Hostal El Remanso — Hotel in Arequipa

We spent three nights in two different rooms here: ||First we arrived at 5:00am and were welcomed very warmly. We were directly offered our room which was perfectly clean and quite big.||We did a three day trip to the Colca Canyon after which we spent our last night here. For this night we took a smaller, but still very comfortable room for less money. For the three days in between we could leave our luggage here for free.||The complete Hotel is nicely furnished. It is family run and the owners really have an eye on your security (even when we left at 3am for the Colca-Trek they made sure that we got picked up).||The breakfast on the terrace is just great! (Coffee/tea, jam, butter, bread, egg/avocado, juice)||Moreover we loved the location: in a quiet street next to the famous monastery and really near to the Plaza...

I stayed at this hotel for a few nights before heading out on a backpacking trip with a friend. We were always greeted warmly and the staff knew our names. The water was hot (very important in Peru) and we were always stocked with toilet paper (also a big deal in Peru). I got to know the staff pretty well and when I returned 3 months later, they remembered me! They even had information about my friend who had come by a few days before and where I could find him. I really loved the charming patio on the roof, too. You could find the staff up there watering and caring for plants and taking in the beautiful monastery view during their down time. I'd recommend this place for tired backpackers who need just enough pampering to get back...

The welcome couldn't have been better - the people managing this place are just lovely. It's a very pleasant environment, with potted plants in the courtyard and nice tiled floors. Everything is lovely and clean. It's a real joy taking breakfast on the roof terrace across the road from the monastery too. This is a well located hotel just a few blocks from the main square. ||One of my only gripes would be that it was quite noisy on Saturday night - not directly in the hotel, but there must be a club close by. We all still managed to get a fairly good nights rest besides...