The Black Cat Hostel - Antigua

Bedbugs
Beware! I stayed here for one night in July and left with bedbugs! I met other weary travels in town who had also stayed at El gato negro and also got bedbugs. My room, unlucky number thirteen, was up a very attic steps. We had to pass through the laundry area, where sheets were hung out on clothes lines to dry (even though it rained every day). We had to touch every clean sheet to move them out of our way as we walked through to our room. Our door did not close and our window looked into an indoor courtyard where smoking was allowed. There were seven people packed into bunk beds in a tiny room. The ceilings were too low for the beds and the mattresses were extremely lumpy! The shared bathrooms were often out of service due to flooding. Not to mention, getting bitten by bugs all night.

Clean and friendly place
I stayed here for two nights and thought it was a good place to stay and good value. The price of 55 Q includes a really good fresh breakfast off their menu. Antigua is more expensive than other places in Guatemala so you will be paying more for drinks. The hostel was clean and we had an en-suite bathroom in our dorm room, which was very nice, however not all the rooms had this.