Name: Hotel Castro Galapagos
Address: Barrio Las Ninfas Calle Colonos, Puerto Ayora, Puerto Ayora, Puerto Ayora, 200350, Ecuador
Rating: 6

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Hotel Castro Galapagos

It was good but I tried to adjust the booking by cancelling1night in good time but was not permitted.

this is a budget hotel. The staff very friendly and the hotel is clean and well kept. I would highly recommend  this hotel. In the Galapagos the only time spent in room is to sleep anyway.

Nice quiet hotel..... Excellent location a block from city center and pier to take tours.

This hotel is old, but it does have a sort of quaintness to it.  It is situated next to the harbour and if you sit around the back you can spot all sorts of wildlife.  Very little English spoken here, so you will get to use your Spanish.  We enjoyed our stay but did lose a few things, not sure if they were lost or just disappeared so would recommend the use of the safe.  Windows are a little ill fitting  but all in all an ok hotel.   There is a little plunge pool but very small and very cold.  Not big enough to swim, but great if you just want to cool off.

The hotel is very old and not very appealing. It was clean enough but not what I expected for the price - although accommodations in Galapagos are very expensive so I guess it is all relative. This is more like a hostel than a hotel. I had a private bath with three beds in my room. The staff were pleasant but didn't not understand a bit of English. The location of the hotel was great for us. I recommend this hotel only because of the lack of good hotels in the area.

A bit on the rustic side however the location is perfect as is the view from the top floors.  Bare necessities are present however your not in the Galapagos to hang out in your room.  Walls between the rooms are paper thin which was tough the couple nights a family with a crying baby stayed next door.  It must have been an interesting hotel in its hey day which was about 25 years ago.  The front desk was INCREDIBLY helpful in setting up boat tours and taxis All staff were very friendly and accommodating.  The last evening of my stay the hotel hosted a religios service in the all purpose room that woke me up and continued until 11:00, this was directly across the hall from my room.  Breakfast was good.  At times the shower would not produce water for a few seconds.  But again a good price for a great location a view from the top floors of the defunct lounge and bar area.

It is loud. In fareness everything in PA is loud it seems. Right next to a church that rocks out every evening. Had a few lizards in my room, which is fine.

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Satisfactory. Great location

Not a luxury hotel

Pleasant stay

ok hotel close to harbour

Disappointing

Inexpensive no frills with an ideal location

The staff is very nice and accommodating as best they could. (1) LOCATION: thought it close to everything, it located on a one-way busy side street where we walked out the door and onto the traffic with taxis, trucks, buses, motorcycles and pedestrian traffic all day and most of the night. St San Francisco Catholic Church is across the narrow street and bells and singing is loud. (2) ROOM CONDITIONS: The room was dark, dimly lit and the floor was sort of dusty, not properly swept or mopped; the bathroom was small, and whenever water went through the pipe from upstairs, a sewer scent would emit from the pipe in the corner of our room. The sink had a home made wooden enclosure which could not be opened; the shower has a 6" wall step to step over into the shower; not suitable or accessible for anyone with problems climbing steps. (3) BREAKFAST: The breakfast was plain and bland and we were served the same thing for three days - hard scrambled eggs, rolls, butter, diluted juice, coffee.

This is a "Last Minute; vesry Last Resort"

We booked the room for 6 of us. When we arrived they only allowed 5 to stay even though there was one double bed and 4 single ones and we wanted to stay together like in the cabin. We had to pay extra for another room.Then the next morning our boat trip was scheduled for 645 am departure. Their breakfast started at 7 and they could not accommodate an earlier breakfast time for our family. We had to go eat elsewhere.The staff was not helpful when it came to questions about suggestions for places to visit in the island. No concierge knowledge or attempt to be helpful. It seemed they lacked training.

Very disappointing

If you like having termite eggs above you bed, and wood chips falling on your face as you sleep, for the affordable cost of $150.00 a night, Hotel Castro is the place for you. With wasp nests, beetles, minimal wifi (none), no hot water, and ants in the rooms, this has been the WORST hotel experience I have ever had. The breakfast made me so sick that I threw up, and the broken toilets the wouldn't flush it down. The location is the ONLY benefit to this hotel, and if you speak Spainsh, perhaps the staff would be friendly. I moved my room THREE times because each room had something absolutely unsanitary about it. I would post picture of the bugs, but the Wifi is so awful here, I can't. DO NOT GO.

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