Reviews of La Casona 1920

06 February 2012 Bettina would recommend this property

Liked: q

Disliked: Q

03 January 2012 michael would recommend this property

Liked: nice and chilled atmosphere, great to have use of a kitchen with great facilities and only a blocks walk from major supermarket. owner and staff are super friendly and helpful. showers are hot and bathrooms are clean. it really felt like home. will definately be back again next year!

Disliked: that i couldnt stay longer

15 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good size, not too busy, decent back yard and kitchen.

Disliked: Young German staff live in the hostel and somewhat dominate the house due to lack of other travellers.

10 November 2011 nicolas would recommend this property

Liked: atmosphere and very to close to the beach

Disliked: no commetns

28 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Clean hostel with friendly staff.

Disliked: Nothing.

09 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very good value for money, well organized and very helpful staff- decent location and great setup, it's simple but conducive to a quieter easygoing hostel with plenty of local knowledge- thanks to Isabelle, Susan and Jacob well done- micko

Disliked: The remote control for the common room tv is bit dodgy other than that great

02 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very cool building.spiral staircases, big rooms .breakfast is here is awesome.

Disliked: more locals here than back packers.but hey ,is there country after all.

24 August 2011 Ken would recommend this property

Liked: The staff were great and mostly spoke english.

Disliked: Cold Showers!

12 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very friendly helpful staff who gave lots of information about the area. Rooms were clean and well-maintained. Good common area to meet others.

Disliked: They didn´t have my reservation when I arrived.

02 August 2011

Liked: Staff was friendly ( but during the night NOT in controle, see below)

Disliked: During the night staff was not in control. We can live with noise for some time of a group returns after drinking. After two hours being awake because of the noise we complained. Staff asked the other "guests" to go to sleep. After 15 minutes (0200 hours AM) they started to play a guitar which the staff also must hear. They only took action after we asked again. At around 0230 it was finally silent.. We did not sleep half the night and left the next morning. One night like this is enough. Beds are clean. Whole place is outdated and shabby. Floors of bathrooms are therefore difficult to be kept clean.

29 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff was very helpful and accommodating. Great big house with a lot of areas to relax, read, watch TV, etc. Awesome breakfast and a big, modern kitchen that was always clean. Close to the beach and 15 minutes from Baquedano.

Disliked: the bathrooms were on a different floor if you had a room on the top floor only accessible via a precarious spiral staircase - dangerous especially in the middle of the night.

02 June 2011 Rannoch would recommend this property

Liked: Owners were great hosts and made me feel welcome and met some great people here. Beds were decent and had lockers, plus supermarket just around the corner.

Disliked: None

05 April 2011 Sofie would recommend this property

Liked: This place rocks!!! I liked the old and "homey" colonial style house, the friendly atmosphere, the cleanliness, the breakfast, the location...

Disliked: nothing!

30 March 2011 Peter would recommend this property

Liked: La Casona is THE place to stay in Iquique. You feel right at home. A gorgous colonial house, super helpful staff, big kitchen, nice TV area, sunny patio, good beds, plenty of bathrooms. And no worries in the morning. You get a more than filling breakfast. No other hostel in South America can top this one. FANTASTIC!

Disliked: The fact that I didn't have more time to stay longer :)

17 March 2011 Mike would recommend this property

Liked: A really laid back hostel. The female owner is really nice, and can help you with getting a map of the city, telling about places to go and things to see. The dorms are basic but comfortable, bathrooms are fine too and have hot water. There are kitchen facilities which are well stocked with pans, cutlery etc. There is a big supermarket nearby, and a little one just along the street too. Nice courtyard as well by the kitchen. The owner even made a reservation at a hostel in Santiago for me. Would stay here again without a doubt!

Disliked: Nothing

17 March 2011 stephen would recommend this property

Liked: I loved this hostel - the staff are mega friendly and make you feel at home. It`s very close to the beach and a few blocks from the centre of downtown. The kitchen is really well equipped and the terrace is nice to hang out.

Disliked: The showers were cold when I was there.

06 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great staff, comfy dorms

Disliked: Showers were barely tepid

03 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff was very friendly, breakfast better than in many other hostels and one could sit outside, and it was only a short way to beach and city

Disliked: there is nothing to dislike for the prize you pay

19 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good staff and very helpfully. Clean rooms.

Disliked: Not really

16 January 2011

Liked: The location is perfect. Close to the beach and close to the center. The staff is nice and is trying to help you.

Disliked: My vest is stolen with the money in it, ok i forgot it on a chair, but still people where not honest to bring it back. Also there are a lot of coackroach´s they blame the neighbours but still it is discusting and they are really disgusting. We readed on " the rules" of the hostel that you had to be quit when other people where sleeping in the night. We woke up at 02.30 at night people where making music on the gitar and singing really loud (i usually don´t complain but this was really loud) Nobody from the hostel made it stop so it lastest for 1,30 hour. I should think that if you have rules you stop the people who make the noice, for the people who are sleeping.

13 January 2011 Carolina would recommend this property

Liked: Spacious facillities

Disliked: Cold showers

23 August 2010 Emily would recommend this property

Liked: The best hostel I have stayed in Chile so far. Really helpful and pleasant staff, fab facilities including pool table, board games, hammock, lots of communal lounging areas, nice breakfast, lockers, computers etc. Clean, hot showers and great location for beach and town. Extended my stay by two nights:-)

Disliked: Emily left no negative feedback.

18 May 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: spacious rooms and great eating area, perfect for self catering. also, very good breakfast! good location close to both beach and one block from a big supermarket

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

13 April 2010 Isabelle would recommend this property

Liked: I never write any comments usually but my stay at hostel La Casona was really great so I wanted to share that experience which made my stay in Iquique a lot easier. The owner of the place (Isabel) was very nice and friendly, I felt very welcomed and got to know very nice Chilian people and not only travellers. The dorms are big and clean, the hostel is in a beautiful old mansion, I have absolutely no bad comments about this place!

Disliked: Isabelle left no negative feedback.

06 March 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: A good location very close to the swimming beach. The number 1920 in the name is not the house number, so read the address more carefully than I did if you want to find it :-). For some reason they wouldn't supply milk for the breakfast so we had to eat cornflakes with yoghurt, which is actually really nice, but you eat less of it. There's bread (toast), jam and reformed "meat" and also teas and coffee. I'm 6 feet tall and that was, with about an inch either end, the length of the beds. The showers were ok, though the one I used had a broken head and sprayed water everywhere else except on me. Perhaps it could be inverted and used to water a garden. On the whole, a good hostel to stay in.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.