Name: Hostel Buenos Aires
Address: Buenos Aires 296, El Calafate, El Calafate, El Calafate, 9405, Argentina
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

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Garden

No elevators

Reception desk

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Common kitchen

Vending machine

Microwave oven

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Airport transportation

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Pets Not Allowed

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El Calafate Airport

Hostel Buenos Aires

El Calafate

child-bed

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

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water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I stayed for 3 nights. There were not so many people as it was the winter season. The hostel was very cozy and the stuff is so friendly told me a nice highking course. I stayed max 4 people's room and the atmosphere was really nice as made of wood. I really love Patagonia. I'll come back and staying here again.

Patagonia travel

We stayed at the hostel for 5 nights. The room was cozy and clean, the bathroom had a nice shower and was also very clean. 
The staff is really friendly and helps you where ever they can. They also can recommend good activities and help you with the booking.
The location is also a plus, just a few minutes from the main road, 

We would come here again!

Nadja and Jonas

Simpel, clean and friendly

Awesome place, Facundo the owner is really helpful and attentive in getting anything you need sorted (bookings, shuttles etc.) The place has a great chilled out feel, is in a good location close to town, wifi is great - brilliant spot.

Great place, awesome vibe.

Nice, and importantly for us, quiet hostel. While there was a shared kitchen and bathroom this was not a young party hostel. It was very quiet and very clean. Nothing fancy, but no complaints from us. It's just a few blocks from the main street for restaurants and shops. And we made use of the kitchen for breakfast, lunch and one dinner.

Very clean room, nice stuff, the bathroom amateur can be renewed, only 5-6 min to center down to the stair behind the bus station, there is supermarket nearby bus station

Everyday the stuff cleans the room and change the blanket. Breakfast is simple but enough.

Clean and nice

Friendly staff, but no English spoken. Location could be a lot better (especially since the bus station has moved). Walls are paperthin. Private shower in the twin double hardly gave any water at all... 

Mwa...

1) One member of the staff (I presume the owner, otherwise I don't understand why) tried to overcharge us. He wanted to charge us a 10% more for using a debit card, I asked him why as there was no mentioned of that in booking, and he said "he didn't know why" and provided no further clarity on the matter, I assumed then that it was some Argentinean legislation. To my surprise, when I googled it I found in an official Argentinean website that it is forbidden for businesses to add any extra charges to customers for using debit or credit cards.

2) Our room was an absolute disaster. There was a leak in the radiator (there was a little glass jar by the radiator pipe and a towel under the jar, and every morning when we woke up we had to empty the jar). There was also a leak in the toilet, which made the floor constantly wet and very slippery. 

3) The shower was really unreliable. Water would come and go as you were showering. I spent 4 nights there and  I could not wash my hair because I just could not do it with that water.

4) WiFi connection was very slow.

5) Sound proofing was non-existent. We could hear EVERYTHING that happened in surrounding rooms. One one occasion we overheard how the same member of the staff tried to scam another couple.

6) They have a kitchen for guests, that is true. But the kitchen is almost empty, there were very few dishes, knives, forks, etc. Defefinetely not enough for all (or even half of) the guests in the hostel.

Worst hostel I have ever stayed in

I booked a room with a queen bed and a privare bathroom in this hostel via Travelocity from 02/07/20-02/12/20.  I paid $150 to Travelocity right away, 7 months in adavance ( in May of 2019.) Instead, I was given a windowless room with a twin bed and a shared bathroom in the hallway. 

At first, I thought that it was some kind of a mix up, so I showed my receit with the picture of the room that I booked. I was told that there was no mix up, that since I am alone I should be in a twin bed, and that all twin beds come with a shared bathroom. And I was also told that 7 months ago what I paid might have been the right price, but that at my time of arrival the room that I booked became much more expensive. 

I immediately wrote to Travelocity and asked for my money back because what I was offered upon arrival wasnt at all what I booked. I received no reply. When I returned from my trip, I tried to get my money back. The owner of the hostel said that I refused the room that she offered me ( I had to go to a different hotel because a twin bed is too small for me and I am unable to use shared bathrooms), so she didnt owe me a refund. And Travelocity told me that I chose to not stay there. I chose to not stay there because they refused to give me the room that I booked. In fact, I ended up paying a lot more at a different hotel because I needed a room immediately. So their refusal to give me the room that I booked in advance had cost me in many ways. But I cant even get a refund for the booking that I was refused. Travelocity ignored me at the time when it was happening, and then sided with the hostel owner, even though their reasoning was illogical and illegal. And they just kept my money.

Hostel Buenos Aires

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