach of Punta del Este. Thanks guys see you next time!!!!

Great hostel, friendly staff and close to the beach :) It's just a little far from Punta del Este.