Reviews of Acuarela Hostal

I have been in Acuarela Hostal at the beginning of May and I was the only tourist there! But I didn't feel lonely because Luz, the owner, is an amazing woman and despite not speaking the same language we kept eachother company and I had a really good time with her at the hostel! She also helped me whenever I needed anything, she gave me tips and we also had dinner together (awesome cook!) The location is quite far from the main resorts, and it's great for a peaceful stay in Playa Farallòn! There is a small market near the hostel and that's all you need! Also the beach is across the road, like 50 meters from the hostel! What else?

The room was beauriful, cozy and clean. The patio with the hammocks was really cute. The hosts are lovely. You have to go to their restaurant, the pizza is delicious. Great location at the beach, but at high tide there was no beach at all (might be unusual, SantaCatalina also had unusually high high tides).

A shelf for your stuff would be great and the shower is tiny.

Great spot close to the beach. Delicious breakfast! Very nice hostess.

Location was 1 minute walk to beach. Mother/ Daughter host were very nice. Super clean

Clean and next to Farallon beach Nice breakfast. Helpful and family owned.

Be aware that they don’t speak English much. There is only one shower and toilet for the dorm. Hopefully, we were only 2 people in the dorm, but would have been complicated otherwise.

We had a private bathroom and access to kitchen - our priorities. Hostel is a few steps from the beach,( kind of dead end) not very clean. But if you go to your left, in direction to Decameron hotels - it becomes more interesting: with restorants, shades, chezlongs and so on. When you reach "all included" zone you can even use their toilets and showers, which are right on the beach. 'Chiva' stop is just in front of the hostel's gate (access to Panamericana), but occasionally it serves as a garbage collection point with a staff scattered around.

I find the place overpriced. The location is at the far end of the village where the locals live. Chicken and dogs are everywhere. And they are very active at night. Dogs and roosters together. Roosters, surprisingly are not fall asleep until 11:30 pm(when the dark time start around 6 pm), and again at 3:00 a.m they begin as a chorus, they tear their throats until they are exhausted but don't stop up to daytime. Outside our window there was an alley, local kids enjoy free wifi and spend hours, sometimes very late at night, playing and chatting loudly. They even have a log there to sit and feel comfy. Breakfast was quite basic: eggs, bread with a bit of margarina, fruit salad, coffee/tea with marmelada package. The property has a little backyard, we did not used it because of rains; on another side of the fence there is a alley - people often pass there speaking loudly - no sense of privaty.

A nice, clean, family run hostel very close to the beach (20m). Well equipped kitchen, clean bathroom, spacious dormitory room. Comfortable bed (at least the lower one), some space for keeping your stuff. Great area with hammocks, tables where you can spend time with others or chill out alone. Great, great atmosphere, very good attention of señora Luz and Carolina. I am vegan, so they did their best to give me something for breakfast. Thank you

The only thing - it would be great to have lockers, just to stay on the safe side

Clean and Staff

The owners are absolutely amazing. Seldom met such nice people!! Apart from that, the hostel is really nice and I could not think of anything to complain about. The breakfast is good and the beach within 1-2min by foot. Thanks for the amazing stay!

Breakfast was good

It was not really clean there

The breakfast was really yum, and the owner is a sweet guy who is willing to help you when needed. It was my second time staying in a hostel and it was amazing one of the best places to visit! I will 100% go back.

Carlos is a great welcoming host, cooking great breakfast with smiles and love 😊!

carlo is very friendly nice garden and kitchen

Great location close to the beach

Nice breakfast.

If you like constant street noise, dog fights and screeching autos from 8PM to 2:30AM, this is the place for you. Unable to sleep. Broken jalousie window, sketchy shower.

Bathroom is very bed condition. Toilet did not work, but was repaired. No value for money. Would NOT recommend. Not a good location. Breakfast was ok.