PATAGONIA SUITES — Hotel in El Calafate

We booked a room via Agoda. The site mentioned that there no need to prepay with a card and pay at premises. When we got to the property, we were told that they do not accept credit card at all, and the price is 21% higher, to be paid in cash. Guests we spoke with next days told the same story. We had no choice, as the place was far from the center where there are many other hotels, we were tired and therefore we stayed. Before leaving, we saw credit card machine, but were told it’s not functioning properly! Except all that, the owners were not very welcoming, stingy with breakfast, too strict with usage of communal kitchen ( that had very limited dishes and was very small ), the toilets were leaky and the TV way too small ( it was a small computer screen).. .To sum up, we do not recommend to deal with these ppl and find a better place where tourists are treated as customers and not as a...

We stayed at Patagonia Suites for 2 nights. A mother and daughter seem to run the place. We met the daughter right at the beginning where she explained that she didn't accept credit cards. This was a lie that she told all incoming guests. The reason being that if you don't pay with foreign credit card you pay 21% more for VAT. Thus the price went up from $110 to $133…! Great way to treat guests touring your country. Unfortunately they are not alone. Most view you as a money machine or meal ticket to be milked.|The room was ok and the communal kitchen adequately stocked. The ppl who ran it just weren't very nice.|Pics below communal kitchen, looking...

One of the best rooms we stayed in in South America. Really nice room with great bed and bath. Smooth walls and not only painted OSB boards. Fast Internet and (Spanish) Direct TV. Both times we stayed we also had a 3rd bed which is nice for luggage. If not for the breakfast we would have given 5 stars: It consisted only of toast with butter and jam which was surprisingly sad for this nice setting. Also the heating wasn't really able to warm up the room when it was cold, but that was also quite common...