Hostal don Miguel — Hotel in Castro

We stayed there in august when we went for the Chiloe churches. We wanted to stay at an other place but it was closed for renovation. We ended up asking a local who sent us to what we thought was Don Miguel. The owner seemed ok-ish, a little bothered by the questions but the price was cheap (20 dollars on site / 40 dollars if booking online), the room was correct , they have heating during the night and the view was nice. We decided to stay for 2 nights.|Coming back in the evening we 'met' the rest of the family. The heating wasn't really working in our room so my partner went asking if it was normal or we should switch something on. The lady was bothered by any question, came to the room, touched the heater and declared in Spanish ( they don't speak any english and they seem even more disturbed when your spanish isn't great)..so she declared ' it is an good as in my room, you don't want to have better than me of course'. She left abruptly. Then my partner went to the toilet and on the way back stopped in the room next to us which was free to check the heating. The heating being much better he went again to the woman downstairs ( i wouldn't have done it but he's stubborn) to tell her that maybe out heater wasn't functioning because the one next door was a lot better and during the winter we would really appreciate some heat. She then got mad and took the key from the next door and locked it and left. And this is only one anecdote on the way they make you feel 'welcome' in their house. For the first time in one year of traveling, the next day we left and searched for something else that could only be better.| Now, if you speak Spanish very well, you only get in and out once a day ( so they don't have to answer the door a lot because you don't have the key to the front door), you don't complain or ask for anything: the rooms aren't bad, the heating seems to work in most rooms and the view is nice. ( but there are a lot of hostels with view all over the town).|Conclusion : cheap, ok but really bad service and feeling like an intruder...

Found this place in the middle of Castro. cLEAN, WARM,(the first night), freezing the remaining two. Clean and spotless kitchen available to use, although the landlady was not keen when i tried to fry a hamburger, I assured her that i would clean up afterwards. . However bearing in mind that´s what the cooker was for in a hostal, I don´t quite get it. The other problem was the constant DIY going on , starting at 8 in the morning , against the wall outside my back bedroom (No 13 no view, not that I asked for one, so that you avoid it! ) and then having transfered to a room with a lovely view over the harbour, spolied my last evening as it was so relentless and is stil going on, so i decided to write this reviw in the in reception. Maybe she just took a dislike to me, because I didn´t understand Spanish. I am not a "Brit abroad" as always make efforts with the language, but have failed with Chilean Spanish can manage Argentinian.m if the DIY stops, then I would reccommend the place, 12,000 for a single with a stunnig view of breeze block and zinc wall with the risk of a bloke up a ladder and 20,000 for a room with a lovely view and SFX! No mirrors on the wall or bin which is a bit of a pain. Chiloe and...

We found the place by chance after arriving in Castro - we chose it cause it looked colourful and cosy and we did not regret it. We had a choice between a double room woth bathroom and no view and a double room with shared bathroom and a view... seeing the view on the bay that was an easy choice! We woke up both mornings overlooking at playful dolphins, wonderful! The hotel was very clean and comfortable. The staff was friendly. Prices are ok. The location is good too: 5 min walk from both bus stations and 5 min walk from the sea front where there are a few very good restaurants (Mercadito and Nueva Galicia). Highly...