Hostal Mundo Nuevo — Hotel in Ancud

My friend and I stayed here for one night in April. We were hoping to see penguins, but our host Martin told us we were out of season. He quickly gave us lots of alternative activities, and told us a bit about the area, before booking activities for us. We had booked two beds in the dorm, but as it was low season, we were the only two staying in the whole hostal. The living spaces are fantastic, with great kitchen facilities, a lovely wood burning fire, and comfortable bedrooms. The bathrooms were also very good, and everything was immaculately clean. Martin prepared breakfast for us the next morning at 8. We ended up having a wonderful time in Ancud, and I would thoroughly recommend a visit in the low season to get away...

The room is very basic, frayed at the edges (peeling wall paper). The queen mattress was broken (broken springs?) on my side, but fine on the other side.||||Other rooms have bunk beds; one room has a bed in the shape of a boat (!).||||The shower (shared) is claustrophobic, the type where you can't bend down to reach your feet, and if you try you knock the handle changing the water temperature.||||Noisy: the hotel dogs bark at night, and the main highway runs right in front of the hotel.||||Breakfast is nice. People are very nice.||||There's a hot tub, but it was half empty and some local kids were playing in it, wearing street clothes. They want 24 hour notice if you want to use it, presumably to change the...

The place is very nice, the room was super clean and the common space has a great sea view. The owners are very nice and friendly. Nevertheless, the price of a room is a little bit too expensive considering that the place is an hostel (e.g. no shampoo in the bathroom or any other courtsey kit, very simple room, etc.) and that the breakfast is very basic (some locally produced jam or cheese or juice would have made the difference compared to the basic industrial quality of those offered). Finally, consider that the restaurant of the hotel is great, and it is open also to people who do not stay in the hostel...