Hostal Mamatierra

Staff very friendly and helpful, and the hostal was only a 10-minute walk to the main street, with a cheap restaurant next door and a general store on the other side. Free water, tea, coffee etc in the kitchen, and they packed us a takeaway breakfast when we left for early-morning tours and departure for Uyuni. We booked three excursions with hostal discounts. My single room was very small but well organised - the multi-level clothes rack at the foot of the bed allowed me to spread and hang most of my clothes. There's no heating but plenty of warm bedding. The courtyard has a hammock, tables and chairs, and gets a lot of afternoon sun.

I had two freezing-cold showers and only found out on my last day that the hot tap is on the left (opposite to Europe and what I had in Santiago) and you had to let it run quite a while before the water gets hot. Until then the right position was actually slightly warmer than the left, hence my confusion. This could probably be explained better.

Super friendly staff advised that someone found my bank card and was helpful in providing me the info to contact the lady who found it Amazing breakfast with lots included smoothies, cereal, coffee, tea etc Packup lunch if you need to leave early for tours

It was a bit cold as they don't have enough power for heating but they provided lots of blankets to compensate

The property is very well located and clean, the staff is helpful ! Very good place to stay for travelers. Breakfast is amazing.

The breakfast was excellent, everything we needed, such as fruits, hot coffee and milk, cheese, etc. They also provide a complete snack for the visitors who need to leave the hostal before the breakfast time. The location was perfect, just 10 minute walk from the city centre and next to a grocery store. The staff was really friendly, always ready to assist us.

I just missed a heating system in the bedroom, the nights in Atacama in Winter are really cold.