I stayed in that Hostal for 3 night in Feb 2013. The place looks nice at first glance. The location is great and the decoration is cozy both outside and bedrooms. However, the bed-clothes (all of them) were not clean. This was REALLY disappointed, because we chose this hostal for such thing read in former reviewers. The bathroom was clean,... More

Stayed here during my stay in san pedro de atacama. Dorms are spacious and have private lockers, only downside is the distance between the lower and upper beds in the dorm. Bathrooms are realy clean and the breakfast is very good. Personel is attentive and always willing to help.

Stayed here for 2 nights in February 2013. Breakfast was an absolute joke. They put out minute servings of everything which run out immediately and you had to ask repeatedly for more. On the day we left we were trying to have breakfast before our tour departed. The staff were too busy doing each others' hair to have breakfast ready... More

We spent our x-mas vacation at La Ruca. Great place to stay in San Pedro. The back yard was a good place for contemplation and to get to know and share experiences with the other travelers who was attracted to this small hostel. Nice and clean rooms. The best part: The personnel was extremely nice and helpful.

The staff was very nice and the room seemed okay (considering San Pedro is expensive and you get very simple rooms for a relatively high price). The problem started at night as the location is apparently right next to a bar so it was very noisy. If you don't mind noise, the location is good but you could get a... More

We stayed three nights in this hostel. Very close to town centre, clean rooms and tiny but clean bathrooms. Our first night we slept in room nr. 3, which was spot on the main street that had a lot of traffic and noise until 1 am and started again from 4am. We were not told about this, but fortunately we... More

We enjoyed our stay here. The room was simple but clean, wifi worked in the courtyard, shower was fine although the loo made funny noises a lot of the time. The bed was comfortable, we slept well and weren’t disturbed by noise. The breakfast was very good. Nice courtyard to sit in and the kitchen was quite well equipped and... More

We booked La Ruca after doing a lot of online research. We found all the hostals to look quite expensive for what they were but this one seemed reasonable ish and had good photos. When we arrived we were pleased with the location but found the room didn't live up to the great pics we saw online. Our biggest frustration... More

My husband booked this hostel via a third party website. Granted we didn't have much choice given then we were looking for hotels only 3 weeks in advance. My criteria for a "place to stay" include clean, comfortable bed, quiet and functioning, which includes staff willing to tackle a reasonable problem promptly. We stayed here 4 nights. The breakfast was... More