Hostal Puritama

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!

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.

We had a lovely stay here. The location is excellent and the rooms are very comfy. The outside garden area is a lovely place to sit out. I'd recommend staying here!

Excellent location right in town. The rooms are basic but very clean. The staff do not speak much English, but the WiFi on the common area is good enough. The shower is nice and warm as are the beds. Only down side is there is no heating so it can be quite chilly in the room itself in winter. Would stay here again though.

Terrible management, so judgemental and aggressive. Would not recommend.