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La Casona de Don Jaime 1 Hostel

Rosario

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Address	Presidente Roca 1051, Rosario Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Price	from $22 Check Current Prices by Date Here

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This is a Hostelling International (HI) hostel. A membership card isn't required, but an extra fee will apply for non-members. You can get a membership card before your trip here.

Description

La Casona de Don Jaime is THE backpacker's meeting place in Rosario. We are right in the most tourist side of the city, a multicultural, vivacious and trendy area close to Downtown where you can walk safely and where you'll find a good place to hang out when the night falls… We stand just meters away from the city´s main attractions and just a few blocks away from our really wide Paraná River. Our incredibly well preserved houses from the early XX century have been renovated for visitor's greater comfort.

Looking for some fun and nights of chatting with fellow travellers on our cosy pillows at the thematic reggae Roots Bar, listening to the music of our djs and getting a great meal, La Casona is the ideal spot! The bar is open all day long every day, where the bartenders sell the finest drinks at the best price in town!!
Once a week, every Sunday, we get in touch with our local traditions grilling a BBQ in the argentinian way: the famous "asados". On Tuesday, we get together -guests and staff- to have a group dinner. And on Saturday's night the Roots Bar takes you to a trip all around the world with our ethnic food cycle… every Saturday a different destination!

The service of free kitchen facilities can lead to try local dishes of fellow travellers. All our beds are equipped with a comfortable mattress and a backpack-sized locker. Fresh linen blankets and duvets are provided for the duration of your stay free of charge.

With us you will get to know the city like no one else. From urban escapades to alternative tourism explorations as Kayaks, Horseback Riding, Cabins, Sky Diving (the cheapest place in Argentina), City Tours, River Expeditions, Trecking, Fishing Safari, Bird Watching, Photo-Shooting Safari, Water Ski, Wind Surf, Picnics, Football-Stadium on Sundays, Barbeques, Bikes, Karting, Paintball, Sailboat Rides, Climbing… and we also play football, go camping and have "Happy hours" of drinks!

Besides everything the hostel offers you, our international staff can provide you with all the information you need to get the most out of the Rosario experience!!

More Info: www.youthhostelrosario.com.ar

Features

Free Breakfast
Kitchen
Lockers
Bar
Lounge / Common space
BBQ
Food/Restaurant
Travel information provided
Bike Rental
24 Hour Free Hot Showers

Ratings & Comments

2.5 Average from 2 Ratings

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Comment by Juan, Colombia

October 2007

Not that confortable but very good indeed
The hostel is very small to say the truth, but you have a couple of places to chill out, you have tons of info on what to do in Rosario, and the bar Roots -- which is not noisy at all -- is the coolest bar I've seen in a hostel. it is also open to everyone in the city and is quite popular so you will have a clear chance to speak to the locals if that's what you intend. Now, excepting for one of the dorms there's a chance that you will hear noise and people talking since early in the morning, so if you are a light sleeper request a quiet room. Most of the Staff is super nice and owners Gabi and Romina are really the kindest people ever.

Comment by María, Argentina

April 2007

This was by far the worst hostel I've ever stayed in. Bathrooms were just filthy and the kitchen was quite poorly equipped. On the other side, there was twenty-four-hour hot water, dorms were ok, bunks had comfortable mattresses, and all bedrooms had lockers inside them. However, they were not the facilities but the staff who turned our staying at La Casona into my worst hostel experience so far. When we arrived on the first night we had to make our way to the hostel through the bar attached, Roots, only to find that the guy at the reception desk was as drunk as the people sitting at the tables. The following night the same guy was extremely impolite to one of my friends, to whom he addressed in the most arrogant way, walking away while she was talking to him. The other girl who was at the reception at evening/night was also absolutely unhelpful, and both of them seemed more interested in running the bar than in assisting guests. They also tried to sell day trips they knew they weren't being held during that weekend and gave feeble excuses when confronted with that. Most guests would smoke pot all they long, which I don't mind unless it is done everywhere, including at the door of my dorm night and day, with the night/evening staff often joining them. It was only the guys at the reception during the mornings who prevented our stay at Casona de Don Jaime I from becoming a complete nightmare, as both were most helpful and nice. If we hadn't been told to pay for all of our nights when arrival, we would have run away on the first morning! Ask them about the sailing excursion with Leo, the trip is awesome.

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