Pirwa Backpackers Colonial Reviews

Good Location, Friendly Staff and Excellent facilities. Hostel was quiet but I guess that is due to it being the off season.

Long Comment Short: - The showers are nice (24 hrs hot, big and clean) - The beds are great! - Big Lockers for everyone in the rooms! And Small ones on the reception - Free Breackfast and big community area

I stayed in Pirwa Colonial quite a while, because it's such a nice place.The staff is super nice, you can join a lot of activities like pool tournament, Movie Nights, etc. and if you want to know something about the tours around Cusco, you can use the free internet or ask at the tourist information, which is placed next to the hostel. The bathrooms are big and really clean just as the bedrooms, where you can also find a locker for each person.I really enjoyed my staying here!

Very friendly staff, big rooms, good facilities. We came back to stay here on 4 different occasions in our time in Cusco. Restaurant and bar is not as good as some in Cusco but it's a much more relaxed atmosphere. Definately recommend.

We stayed at Pirwa for four nights total, before and after our Machu Picchu trip. The staff was great! They were so helpful and friendly. We had an initial problem with our booking but they helped us solve it quickly and were very understanding. There is a large kitchen but it is a little understocked as far as cooking utensils are concerned. The hostel is a little chilly but the beds are comfortable and they have down comforters to stay warm. Great activities, food and specials at the bar.

It's not a great hostel though it's not bad either.

Greatly located hostel with helpful staff who really do try their best

We enjoyed the stay in this Pirwa´s Backpackers Hostel in general. The best thing was the free luggage storage and the character of this place: It has nice couches all over the place, a great bar and a comfy TV room. The staff wasn´t exactly friendly but did his job well. It´s definitely not one of the best hostels I´ve been in, but I´d recommend it if you are staying for one or two nights.

Disorganised administration and generally unhelpfull staff, especially at night. Claire was an exception, she was helpful and pleasant. However, the beds were comfortable and warm, the bathrooms clean and the location close to the plaza de armas without being in the middle of it.

When staying in a private room you expect some privacy however it is not possible at this hostel. We stayed 2 nights in a private room and both nights were woken up by someone trying to force our room door open. The female bathrooms were unhygienic to say the least. If you stay here, use the mixed bathrooms which are really nice and stay in a private room with a private bathroom. They were very helpful when we wanted to leave our bags to go to Machu Picchu. Great place to meet other travellers.

This place was affordable and in a nice location but the room I was in, there was no way to lock the door at night unless all of the roommates were in. It was also very cold, the door couldn't be closed all the way so cold air got in. It was also very loud at night. I understand wanting to party, but there were people being very loud right outside the door. If you're looking to party, this is a great place, but if you want to sleep I would not recommend it.

Good place shame about the extremely loud partying that was still going on at 5am when I had to get up, but then if I wasn't going I might have been up too :)

Pirwa Backpackers Colonial is a very good hostel, near to everything. If you are a light sleeper took the ear plucks, it's can be little noisy 'cos hostel has a bar. Good place to meet people. Private rooms were very good, worth of money! Big comfy bed, good shower with hot water, spacious room!

The bathroon is dirty, we booked a double room with privite bathroom but we didn´t have show on privite bath because the shower was broke then we had shower at share bath. At the last day the hostel charge the breakfast. The drawer was opened during the cleanering, they dind´t change the rubish.

Nice, lively hostel in a great location. Friendly helpful staff, shared bathrooms very basic and small, but other than that, everything was great.

Helpful staff. Decent hostel.

Good location, but it was very quiet when I stayed there (as in very few people in the hostel) which was good as I slept well, but there just wasn't much atmosphere

This hostel was great for a nice chill time...If your looking for a place to actually get sleep this was great...The staff was quite helpful and they let us store our bags for free when we left for the 4 day exploration to Manchu Pichu...The internet was a bit slow and was only available in the loby but they also have computers you can use so no big deal...

We enjoyed our stay. It was walking distance to a lot of shops, restaurants, the main plaza, and a cool local outdoor market. The hostel was really clean and the staff was helpful and really nice. We love Matt! Thanks.

Overall a great experience. A very accomodating staff!