Hotel Sello Dorado — Hotel in Pasto

Visited ending of march 2016. ||||PROS: ||* Clean and comfortable common areas. ||* Although simple and not too much-elaborated decoration, rooms are clean and comfortable. ||* Staff very friendly and collaborative. ||* Tipical breakfast at restaurant, vey jummy "arepas". ||||CONS: ||* Not so nice neighborhood. ||* Only room can be paid with credit card. All other services (food at restaurant), vending machine, etc. must be paid in cash only. ||* There is no air conditioning system: at evening room temperature was warm, later on early morning temperature became comfortable chilly. ||Noises from outside (people in the halls, neighbor rooms, kitchen in ground floor) could be heard || There is no refrigerator in room ||* Small parking lot: space for about 7 standard cars, ones blocking others ||||||NOTES: ||* Even though I mentioned more CONS than PROS, I give more weight to PROS, meaning DEFINITIVELY I will stay on this hotel next time I visit Pasto. ||* In Pasto there is a scheduled traffic restriction known as "Pico y placa" it is a driving restriction policy aimed to mitigate traffic congestion. Schedule can be accessed on page...

Location-wise, it's maybe a 10-15 minute walk from the main part of town, but very close to the bus terminal. The room was promptly cleaned. The most impressive part of my experience was the helpful staff, specifically the young man who took care of our food order and the woman at reception. I had forgotten my one down jacket in Popayan, which is a long bus drive from Pasto, and the lady at reception was so helpful in helping me retrieve it. I took up a lot of her time trying to get in touch with the Popayan hotel, and she was always happy to help. I would recommend Hotel Sello Dorado for three main reasons: the proximity to the bus terminal, the clean rooms, and the incredibly helpful staff. She didn't speak English, and my Spanish is very poor, but she nonetheless helped me through my issue....

Very economical, comfy bed, table & chair (easy to do any computer work) and private bathroom with HOT shower. Having hot water in the shower may not seem remarkable, but this is Colombia and at this price point many of the other places I've been to only had cold water showers. ||||On the down side, the only window was to a tiny inner public sitting space with a skylight. So things tended to get noisy when people sat there talking loudly on the phone. Severe lack of electrical outlets. Lucky I travel with an extension cord -- had to run it from the bathroom to reach the desk and my computer. Also, not the nicest neighborhood, mostly car repair...