Posada Todos Santos — Hotel in Cuenca

My fiance and I stayed here for 3 nights in January 2014. We were actually originally planning to stay in Cuenca for only 2 nights, but once we saw this place, we decided to stay an extra night to take a break. ||||It was wonderful to stay here. It was VERY clean, with hot showers and a good water pressure. All private bathrooms en-suite. They even provided soap AND shampoo. And you can flush toilet paper down the toilets. If you stay at other hostels around Ecuador, you will soon find out that they tend to provide only soap, not shampoo, and the plumbing isn't always the most modern so you have to throw toilet paper away in the wastebasket (similar to what you find in some African and Asian countries). ||||We loved this place. It was our favorite out of the five different hostels that we stayed at during our three weeks in Ecuador. It's true that you can hear other people during the mornings if your bedroom is in the courtyard area, but that didn't bother us. There were a couple of other single travelers, but everyone was pretty quiet. I always sleep with ear plugs, as I am a very light sleeper, and I couldn't hear anything at all. ||||We paid $16 per person per night, and it was well worth it. It is easy to walk to the city center, where the main park and the museums are. It looks far from the city center in the Rough Guide city map, but it was actually only a five minute walk. These are short blocks, so everything is close to each other. Easy to flag a cab down, too. ||||What I also really liked about this place was that each guest got a key for the front door, so you didn't have to press the doorbell late at night to get in. The other hostels we stayed at didn't do this, so people coming in around midnight would have to ring the doorbell and wake everyone up. Since Posada Todos Santos gave everyone a front door key, no buzzer woke us up at all!||||This was also the only place we stayed at where the WiFi signal was pretty strong, and we didn't have trouble with uploading photos or anything.||||Breakfast consisted of two eggs cooked however you wanted, bread, jam, butter, instant coffee, and freshly-made juice. Can't complain. We were full. No amenities such as pool/fitness center, but we didn't need one. It's a hostel, not the Hilton. We just needed a clean, quiet place to sleep. It's about a block away from the river that flows through the city, so it was nice for us to just take a stroll along the river to get back to the hostel. Would...

After various experiences of being kept awake by traffic noise, barking dogs, car alarms and roosters, Posada Todos Santos was a gift of homey tranquility. It is a small Posada with a very friendly owner and a lovely woman who manages the day to day comforts. We were given helpful information about transportation choices and places to visit. The room was clean, the beds were comfortable, there was plenty of hot water and the breakfast, though unvaried, was quite adequate. It was served in a glass roofed interior patio - particularly pleasant on a sunny day. For the cost it was a fabulous deal. Though, as stated in other reviews, the rooms are on a hallway or on the breakfast area, the other guests (a mix of foreign visitors and Ecuadorians) were quiet after 10:00 pm and essentially gone most of the day. There is a great small language school (Cuenca Spanish Institute) one block away. There are restaurants, several laundries and the usual small...

This place is great value for your money. It has a lovely quaint ambiance and is very quiet and safe. The rooms are clean with modern en suites and comfortable beds. There is access to a computer as well. The central share kitchen and eating area is very nice with scattered pot plants and murals on the walls. It is about $15 per night for each person including breakfast (fruit juice, eggs, toast and coffee or tea) The owner is very friendly and helpful and lives on the premises upstairs. It is very close to the old historical city center, within easy...