Hostal Puritama

We stayed here as part of our G Adventures trip. It's a really lovely and friendly hotel. The staff are approachable and welcoming. The hotel is clean with modern rooms and all the little things you need for your stay. It also has a nice garden area which we all used for socialising between activities. I liked the recycling idea too, it felt good to have different bins we could dispose of our rubbish in as we had thrown away a lot of plastic bottles that could have been reused/recycled in previous areas of the trip. The hotel is along the main street so everything is within walking distance. We didn't have breakfast included (not sure if they provide this) but there are lots of cafes and restaurants nearby so it wasn't a problem.

Will do anything to get money out of you. A friend came to the hotel for 1 hour and they demanded money from me because of it. Despite the security guard letting us in with no problems at the time, it wasn’t until the next afternoon they told me I owed them money because they came into the complex. Very aggressive, tried to go to reception to just get it paid so I could just forget about it and enjoy my trip but the front desk was always empty. Then they demanded I paid that evening at 10.30pm, got me out of bed to go and pay and then I said I have to pay cash, no card (which I didn’t have cash) Completely inappropriate, rude and just unnecessary. Awful place, don’t stay here! Definitely will not recommend.

Good hostel in town with pleasant outdoor spaces in the courtyard. However, our room was tucked away in a back area with no windows or natural light, and the bathroom was below average, featuring a hole above the door — not ideal for privacy in a shared room. The Wi-Fi didn’t reach this part of the compound either. On the plus side, the hostel is centrally located on the main tourist street. Laundry, like most services in San Pedro de Atacama, was quite expensive. Overall, good enough — but some rooms are definitely better than others!

The people who work there are awful. They'll listen to music all night and not turn it down when you ask. Also they'll leave your key in your door when you're gone. Absolutely unwilling to help you with anything. They were also really rude to my tour guide.

I think your experience here depends on what room you have. We had a brick built room just off the internal parking area. It had sun on it all day so was hot at night but was comfortable and nice. Some of our group had very bad rooms in storage areas and so check when you book. No air con and fans are okay. Rooms don’t cool down at night at all though. Location is not too bad. WiFi is average.

Stayed here for 2 nights as part of our g adventure tour. ||4 bedroom room - relatively spacious. Shower very small, but hot running water available. ||WiFi terrible. ||Everything relatively close in this small town but hotel is in a good location.

It's a hostal, basic clean, and ideally located. Fan for air conditioning, always plenty of hot water. No breakfast included. I had a fridge in my room. Wifi drops off constantly. Staff very friendly.

The shower didn’t have hot water, regardless of the time of the day. I had to borrow a hairdryer from the front desk – the first one shook so badly that my arm felt like it was falling apart; the second one literally had smoke coming out of it, and the reception had no more hairdryers available. The Wi-Fi was also extremely unreliable and cuts out more often than now. Will definitely find a different place to stay if I ever return to this town.|Trip typeVacation · Solo|RoomsOur room was obviously converted from a storage room without even a room number on it. There were no hangers in the dresser, which smelled moldy. The shower was very small with no hot water. The only outlet to charge our gadgets were high up next to the door, the most impractical and inconvenient location possible.