Calle Roberto Schiess e Isla Duncan (Frente a Vidriera del Pacífico, Sector Mercado Municipal), 200101 Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
#26 of 53 hotels in Puerto Ayora
Guests' ChoiceBased on 131 hostel reviews
8.6Cleanliness
8.9
Comfort
9.0
Location
8.0
Facilities
8.8
Staff
8.6
Value for money
8.9
Free WiFi
7.3
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End of dialog contentReviewed: 14 August 2025
Andrade
BrazilThe hostal is close to Puerto Ayora city center and from Baltra Av. The room was very clean and staff lovely.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 18 July 2025
Natalie
United Kingdomn/a
We were able to whatsapp the owners when we arrived and come and sit in the property to wait until they came. There were electronic key pads for the main property and the rooms. The room was a lot bigger than anticipated. The room and bathroom were clean. It had a very good shower with hot water. The bed was comfy. We walked to the property from the bus terminal and to the port/ main areas of the town, great location. Fresh, clean water was provided in the kitchen (which we didn't use).
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 24 June 2025
Carrie
United StatesTo be honest, I spent very little time in the room. It was clean and the shower was GREAT, very strong water pressure and nice and hot. The courtyard was pleasant and there was a clothesline where I could hang things. The kitchen was nice but I didn't really use it. I felt very safe here.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: 14 June 2025
Katymas
United KingdomBig room, powerful hot shower & comfy beds. Friendly hosts. Shared kitchen was always clean & had everything you need. Would stay here again.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: 11 May 2025
Josephine
United KingdomThe reception could be manned a bit more regularly!
Great location in the town with a clean kitchen. Our room had great aircon and lots of space.
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 27 April 2025
Grégoire
United StatesA bit far away from the main pier
Clean, nice, don't need a key, the owner called the taxi for me. Nothing wrong there, no issue with the water either.
Stayed in April 2025
Reviewed: 18 April 2025
Simina
AustriaThe internet was rather slow in the room upstairs
Lovely hotel, not too far from the center in a quiet area. Everything was great, I enjoyed my stay here. The room was clean and spacious with an aircon. The staff was friendly and very helpful with everything. Downstairs is a fridge where one can store drinks to cool, a kitchen for common use and a water dispenser to fill up the water bottle. Can highly recommend this accommodation!
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: 22 March 2025
Anabelle
Malta- I had an issue with the hot water of the shower. After the first night, they sent someone to fix it. However, I still couldn't make it work. Then someone came to show me how to use it. However it was either a cold shower or a scalding one. I could not manage to find the balance between the hot and cold water.
- The room was very big. - It was approx 10 mins away from the center, but I was aware of this as I wanted the accommodation to be quiet at night. - The staff were very helpful. - The area was very safe to walk around at night (tbf I never felt unsafe on any of the Galapagos islands).
Stayed in February 2025
Reviewed: 17 February 2025
Esmee
EcuadorThere was not always someone available from the staff. We only saw someone with check-in. Otherwise no problem, but keep this in mind for any questions. From room to room not noisy, but from room to outside/ corridor very noisy. Especially with guests leaving early for the ferry/ tours you are woken up early.
Very nice hostel. Check-in was easy. Nice spacious rooms with good working air conditioning. Spacious bathroom with hot water.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: 27 January 2025
Patricia
United KingdomLovely clean and well equiped kitchen you can use .nice outside area with hammocks .
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: 16 January 2025
Caroline
EcuadorThe roosters kicked off just before 5.00am, but this is common all over the islands. I'm a light sleeper, so yes, it bothered me slightly
I arrived late for my one night stay and didn't know exactly where I was until morning. The hostal is just a few minutes from the main road and 5 more into the town. The garden and sitting area was laid out beautifully and coffee was free. The room was clean, the shower amazing and the bed comfy with a soft pillow. I will definately stay there again. Highly recommended!
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: 2 November 2024
Clancy
IrelandComfortable & Cheap. Seemed the best option in town.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: 19 October 2024
Sarah
GermanyIt is a bit further away from the main area, but well in walking distance. The staff was not always around to help with questions.
Spacious room, quite area and good wifi.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: 18 October 2024
Ann-katrin
SpainBeautiful hostel in the middle of the village but still in a less touristy area. Loved it.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 18 October 2024
Dries
BelgiumThe welcoming was nice but we stayed there for 7 nights and all the days after we barely got a "Buenos dias" or something like that, only when we said it. So the atmosphere good have been nicer. We rented their bikes and after 5 minutes the whole thing literally fell apart. The small gears broke down, got stuck in the wheel and it tore apart. This was in the way up and it was already dangerous! If this would have happened on the way down... It happened all of a sudden and we couldn't do anything about it, really not our fault. We didn't have to pay for the renting. We appreciated that, but maybe that was why they didn't were friendly anymore? We don't know. We do know that the owners of the places where we stayed on Isabela and San Cristobal were really superfriendly.
Great kitchen, water/coffee/tea all the time. Very clean and spacious rooms. Cleaning every day. Nice garden where you can relax. Good wifi.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: 10 May 2024
Helen
United KingdomThe hostal was clean and quiet with efficient air-conditioning. The staff were helpful and English-speaking. Easy walking distance to the centre.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 22 April 2024
Antonio
RomaniaNothing in particular, especially that we stayed only one night.
We stayed only one night. The property was clean. The check-in was very easy and also the access to the property. It is about 8-9 minutes walking to the port and the center of the city.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 9 April 2024
Daniel
United KingdomOnly had a sheet on the bed, would have been nice to have a blanket - very hot without air con but a bit cold with it on!
Good location, lovely to have air con, nice big room and friendly staff.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 8 April 2024
Nadine
United KingdomNothing.
As it was a little way from the port, it was nice and quiet in the evening. Very comfortable beds and friendly staff. Clean kitchen and was great that we could refill our water bottles.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 15 March 2024
Dittrich
GermanyVery nice and quiet courtyard, well equipped kitchen
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 8 March 2024
Radu
RomaniaWiFi was ok but sometimes it would cut. They have Starlink which shouldn't do that (I didn't had these issues using Starlink on ships). The location is a bit of a walk from the downtown, especially in the high-season sun.
I wanted a hotel with a nice outdoor place (although I didn't spend as much time as I thought due to heat) and this looked the best at this price point. The place is clean, free water and instant coffee in the kitchen (otherwise the kitchen didn't look like you can do much in it).
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 22 February 2024
Yadavan
United StatesRoom is nice and comfortable, has water containers to refill from, good AC and good shower, and the Starlink wifi was the best of anywhere we had stayed in the Galapagos
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 18 February 2024
Alice
United KingdomLocation: In the town for local shops, market and bus stop. Less than 5min walk to the beachfront restaurants and bars. Size of the room was generous and v comfortable. Hammocks and comfortable areas for relaxing as well as everything practical we could have needed: a well stocked kitchen, lockable cupboard in the room, lots of airing space for drying clothes. Good wifi - there is little to no signal on Galapagos and they had a starlink that provided the best wifi we found on the islands. Code-locked front gate meant you could come and go at leisure. Staff were very helpful: helped us to understand the bus to Santa Rosa (every 15mins 8am-10pm) for the El Chato Reserve to save money on taxis and even watched our bags for us the day we checked out so we could enjoy one more beach day before we left. There were bikes available to rent from the owners but we didn't use them. Also recommend ALMAR waterfront restaurant.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 11 February 2024
Stephanie
CanadaVery happy all around. I thought payment went through via booking but it did not. Need to pay in cash. Staff was kind of enough to let us check in then go get cash to pay.
Lovely room. King size bed, air con and a great shower with hot and cold water. Filtered water available with hot and cold options. Very kind staff, answered all my questions in person or via messenger. Let us store our bags our last day. About a 10 minute walk to the main pier. Very easy to navigate
Stayed in February 2024
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