My girlfriend and I stayed at Hotel Qalasaya after trekking the Colca Canyon for three days. We wanted somewhere nice and comfortable after the trek and this is exactly what we got.||We were greeted by very friendly, warm and accommodating staff. We had big backpacks with us and our hands were full when we checked in. One of the male staff members (we didn’t catch his name but he couldn’t speak much English) helped us all the way to our room on the 9th floor, opening doors and operating the lift on the way. He was so helpful and we can’t thank him enough for this.|We also dealt with a lovely lady named Cynthia on reception. She was so helpful in giving us information about Puno and also booked a restaurant for us one night. She was very pleasant and she is a credit to this wonderful hotel.||Our double room was spacious, clean and very comfortable. The room was cleaned every day, with the towels replaced each time. The showers are warm and a great size, and the hotel offers free soap and shampoo, as well as a hair dryer. There is also a safe, a fridge and a television.||The view from our room on the 9th floor was spectacular. We could see Lake Titicaca and this made for a great scene to wake up to on a morning.||The hotel also offers laundry service at|S/12 per kilo. We used this and our clothes came back clean and folded.||Breakfast is served from 6:30am and is on the 10th floor. We found this a little sparse at times but the staff were always willing to make us eggs and there was a selection of fruit, breads, teas and coffees to choose from. The food was very nice.||Sometimes on a nighttime it was a little loud, and you could hear movements within the hotel. Perhaps the walls are a bit thin but this didn’t impact our sleeping too much. It was Puno Week however so this might have been why some of the noise was generated.||We had a night bus at 10pm and Cynthia let us stay in the lobby and keep our bags in storage until it was time to go. We were very thankful of this.||Overall we absolutely loved our three night stay at Hotel Qalasaya and we would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting a nice, comfortable stay at this high...
Read moreThis hotel is far from 4 stars. Very outdated and depressing.
The shower had a good hot water and pressure but the head is fixed so it was slightly inconvenient but I found that it’s a standard in Peru. The drain was slightly blocked. The hair dryer over heated very few minutes, quite poor. The room was cold, heating worked but I didn’t want to put it on while sleeping.
The worst thing was the noise from outside. My room was 804, but I felt like I was on the 2nd floor. The music from outside was so loud until very late, the car honking almost all night and kept wake me up.
The breakfast was so poor, artificial juice and cereals, cheese and ham looked horrible, scramble egg was tasteless, the best one was fresh fruits.
The laundry takes at least one day, I left them at 6pm and came back at 9pm next day. I had to pick up from the lobby.
Hotel staff were friendly and nice but they didn’t offer packing the breakfast when I needed to...
Read moreWir haben am Osterwochenende 3 Nächte im Hotel Qalasaya verbracht - von Karfreitag bis Ostermontag.||Zuerst zum positiven Aspekt, nämlich der Lage - das Hotel liegt wirklich sehr zentral, man hat quasi alles in Laufdistanz: die Fussgängerzone und die Plaza des Armas, diverse Restaurants, Cafes und Bars und auch zum Titicaca See kann man gut zu Fuß gehen. ||Leider hat die zentrale Lage auch ihre Nachteile und daher kann ich dieses Hotel wirklich nur Leuten empfehlen, die nicht lärmempfindlich sind (was bei uns leider nicht der Fall ist...) Und dabei hatten wir noch Glück: die Diskothek nebenan hatte nur am Samstag auf, aber dafür dann die ganze Nacht - Karfreitag und Sonntag hatte sie zum Glück geschlossen... Dafür haben wir am Samstagnacht kein Auge zugetan, es war als ob die Bassbox im Zimmer steht, null Lärmisolierung - selbst Oropax hat da nicht mehr geholfen. Den Rest der Zeit hat das Personal gelärmt - wir waren im obersten Stockwerk direkt unter dem Restaurant untergebracht, wo ab morgens um 5 und abends ab 10 ständig die Tische verrückt wurden. Auch hat das Personal die Musik aus ihrem Schnulzensender im Radio im Restaurant gerne auf volle Lautstärke aufgedreht.||Außerdem wollte man uns beim Einchecken ein übel riechendes Zimmer andrehen. Da es mir wegen der Höhe und der Busfahrt auf der kurvigen Straße vom Colca Canyon nach Puno nicht sonderlich gut ging, wollte ich einfach nur raus aus dem Gestank. Nach langwierigen Diskussionen mit dem nicht sonderlich freundlichen Rezeptionspersonal, haben wir dann ein anderes Zimmer bekommen. Dort war es dann besser, obwohl das Hotel generell ein Problem mit der Lüftung zu haben scheint. Obwohl das Hotel nicht voll belegt war, haben wir nur unter Protest ein anderes Zimmer bekommen - warum, weiß ich nicht.... ||Das schönste am Hotel war der Blick vom Restaurant auf den See - und selbst der wurde uns aus unerfindlichen Gründen verwehrt: Am Sonntag um 7 Uhr früh wollten wir uns gerne zum Frühstück im leeren Restaurant an einen Tisch mit Seeblick setzen, durften aber nicht, da der Tisch für´s Mittagessen eingedeckt werden musste - um 7 Uhr früh! Aus Neugier habe ich mittags mal einen Blick ins Restaurant geworfen - es war keine Menschenseele da, alles leer - alles also nur Schikane und einfach nur Ignoranz... Warum? Keine Ahnung.... Woher die 4 Sterne kommen, ist...
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