Uyuni Hotels

• SanguiniA
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Accomodations in the Uyuni Salt Flat Circuit

Accomodation everywhere on this circuit is very basic due to the complete remoteness and it is usually on a first-come first-served basis, so you cannot choose or be sure where you are going to stay. Usually you can forget about hot water or flushing toilets, though sometimes you might be surprised ;-) Electricity, if present, runs for only a few hours. Also accomodation is in dorm basis - so you will share a room and toilets with your companions. Heating is something much sought after in the cold altiplano nights, but never found! Beware of freezing water in and around toilets at night ;-)

A good tip for couples (especially from June-August): beds are single beds and nights are very cold. It is best to share the bed with your significant other and put the blankets of the unused beds on top of you as well. Stay in your sleeping bag in bed too and make sure you are dressed well - a beanie is a good idea as inside the dorm it will almost certainly be below freezing.

Unique Quality: Stays in these kind of places, coupled with the fact that groups travel together and in convoys means that evenings are spent in a very social manner - eating and drinking together and sleeping in dorms. A very enjoyable experience if you are with a great group of people like I was :)

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Related to: Backpacking, Road Trip, Budget Travel
• Written February 27, 2010

Hostel near Laguna Colorada

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• krissleva
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La Petite Porte: Nicest place in Bolivia

We spent nights in La Paz and Santa Cruz, but the one we spent in Uyuni was specially suprising. La Petite Porte has been the nicest accomodation surprise of our trip. You can not expect such a nice place hidden behind a very discreet front. Inside is a very luminous and charming place. The room was very cozy and confortable. There is a central heating system (very usefull in Uyuni), the bathroom was amazingly nice and the shower a real pleasure! There is a free internet and the à la carte breakfast is full of surprises (homemade yogurt, french toast, bacon and eggs, fresh juice etc.) We really recommend this place! The price is maybe a little bit high (80 USD for a doble room) but it really worth it!

Unique Quality: The main characteristic of this accomodation is that it has only two rooms. So we had the entire place for ourselves. We really feel at home. There is an LCD Tv and a DVD player in the room and you can just choose a movie from the reception desk. There is a kettle with teas or coffee in the room with a big bottle of mineral water.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Address: Three blocks from the train station in the main avenue called Avenida Ferroviaria N°742
• Phone: 591 73885960
• Website: www.hotel-lapetiteporte-uyuni.com
• Related to: Romantic Travel and Honeymoons, Luxury Travel
• Written September 10, 2009

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• shell_j88
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• elpariente
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Hostal San Marcelo: La cama de piedra - The stone bed (4.300m )

La segunda noche del Tour del Salar , nada más pasar la Laguna Colorada , nos llevaron al Hostal San Marcelo , era muy básico , pero la verdad es que no hay alternativa en esa zona
Dormimos los seis que íbamos en el 4x4 en una habitación que tenía las camas de piedra y encima había un colchón , además sólo hay luz de 6 a 8 pues la dan con un generador
Comida , la que nos hacía nuestra "cheff"
A pesar de lo duro del viaje vale la pena conocer el Salar de Uyuni y las Lagunas Bolivianas
Para mi el mayor problema fue el soroche (4.300m)
The second night of the Salar Tour , just passing the Red Lagoon , they took us to the San Marcelo Hostal , it was very basic , but really there is not alternative in that region
We slept together the six persons that were traveling together in the4x4 in a room with stone beds and over there was a mattress , besides there is light only from 6 to 8 as they need to use the generator
Food , it was done by our Cheff
Even the hard trip it is really worthy to go to the Salar and the Bolivian Lagoons
For me the biggest problem was the soroche (4.300m)

• Opinion of Price: N/A
• Written March 13, 2007

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• elpariente
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Hotel Luz de la Mañana: Basico - San Juan del Rosario - Basic

La primera noche después de pasar el Salar , nos quedamos a dormir en un pueblo que se llama San Juan del Rosario . En estos pueblos no hay infraestructuras y nos quedamos en un hotel que se llama Luz de la Mañana que era muy básico .
Tiene alguna habitación con baño y el resto son con baño compartido
Para comer se utilizan las instalaciones del hotel , pero la comida la hace la cocinera que va con el grupo
Este hotel estaba incluido en el tour del Salar
The night after passing the Salar , we slept in a village named San Juan del Rosario . In this villages there are not infrastructures and we stayed in a hotel called Luz de la Mañana that was very basic.
They have few rooms with bathroom and the others with share bathroom
To eat you use the hotel installations , but the food is prepared by the travel group cook
This hotel it was included in the Salar tour

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Written March 12, 2007

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• elpariente
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Joya Andina: Uyuni - Joya Andina - Andean jewel

Cuando llegamos a Uyuni , la mayor parte de los hoteles que aparecen en las guías estaban llenos , así que visitamos cinco y finalmente encontramos La Joya Inca , un hotel pequeño , a cinco minutos del centro , donde eramos los únicos clientes y que estaba bien y limpio
When we arrived to Uyuni , most hotels in the travel guides were busy , so we visited 5 and finally we found the Joya Inca , a small hotel , five minutes from the center , where we were the only customers and it was quite nice and clean

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Written March 12, 2007

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• elpariente
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(sin nombre ) Hotel ( No Name): El salar - Hotel de sal - Salt Hote

Un soñador hizo un hotel completamente de sal , las habitaciones , los salones , las mesas , las camas ..., todo de sal menos el tejado , pero no contó con los problemas de los residuos y los permisos de las autoridades que no le han permitido tenerlo en explotación
A dreamer made a salt hotel , the rooms , the sitting rooms , the tables , the beds..., all made with salt but the roof , but he didn´t tookin mind the enviromental problems and the authority permits that have forbiden the hotel operation

• Opinion of Price: N/A
• Written December 1, 2006

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• AlbuqRay
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Palacio del Sal: Another Alternative West of Colchani

There is now (Nov 08) another alternative to staying in Uyuni. Lonely Planet in Apr 04 said that the two old salt hotels out west of Colchani on the Salar were being deconstructed and relocated near Colchani. I know the Hotel Playa Blanca was still there in May 06, so maybe they just moved the Palacio del Sal. When we went from Jirira to Colchani in May 06, they were building a new, large salt hotel on the edge of the Salar north of Colchani. The new salt hotel had not opened yet. I only saw it from a distance but the construction seemed pretty far along. I found a website for Palacio del Sal that I think must be the new hotel. There are definitely reviews now for this hotel and they are good. Just realize that it is in the middle of nowhere. Another problem would be getting there if you arrive on the 10:50 PM train in Uyuni but maybe they will run a shuttle. One review said the llama steaks were good at the hotel. It's a good thing because the nearest restaurant is in Colchani.

Unique Quality: Everything is made of salt blocks.

• Opinion of Price: N/A
• Related to: Desert, Road Trip
• Written August 26, 2006

Spa at New Palacio de Sal?

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• adelinemmc
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Hostal Marith: average but quiet-ish

This hostel is situated away from the town centre so it is quieter than those nearer the train station (on some days, the train gets in at 2AM).

The hostel has rooms arranged around a big courtyard where the owners hang their washing, their meat to dry and where their noisy kid plays (during the day).

Our room had a bathroom but no hot water ever came out of the shower. I tried the shower block accross the courtyard and the water was not much warmer. Not nice when the average temp is at below 0C.

Breakfast was correct but a bit skimpy. At least the room was warm due to a chimney.

Owners not really bothered or nice.

Unique Quality: Quieter in the evening and at night than hotels near the station, when the owners kid is not playing noisily in the courtyard while you trying to have an afternoon nap.

You will be cold and have to sleep in your sleeping bag under a pile of blankets but it is the same everywhere in Uyuni as far as I know.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Address: Av. Potosi 61, esq Ayacucho
• Phone: 693 80 23
• Related to: Backpacking, Budget Travel
• Written July 21, 2006

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