Hostal Las Gardenias - Isabela, Galápagos — Hotel in Parroquia Puerto Villamil

We really enjoyed our stay here. The room was very clean with air conditioning and very hot showers. We paid $40 a night for two people. Rosi, the owner or manager, was awesome and very accommodating. You can get the $5 per person continental breakfast or we paid $6 for the bolon (big plantain ball with cheese), fried egg, and steak breakfast which was delicious. She would just ask us the night before what time we wanted breakfast and be up at that time making it for you even if you have to leave early on a tour. Even after we had already checked out and got back from hiking the volcano and waiting for our boat back to Santa Cruz, she gave us some free oranges. Ha we must have looked exhausted...

Beds were comfortable and rooms furnished well, but for $40 usd a night we got much better places elsewhere. The bathroom needed a good clean - the obvious things like toilet were cleaned daily, but walls and crevices had lots of dust. We also weren't provided with water like everywhere else in the Galápagos (at $2.50 a bottle on Isabela this quickly adds up) and it wasn't clear if we could use the kitchen or not... Felt like it was more the owners kitchen than a shared one. ||The owner is really lovely, breakfast is delicious ($5), beds are comfy and shower generally has hot water - but I wouldn't...

The accommodation itself is really basic, my girlfriend and I stayed in a double room with private bathroom that was ok (clean, ac, comfortable and shower with hot water even though some times didn't work). |For $5 each we had breakfast included which was simple but tasty (nice bread, butter and jam, eggs and coffee or tea) and it's totally worth it given everything in this island is quite expensive.|The owner is really helpful and always makes sure you have everything you need.|Overall was a good place to stay given we were most of the time in the beach or...