Hostal Austria — Hotel in La Paz

The first room they offered me smelled terribly, the second was fine fragrance-wise. Both rooms were praised as sound-isolated, but this seems more like a joke of the hotel owners. In fact, I never had such a bad sleep because of noise than in this hostel, you literally hear everything. And I´m someone who has a very deep sleep. The hotel door is locked from 9pm onwards, so people have to ring sometimes for minutes before the guy which should be at the reception opens the door. Naturally, half of the hotel is awake by then. Same same for early arrivals, I slept two nights there and was woke up two times by noise at 6am in the morning. The 2nd morning I could fall asleep again, but then I was woken up at 7.30am by the cleaning lady which started to clean the room nextdoor. She found it totally normal. It would be ok in a "normal" hostel, but not in this one with walls out of paper. Maybe it´s not as bad in all rooms, find out on your own. The hygenical Situation is really bad, there is soap NOWHERE, and there are only shared bathrooms. Go figure. It´s maybe ok if you are really on a budget, want to cook on your own, and noise doesn´t bother you. And it´s really central, good spot for...

Me and my girlfriend stayed here for 9 nights in June 2017, in two different dorm rooms. This is probably the best value hostel compared to other prices in La Paz, however it still could improve. The two dormitories we stayed in had three beds each (although very hard mattresses), and we only had company for only one of the nights. Neither room had a proper window except one above the door to allow air flow, which meant that it was musty and almost permanently cold in there, especially when other guests left the door to the outside patio open. There is a kitchen which is sufficiently equipped (hard to find in La Paz apparently), although matches are guarded by the staff ridiculously. Hot water for the showers is powered by gas canisters but only one of them is almost always hot enough, and count yourself unlucky if the gas runs out mid-shower. Bathroom cleanliness is generally okay, except for the lack of soap. Our biggest complaint is probably the staff, two of which were just grumpy when asked anything and very strict about matches for the kitchen, lights in the common area being on after 10pm, and ignoring your room preference...

Me and my girlfriend stayed here for 9 nights in June 2017, in two different dorm rooms. This is probably the best value hostel compared to other prices in La Paz, however it still could improve. The two dormitories we stayed in had three beds each (although very hard mattresses), and we only had company for only one of the nights. Neither room had a proper window except one above the door to allow air flow, which meant that it was musty and almost permanently cold in there, especially when other guests left the door to the outside patio open. There is a kitchen which is sufficiently equipped (hard to find in La Paz apparently), although matches are guarded by the staff ridiculously. Hot water for the showers is powered by gas canisters but only one of them is almost always hot enough, and count yourself unlucky if the gas runs out mid-shower. Bathroom cleanliness is generally okay, except for the lack of soap. Our biggest complaint is probably the staff, two of which were just grumpy when asked anything and very strict about matches for the kitchen, lights in the common area being on after 10pm, and ignoring your room preference...