Name: Carliza II Backpacker
Address: Roberto Schiess & Duncan, Puerto Ayora, Puerto Ayora, Puerto Ayora, 200350EC, Ecuador
Rating: 6

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Carliza II Backpacker

Puerto Ayora

We’ve just finished an 8 night stay at Carliza 2. We initially stayed 7 nights, then came back for one night before our flight (having visited San Cristobal). Therefore we feel relatively well place to give a comprehensive review. 

The pros:
- Lovely hosts. Omar and Stephanie are very nice people who try hard to make your stay a good one 
- Clean rooms. Apart from the odd mark and scuff here and there, the rooms were clean
- Decent kitchen. It was clean and well equipped
- Bathrooms did what they needed to do
- Well located. Close to markets and shops, and easy walk into town, but far enough from the main drag not to hear any traffic noise
- Relatively well priced. We paid c.$23 a night which isn’t bad for what you get

The cons:
- Our first room was quite small, which wasn’t great for a week
- We had ants in our room (not a big issue but worth mentioning)
- The kitchen tables were always a little bit dirty. Not the fault of the staff, just the other guests not cleaning up after themselves
- Although we couldn’t hear any road noise, we were woken up almost every night by dogs, cats and chickens (especially cockerels in the morning around 5am)
- The bathroom wasn’t cleaned at all during our stay, although our room was and we got fresh towels half way through
- Our room for the last night didn’t have external windows so it got very humid. You could tell the room didn’t have good ventilation as it smelt a bit mouldy
- This is going to sound like I am picking them up on small things, but there were no proper bathroom mats provided. A sign said not to use bathroom towels on the floor or we’d be charged (so we didn’t) but nothing else was provided. This meant the floors were very slippy after a shower
- WiFi isn’t great but nowhere on Galapagos has good WiFi so we didn’t hold this against them
- The design of the building means you can hear a lot of what is going on inside, from your room. We could hear some girls having breakfast at 0500 on the floor below, two days in a row (they were quite loud) because there is a shaft running through the centre that carries the noise up. On our second stay we heard the couple next door “having a lot of fun” a couple of times (if you know what I mean....she certainly sounded like she was having a good time anyway), which was amplified by the design of the building

So overall, not a bad place and it did the job it was supposed to do. We’d stay again but only for a night or so - a week was too long and you’d probably want somewhere just a little bit upmarket for a longer stay. 

Not bad, but won’t knock your socks off!

The hostel was great. The outside street construction was not pleasant. Workers start before 7am pounding and hammering. The rooster practically start before the sun comes up. And the doors are loud when they close. So great place for location, only 10 min from the park but not quiet. And wifi could have been better but for just WhatsApp and Facebook it was ok. There is a sign that says no watching movies with the wifi. Maybe someone was

Excellent in every respect. Loved the reception .

We loved our stay! We stayed in two different rooms, both large and very clean with hot showers. Some rooms only have internal windows however. Shared kitchen was perfect for cooking.
Jennifer at reception was wonderful!
The hostel isn't right in town, about 10 min walk (however it's next to the local market) which didn't bother us too much.
Just to mention though that the hostel isn't attended by staff after 6pm. We would definitely stay here again, great value for money.

Great stay

Horrible service. Average price. Almost all hostels, hotels with same prices in Galapagos and Ecuador has being with better service and without problems. Both workers very rude. Want only cash, and make problem with booking.com, say that we didn't never arrived. I needed to deal with booking.com. Never gave receipt neither. wanted 30 dollar extra, for paying with card, which we didn't pay, but we pay with card, and we needed to prove to booking.com that with credit card otherwise they will take double payment. Hostal was good located. Can't recommend. Avoid stress and book any other place.

Horrible service, avoid.Can't recommend.

rude workers, only cleaner was nice and helpful. I would avoid this place, they ask more money from anything they get in mind, lost towel (Which was not lost), dirty bed, payment with card... they will try to cheat your money in one way or other, tryed to double charge my credit card.

Bad service and owners is thieves

I was GRANDPAcking through the Galapagos for a couple of weeks and needed somewhere to stay the night before heading to the airport.
I booked myself into a Double (fan) Room at the Carliza II Backpacker. You do not need aircon at this time of year … in fact, some nights I was so cold that I needed extra blankets. I paid $18.20 for 1 night. 
I chose it because it was only 2 blocks (in the back streets) from the Mercado Municipal (where the Airport Bus dropped us off when I first arrived) … I was hoping that I could get on the bus to the Airport from the same location. N.B. You can't - you have to make your way 1km up the road to the Bus Terminal.
The Carliza has 2 floors with about 8 rooms on each floor.
My room was an average size.
It came with a ceiling fan and a wardrobe.
It had a TV which I managed to re-tune to get a couple of English speaking channels.
The ensuite was small but adequate.
The shower had good water flow and plenty of hot water.
There was a shared kitchen.
And, to my utter amazement, the free wifi had a strong signal in my room and was fast enough to be usable!
This is, also, a cheaper area of town. For instance, a take-away large Club Beer from my local minimart was only $2.60.
Even though it was the cheapest room that I booked in my whole stay in the Galapagos, it looked like the best value for money. 
However, to get the good in-room wifi, I had to be next to Reception and the Kitchen – which were noisy until about 10pm at night and early in the morning with people making breakfast before heading for their 7am ferry.
The other downside is that the road outside started to get very noisy at 5am - no problem if you need to get up to catch a 7am ferry.

Good for a short overnight stay

If you can´t afford a fancy hotel that´s the place for you. Cheap and very good, 4 nights I paid U$ 72,00 with IVA included, good WI-FI, hot shower, really hot, no breakfast but we can use their kitchen. It´s walking distance from the city centre and the píer and many mini markets  and bakeries nearby and just one block from the Cental Market where we can buy very,very good empanadas for just U$1,00 each one. And if you are a backpacker who wals and never takes a taxi, it´s less than 10 minutes from the Bus station to go to the airport.

Best value for money in Santa Cruz

We were on a trip to Santa Cruz and the accommodation was not what we expected. The first thing was that we were told that we would not change the towels, after four days, which we considered necessary, especially given the humidity of the place. The first day we had no hot water or shampoo, only a bath soap. And finally, the last day in the kitchen there was no gas to heat the milk and considering that there were no microwaves, we did not like it.

The establishment is dirty, but attention is kind.

Too expensive for what it is, we had 4 nights and spent the first one we decided to go to bed because the heat in the room was unbearable, there was no window outside and smells arrived from the bathroom.The security is poor, anyone can enter and leave the Hostel, you can lock the door but the rooms have corridor windows through which one can jump easily, there is almost never anyone at the reception.About 4am the light and water went out, so neither the fan nor the refrigerator worked until 9am when the reception staff came.We ended up getting the money from the reservation and went to another hostel with the same price but a fresher and more secure reception.

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