Hostal Balmaceda - La Serena Reviews

Despite arriving arriving super early (8am) on a Sunday, the owner welcomed us with a nice breakfast, while we were waiting the get our room. They also helped us to sort out some observatory visit issues, really helpful. 5-10min walk from bus terminal, same from town center. The place is comfy, they have a beautiful terrace, all pretty with lights during the night. Recommended place if you want a bit of quietness and relax.

Best choice in town. Rating: 100%. Go there!

Our room was really cold, damp & bathroom was not cleaned during our four night stay. Staff were friendly & the owner informative. Breakfast was pretty different - a lunch box for each guest filled with cheese sandwich (we toasted ours in kitchen), juice, tea & coffee, biscuits & small cake/muffin. Very filling & means you don't have to get up early! Kitchenette needed more pots, glasses & mugs as these were hard to find. Wifi was sporadic but cable tv was good. Shower was hot with good pressure

The owner is lovely and happy to help you. They are adding rooms and it will be completed soon. The price is low and the rooms are great with cable. As a couple its worth the money to go double (some on booking.com as well if there are none left). Breakfast needs to be improved to compete with other hostels. It is good, juice box, crackers, a mufin or packet of cookies, coffee leche, sugar and tea bags in a lunchbox that is left for you. We enjoyed our stay but this place is only getting bette

Everything ok, breakfast also - packed in boxes, sandwich and few cakes plus juice, coffee and tea. I recommend, staff very friendly, facilities new and clean.

it is a really great place the owner was really nice and helpfull we had a really good stay there thanks a lot

We had a double room - it was just as good as a hostel room- spacious own tv and bathroom. There are a couple of kitchen areas so you can cook quite easily. They leave out a breakfast pack which is great as you're not restricted to any time limit!. We arrive extremely late due to bus delays but the staff were very friendly and helpful. You can book all tours through them too - which is handy.

Great location and helpful staff. Generally pretty quiet though...

Nice courtyard for sitting in sun. Cute breakfast in a little lunch box, with a sandwich, juice box, packet of biscuits and a mini muffin! Good location and we booked tours through them easily. Wifi stood too

Good clean room and clean shared bathrooms. Little kitchenette was useful

This is one of my favorite hostels in South America. Wonderfuly maintained rooms and common areas, generous and acoomodating staff, and a great location. You can´t do better than this one. The hostel also has wonderful bathrooms and a spotless kitchen. Do note that the outside signage of the hostel is rather minimal. Perhaps make a note of the street address so you don´t miss it.

This hostel was fab. The double apartment had everything we needed and it was tastefully decorated and very comfortable stay.