Backpackers Potosi Hostel

Calle Chuquisaca #460 esquina calle Padilla, Potosi, Bolivia .

Backpackers Potosi Hostel
 
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63.8%
Overall Rating

26 out of 48 HostelBookers customers would recommend 'Backpackers Potosi Hostel'

Atmosphere
64.8%
Location
89.6%
Facilities
60.0%
Staff
54.4%
Cleanliness
52.8%
Safety
67.2%
Value
57.6%

Recent review (14/01/2012)

ermmaoverton thinks

good lacation, possible to book buses ands mines tour, wifi worked sometimes and english specking staff in the morning.

 
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Overview

Backpackers Hostel has arrived in Potosi, Bolivia!. Finally a backpacker’s place that you can recommend - with all the facilities you always look for in a hostel!..Now with BBQ PARTY EVERY THURSDAY:Taste a typical bolivian BBQ, enjoy superb views from roof terrace and prepare your destroyed liver.

Backpackers Hostel has arrived in Potosi, Bolivia!

NOTICE: As we are available for bookings for same day (less 24 hours bookings), we advise you that bookings for same day could have a modification on the type of rooms/beds selected. So, we guarantee you will have a bed waiting for you, but maybe no the price (you could be moved for a different room). It is because HostelBookers accept bookings with no previous requests to us (automatic confirmations).

This funky European-style hostel offers quality, budget hostel accommodation in Potosi’s city centre for either backpackers or families!

We offer to the backpacking community all the facilities that you need. And of course we guarantee you a great time in the city, and in Bolivia!

Our friendly staff will help you with any kind of question about your possible travel destinations, whether it is Bolivia or other South American countries.

POTOSI SILVER MINES TOURS: Backpackers Potosi Hostel offers our own tours to Potosi Silver Mines. Renowned internationally for its natural and cultural wonders, Potosi Silver Mines is an unforgettable experience that should not be missed.

What we offer?
English Speaking Guides. Our guides speak English as a foreign language.
Ex-Miners Guides. Nobody knows the mines as an experienced miner.
All Entry Fees is Included. Entrance to Miners Museum, Entrance to Colonial Silver Mines.
All Transportation. Private transportation in the tour.
Mining Equipment: Rubber boots, helmet, waterproof jackets, protective over pants & electric head-lamp. Clean and comfortable equipment is included.
We aim to offer a professional and safe visit to the Potosi Silver Mines.

Dear traveler you'll be struck by the spirit of the miners and the mines.

NOTICE:
The prices of the rooms in Bolivianos per person are:
Single room ensuite 122Bs.
Double room ensuite 86Bs.
Twin room ensuite 86Bs.
Double room 50Bs.
Twin room 44.5Bs.
8 beds mixed dorm 39 Bs.

What the rooms with private bathroom (ensuite) includes?
- Private bathroom with great gas-power-assisted hot showers.
- Towels
- Toilet Paper
- Cable TV
- Continental Breakfast

What the rooms with shared bathroom includes?
- Communal bathrooms with great gas-power-assisted hot showers. No towels and no toilet paper, but we can provide you for a small fee.
- Continental Breakfast

IMPORTANT
If you are coming from Uyuni and your arrival time is between 1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. and you want to check-in at this time, you must book the previous night and select that you will arrive at 23:00 in the estimated arrival time field. Otherwise you will end up waiting until 11:30 a.m. outside the hostel. (I.e. if you will arrive on Friday 17th at 1:00AM, you have to book for Thursday 16th and put 23:00 on estimated arrival time field).

OTHER SERVICES:
- Bus Tickets to Uyuni and Sucre.
- Money Exchange: USD to Bolivianos or vice versa.
- Fast Laundry Service: 8 Bs/Kilo.
- Water, Soda and Beer is available.
- LAN Internet. A small fee is required.
- Burning of Digital Photos to CD or DVD.
- Nice DVD Room with wide selection of movies. A small fee is required.
- FREE Hostel booking to Sucre. A 10 Bs deposit per person is required.
- Mines Tours every day to Potosi Silver Mines.
- FREE Luggage Storage.
- FREE use of lockers.
- FREE use of guest Kitchen.
- At the moment we are not accepting credit cards.
- In short, as our fellow travelers say, we make easy your visit to Potosi.

Check-in time is 11:30AM, if you arrive earlier; we have a free luggage deposit for your belongings.


What's Included

What's Included

Luggage Room Free
Breakfast Free
Linen Free

Purchasable Extras

Purchasable Extras

Airport Pickup USD 7.29
Towel USD 0.73

Facilities

Facilities

Credit cards accepted Car Parking
Self-catering Facilities No curfew
Currency Exchange Secure lockers
Lounge area Internet
24 hour reception Safety deposit
24 hour hot showers Tours/Travel Desk
Washing machines

Check-In/Out Details

Earliest check-in: 12:00
Latest Check-out: 10:30

Important Information

!! IMPORTANT ¡¡ If you are coming from UYUNI and your arrival time will be between 1-2 am and you want make check-in at this time, YOU MUST TO BOOK FOR THE LAST NIGHT and FILL with 24:00 in the estimated arrival time field. Otherwise you must to wait until 11:30 AM outside hostel

Cancellation Policy

Guests can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 days before arrival. Payments made to HostelBookers are non-refundable.

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