Hostal Isidoros — Hotel in La Paz

Indeed average on some things and good on others. My plane to La Paz landed at 1:22 am so by the time I got to the Hostal it was past 2 o'clock in the morning. Here I am knocking on the door all by myself, as the taxi driver dropped me off and left, in the dark night of the city. A woman finally comes to the door and I explain that I have a reservation. She looked me up as if I was a killer and left. I knock again and so she comes again . . . I explain again with a little more punch this time and she opens the door. I get a temporary room as she doesn't know what to do with me . . . The next day I meet the manager whom I explain what happenned and told him about the reservation and he tells me that in la Paz, you never know what can happen so we don't open when it is late. Yeah right and what can happen can happen to me too . . . ||The hostal was OK, not a luxurious one at all but OK. I would say a very basic one. Then as I was to stay in la Paz for some 5 or 6 days, I intended to look for another place but finally I stayedat Isidoro's. They tried to make it up to me for what my situation had been. They even booked some tours and found me some good deals on them. So the experience did not start so nicely but it ended OK. The place is quite inexpensive and they try to help the people the best they can. If you go there don't expect too much but they won't rip you off and will...

we were going to stay in another hostel where a friend was staying, but the private rooms were expensive so we found Hostel Isidoro. We negotiated a good price for our room. The rooms are fine, comfy beds, a little tv, good wifi. The staff are very nice. I think there is a continental breakfast included, but never used it. There is a kitchen you can use, so we made our own breakfasts (and suppers when we were in the for the night). The bathrooms are shared but clean...one drawback was the hot water, I found my showers either scalding hot or cold, seemed to change by the second. My friend found the showers fine, maybe I am not smart enough to use them properly. We used this place as our base in La Paz and were happy. Right by the bus station, a quick stroll to the centre of town. It gets cold in the evening/nightime so the bedding was great (lots of blankets). If you are looking for a decent, economic place to stay I would recommend this place. The only drawback I found was the showers and that seemed to be more my fault as others had no complaints. ...

Good proximity to the bus station (which is why we stayed) but otherwise a little far out from the centre of La Paz. Hot water was sporadic and didn't work for most of the time. Internet was fast when it worked however had periods were it wouldn't connect. Very comfy rooms and blankets were plentiful for the cold winter. TV in private rooms with English speaking channels. ||||Had some problems when we tried to was our clothes. after just getting back from the rainforest we had a lot to wash. Arriving on a Sunday we were told everything was closed but assured we could do our washing on the Monday and have it ready for 6pm. When we inquired the next day we were told we'd have to wait until 9pm but we had s bus booked before that. We tried to find a solution and were sent to another laundrette which was very expensive and a 30 minute taxi ride away, an hour round trip! When we spoke to the manager he said they never offered laundry despite the flyer for the hostel in my hand saying otherwise. Would have been a good stay if it wasn't for the issue with...