Hotel Diego de Almagro Alto El Loa — Hotel in Calama

A quite new hotel. Rooms very standard, no good place to work. Room was clean. Elevators had problems all the days we stayed there. Quite slow WiFi working properly only in the lobby and in the restaurant. As we came usually from work quite late in the evening we dined in the hotel restaurant. The food was decent (do not expect gourmet in a mining town), breakfast quite meager. No gluten free alternatives.||As the hotel had broken some rules concerning selling beverages, no wine or beer was available. Service was on the first evening, when the place was empty, good, but on the second night when the restaurant was full, service became quite slow, but always friendly.||As the hotel is situated on other side of the main rail yard from the down town area, it is not in a very nice surrounding. The dog packs were barking into late...

Stayed for 5 days while working in the area. Allocated a room directly in front of the elevators on the top floor and didn't think much of it until I tried to sleep at night. Seemed to be an endless procession of people coming out of the lifts and chatting at maximum volume for most of the night. On top of that, each time the elevator moves, there's a mechanical clicking noise that just about drove me crazy.||||Second (and future) nights were better due to an investment in earplugs!||||Aside from that, the room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The bed was great - nice and firm.||||Meals in the restaurant were OK but nothing special. Same comments...

After a week in San Pedro de Atacama and Boliva, I chose to stay one night at Diego de Almagro hotel to take an early flight on the next day in Calama. After enduring the simplicity of accommodations in Bolivia Altiplano, this hotel was the perfect stop.||The hotel is comfortable and, most importantly, good value for money.||Decent dinner, but average service (despite being almost empty, waiters took a long time to take my order). ||Breakfast was excellent that I regret not having woken up earlier to enjoy it fully.||Friendly staff at reception desk.||About 6000 pesos to...