This large hostel feels more like a hotel, with a nice reception and elevators taking you up to the 9th floor. You can walk up to the 10th floor for the rooftop terrace too! The hostel is in the centre of town and is an amazing choice when travelling to Santiago!
The Location
The HI Santiago is right in the heart of the city, only 15 minutes by Metro to the bus station, and the Metro is less than a 5 minute walk away from the hostel. The main square, post office, cathedral, presidential buildings, etc are easily reached by foot in less than 10 minutes. Although traffic does come through this road, it's relatively quiet in the rooms and it's surrounded by many pedestrianised roads. An abundance of shops, banks, bars and restaurants are on your doorstep, including treats such as Subway and Starbucks too!
Rooms and Bathrooms
The rooms are very spacious with lockers for valuables. You can choose from mixed or female dorms and they have ensuites. They rooms are cleaned daily and the beds are made daily as well. The bathrooms are clean but could do with a bit of maintenance - the soap dispenser fixture remains on the wall and an old, disused shower head remains in the shower... Also there is no hand soap. Some rooms have an additional small room which has a stainless steel sink with running drinking water.
Common Spaces
The kitchen is a great size, always clean and beautifully decorated. However it's hard to find basic essentials such as mugs/bowls - they come out for breakfast but gradually disappear throughout the day. Breakfast is included in some rates but others it isn’t. You can pay for breakfast, but it's relatively expensive. The annoying thing about this is the breakfast is served in the kitchen so you can't use the kitchen for personal cooking until after midday. Annoying if you're on a budget and want to be cooking or preparing low-cost breakfasts...
The reception area is large with seating, sofas, a television and pool table, and computers for you to use. Upstairs there's a rooftop terrace which is very basic and nice during the day and in the evening it turns into a bar/party area. However don't expect a proper bar, it's a table set up with alcohol and cups but a "bar" nonetheless and there's happy hours each night.
Summary
This hostel feels very safe as you have a key card to enter the rooms and you have to press a buzzer to enter the front door. Guests are provided with a bright green wristband to be recognised by all the staff and to keep unknown people out of the hostel grounds!
A great atmosphere and it feels more hotel-like than hostel-like in certain aspects. Not the cheapest option in Santiago but definitely one of the best for facilities and cleanliness.
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Published on May 4, 2017
Description
Che Lagarto Hostel Santiago is the fourth hostel we have proudly opened in South America! Over here, we have added all the experience we have gained during the last eight years managing hostels in Argentina and Brazil.
All of our guests can enjoy our common areas, such as the living room, with delights such as sofas, books, magazines, music and red wine. We also have a kitchen which is brand new, big, and fully equipped, with 6 areas for you cooking your meals, as well as the dining room and home theatre room with DVD collection and satellite TV.
*****We have the Football Channel!!!Have a beer and enjoy the game!!!!*****
Our internet room has fast computers with wide band connection and multimedia kits. And, as an opening gift internet is FREE.
Our guests can also enjoy our Bar with Happy Hours every night, our patio and a beautifull garden(not usual in Santiago´s downtown)
The rooms have iron beds and guests can use free metallic security lockers (your backpack will fit inside). All big rooms have big windows, central heating and cooling.Our house keeping staff works 24/7.
Bathrooms are all new and clean every 30 minutes.
24/7 Reception with all the information you need to have a wicked time in South America. Daily Tours!!!
Pasta Parties on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
Salsa Classes on Saturdays!!!
Pick up service from the airport for CH$8000!!
Location and Contact
Location
• Location: We are in the front of Los Heroes Bus Terminal, 40 meters from Alameda Av. and 100 meters from Los Heroes Subway Station.
• Airport: Centropuerto Bus drops you off 100 m from the hostel at their central terminal (Los Heroes Subway St.) CH$1300 (U$2). Walk towards a big radio tower, which is on the left-hand-side of the avenue. Tucapel Jimenez is on the same side, two blocks before the tower.
Map
Address: Tucapel Jiménez 24, Santiago (Santiago de Chile), Santiago Province, Chile
HI - Santiago - Che Lagarto Hostel is listed on the following booking sites:
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www.chelagarto.com
Phone Number:
(0056)(2)699-1493
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Facilities and Amenities
Family-Friendly Hostel
Groups (10+ people)
Bedsheets
Breakfast
Bike Rental
Luggage Storage
Wi-Fi in Lobby/Commons
BBQ Grill
Bar
Clothes Dryer
Concierge/Info Desk
Currency Exchange
Hot Showers
Kitchen
Laundry
Lounge Area
Pool Table
TV
Wheelchair Accessible
Credit Card Payments
Checkout: 12:00 (12 Noon)
Curfew: No Curfew
Lockout: No
Minimum Stay: 1 night
Reception Hours: 24 Hours
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