Hotel Gudenschwager — Hotel in Pucón

I was in Pucon in march 2012, so off season ; from the bus station, I walked with my luggage in the streets and visited a lot of hostals and hotels and of course the ones which were selected in "Lonely planet" and "le guide du routard" were supposed to be some of the best value. These were overcrowded, full of young people, a bit noisy, especially those in the center near the bus station. And the rooms for the price, looked more or less sad.||The tourism office was very helpful ; the girls working there are very friendly.||Finally arriving to the lake, I found the last house was an old hotel, almost the first one in Pucon, around 1930 I think ; the location is very quiet near the peninsula and right on the lake. It was almost empty ; the owners, the mother around 80 and the daughters around 55 or 60 were very friendly ; the rooms were large, a bit old but very clean and well kept, with 2 single beds which were large enough to put 2 people and very very confortable! I like this kind of hotel which has a soul.||There is no TV in the rooms||WIFI worked very well and fast.||From some rooms you can see the lake, the others are facing the hill behind. If all the rooms are occupied you may hear a little bit the neighbours.||The bathrooms are a bit old but not run down at all, very clean.||The breakfast was simple but sufficient. I suppose that when the dining room, which is right on the lake, is full, there is a buffet.||I can understand that some people prefer a more modern hotel with all up to date amenities.||For instance I have visited the grand hotel Pucon (also an old hotel) and wouldn't like to stay there ; crowded and not really pleasant.|| ||The only thing is that hotel Gudenschwager is for sale ; nobody knows what will happen with the new owners and when it will be sold. ||The price of the room was correct : 25 000 CHPesos for single and 40 000 for 2 .||||Choosing a hotel is hard and depends on the sensibility of each one ; you can like eating in a Mac Donald ; this is not my way of life.||||otherwise, when I walked outside hotel Gudenschwager, I saw too late that next door was a guesthouse, the "Frontera Pucon hostel" which has a 9,6 vote on booking.com and is N°1 in "special lodging" on tripadvisor ! it seems to be always full !||||Pucon is a small town ; you can reach the center in 5 mn... if you...

We've arrived to the hotel at January 2010, after not being able to find any other decent place to stay at Pucon. Unfortunately this hotel wasn't accessible through booking.com so we didn't know of it's existence. At the time the hotel just became a family business after being owned by a company for a few years.||While arriving to the hotel the owner Merihen met us at the door, and after a quick negotiation we've agreed on a price for our 4 day stay.||The next morning we were supposed to go to the Villarica climb - and we needed an early breakfast at 05:30 am. Even though the breakfast didn't start until 7:00, Marihen prepared it specially for us including her absolutely wonderful and delicious homemade cakes. From our window we got a prime view of the volcano and the lake - absolutely great.||We had a good WiFi signal. a comfortable bed and hot water during all our stay.||Merihen treated us like we were her family and met all of our requirements. We felt really sad leaving her when we moved to our next destination.||The only problem with the accommodation that their English is very poor and you had to speak Spanish with them.||Wish you a wonderful stay at the...

I spent 9 nights in this hotel. Breakfast was included in the price, and they also have a restaurant service for the dinner that I used only once (not included in room price). The hotel is old-fashioned and very beautiful. All the staff is very helpful and friendly. As another reviewer said, room N. 8 has a wonderful landscape to the lake and to the volcan Villarica. It has heating that works very well and can be regulated. However the WiFi signal is very low and unstable in this room. Another issue is that there is few place for the clothes and the toilet stuff, so if you are travelling alone no problem at all, but if you are two people then you will have some issues. The hotel is very clean and perfectly located, very quite yet only a few hundred meters from both the city center and the beaches. In the hotel there is also an office for transport service to the Temuco airport, which also offers private tours...