Hostal Antigua

WHAT TO EXPECT? Central Antigua hostel in great location but with very basic room facilities. POSITIVES- Great location in centre of Antigua close to central park, arch and restaurants. Upper floor terrace with seating and kitchen. Water and WiFi available. We arrived before check-in and they let us store our bags and go out. Medium sized locker for a small backpack / valuables but not full bags. Reasonably cheap. NEGATIVES- Dorm of 10 people felt quite crowded and not much space to put your stuff. 1 male and 1 female bathroom/shower in the room meaning often a wait to use facilities. Ceiling fans next to the lights just made it feel like the light was strobing and quite stuffy. Dorm room isn't locked so anyone can get in and out. Wooden bunkbeds were pretty shaky and unsteady getting up and down.

We didn't stay in this hostal but we booked two tours and one shuttle with them and were extremely satisfied with their service. The staff was always incredibly kind and helpful towards us. Also, both tours (Pacaya & Acatenango) as well as the shuttle (to Panajachel) were well organised and left on time :)

Very friendly staff, we stayed for three nights and found the place to be super clean. We returned for another night after the hike!

Lovely cosy little hostel ! The rooms are perfect and the hostel is super clean, there’s a lovely terrace where you can chill and meet people. The staff are very nice and helpful, there’s also free coffee and water. Definitely recommend this place, felt very homely and chill but still managed to meet some lovely people here!

Very Friendly and helpful staff. They made the organisation of our tours and shuttles a lot easier.

I really recommend this hostel. It’s sociable but also very cozy and chill. The owners definitely looked after me - having been on a plane for 24+ hours arriving at 8am, they were kind to offer my bed early to sleep. Thank you

Really friendly staff who could not do more to help and very accommodating, letting us leave bags while we did the hike and before we took a late bus. Great upstairs area and kitchen for breakfast. Would definitely visit again! Thank you!

This is definitely the hostel to stay at if you’re looking for something more quiet and chill, but still meet people. The staff is wonderful. There’s a basic kitchen on the terrace. The rooms and bathrooms are always clean. There’s 24 hr front desk service. The only thing that turned me off was the hiking of the prices supposedly during the weekend. Initially paid Q90, following day was Q100, and went up to Q123. said they charge more on the weekends. Which is the first hostel I’ve ever stayed at that did this. And they also do not post tax prices online. So my suggestion is to be transparent with prices and allow guests to pay with card online.