Hotel Preciado — Hotel in Asuncion

This is a review from a stay at Hotel Preciado nearly three years ago, in Aug 2007. But I'm posting this now since TravelAdvisor helped me locate this hotel years ago plus I just found some photos I took of the place in 2007. Also, as I discovered while researching hotel options in Paraguay, finding a satisfactory hotel option in Asuncion is not an easy easy task, when you're trying to avoid (1) pricey generic business hotels, and (2) total cucaracha dumps for broke backpackers.||||When traveling solo, I basically have 4 criteria for my reasonably priced overnight accommodations: safe/secure, clean, hot water, and close to "the action"... all in that order. This hotel met all of the above criteria and also offered a nice breakfast (bread, juice, and coffee) while also having arctic A/C... HIGHLY advisable in Asuncion, even during what qualifies as "winter". The hotel also has a nice little pool in the inner courtyard by a "cabana" of sorts. It's covered shelter from the sun, anyway.||||The room also had a small mini-fridge that kept drinks cold as well. The main attractions and downtown square, were only a few blocks away. A trip to the city's bus station form the hotel requires a taxi or a ride on a public bus from the nearby bus stop (as I made the connection & can "vouch" for it). ||||Price-wise, I recall paying around $30 per night for a single room, while the room itself was fairly peaceful with non-glamorous florescent lighting in the room. The TV was fairly worthless (3 channels surrounded by lots of snowy white noise) but no big deal. It's not the Ritz-Carlton but if you're not a high maintenance traveler and just want a mid-level value in a city that seems to only offer high-end business accommodations or bare-bones cheapy dives, this place offers the rare middle-of-the-road option at a...

Given a general lack of tourists, hotels in downtown Asuncion were either business class or decrepit budget, with little in between. The good thing about the Hotel Preciado is that it occupies a nice middle range—excellent in terms of cleanliness and comfort, but the price still fits within the budget category (one reason why this place is popular with the Peace Corps volunteers). The rooms were clean, airy and spacious (particularly on the upper floor), and had A/C, basic cable TV, and a small refrigerator. There is a small second floor open-air patio above the noisy street and a small in-ground pool and covered cabana in the backyard of the hotel, a peaceful place to read a book, plan your next adventure, or write postcards. For those with cars, the hotel has a large garage (entry from the street behind the hotel). The safe central location also makes this hotel an excellent choice, just a couple of blocks SE from the Plaza Uruguaya (home of a well-stocked grocery store with cafeteria) and the laid-back Britannia Pub (good food and beer, popular with locals), a basic gym, an inexpensive laundry, and the gay disco Heaven (Saturday night only, relaxed and friendly atmosphere, good music) were all within a couple of blocks of the hotel. My fondest memories are of the staff and owners, who were welcoming and helpful. The manager was willing to lower the rate for stays of one month or more and, for a fee, you can arrange for one of the staff to take you to the airport. Clean, friendly, and conveniently located, the Preciado is an...

Horrible, pesimo, una estafa total, soy viajero frecuente siempre en hoteles diferentes y esta vez me toco uno muy malo el "HOTEL PRECIADO" una estafa total para cualquiera y sin dida para los extranjeros, apenas al llegar las puertas del hotel estaban cerradas muy extraño no? tuve q tocar timbre tras 15min habre la puerta un joven con una vestimenta desprolija y mediocres modales, tras registrarme y entrar a mi habitacion me llevo la sorpresa de la simplesa de la habitacion, un televisor con cable pero todos los canales salian con pesima imagen ruidos raros, al tratar de dirigirme a la gerencia para reclamar eso, me quedo encerrado en la habitacion porque su cerradura tenia fallas, al conseguir hablar con el gerente este era un joven mucho mas maleducado y grocero que el recepcionista que en tono burlon me dijo si ya enseguida le vamos a ver a un tecnico que revise el televisor, jamas nadie reviso nada, mas tarde al preguntar para usar la piscina muy pequeña y con agua verdosa por cierto, me llevo la sorpresa de que esta no estaba disponible porque estaba sucia y que en dos dias recien ivan a limpiarla y ni les cuento en la forma "badulaque" "ignorante" "desagradable" forma en la que el mediocre gerente de la misma me la dijo, no tienen restorant ni servicio al cuarto, voy a recalcar que el gerente un vestigio de persona, en todo momento fue muy grosero, arrogante y descortes, lo unico que fue aceptable del lugar fue el desayuno que por cierto tuve que servirmelo yo, y para algo sobre la piscina si entras con un short o alguito hechas dentro te multan con 400$(dollares americanos) segun lei en su reglamento, creo que es una estafa total para cualquier turista o lugareño, no lo recomiendo a nadie, ni a mi suegra, ni mi jefe, ni a mi...