Hostel Canoa — Hotel in La Paz

Unless you are a group of 20 something Israelis, don't bother coming here. We seemed to be the only not Israelis here over four floors and most of the signs are in Hebrew. The rooms are not well maintained, it's loud and dirty. We paid for a private room with bathroom and were assured they was hot water. After 10 mins we had to call the woman at reception to tell her that there was none. In fairness she reduced the price to that of a room with shared bathroom (100bob), however we left after one night. She told us that standards were low as the price was low, however five mins away we found Pacha Hostel for 35bob a night for a dorm bed with much better facilities. Also the 'kitchen' was a two ring hob in the dining room and you have to buy your own toilet paper. To summarise, unless you are a young Israeli looking to get drunk and party,...

The hostel offers an incredible top floor, with an amazing view on La Paz and the surrounding mountains. It's common area is very wide and is furnished with pool tables, a bar, sofas... Everything you need to socialize. It's also cheap.

Unfortunately, we stayed there only one night. Indeed we got sick and hopping to get some rest. The kitchen is too small for multiple people to cook, two large groups of foreign travellers were disrespectfully loud - experienced travellers/hosts know which ones I'm talking about, our double room had the windows so thin we felt we were sleeping directly on the road, close...

Nice location, and gorgeous view of the city at the 5th floor, pool tables and ping pong table. Pretty cool. Kitchen and possibility to cook. Besides that the rest is really mediocre! WiFi at every floor but not really working, customer care close to inexistant. Bathroom not clean, no toilet paper given. We asked for some sugar to put in our coffee and we were told kindly that next time we will have to pay for it! (For a table spoon of sugar?). That for me sets the tone of that place. A place to...