Casona Plaza Hotel Centro in Puno is the cheapest hotel I have ever stayed at. But it sure doesn’t look like it matches the price. I was very surprised by the value for money. Centrally located, just a block away from Plaza de Armas. Breakfast included. Cozy sitting area on basement level, but in an atrium making it all very open and inviting. Also a sitting area outside my room, with unlimited access to coca tea, no teabags, whole coca leaves, kinda rustic. It definitely was needed, the hot tea, because it’s freezing in the mountains in the(ir) winter, when the sun sets. This was the only hotel in the Andes that I stayed at that tried, to its abilities, to take that into consideration. There were an extra heater in the room, in addition to a wall-mounted one, a duvet and a couple of blankets, one thick alpaca wool one, a real solid one. It all came in very handy, as it was really freezing, and I am from the Arctic, freezing I say!!
Website: casonaplazahoteles.com/casona-plaza-hotel-centro-puno
We found the same thing when travelling around South America. When we were in the Atacama desert is was freezing and our accommodation had not heating or extra blankets! #farawayfiles
That sounds cold! You never think it’s going to be cold in the desert 🙂
The alpaca solid wool blanket would definitely be on my bed too. I don’t do freezing at night very well! #FarawayFiles
I like it warm and nice 🙂
Isn’t it so great when accommodations are a pleasant surprise instead of the other way around! Thanks for sharing on #farawayfiles
Totally! I’ve had the other way happen too 🙂
That’s never fun. Yikes!
But some makes for great stories 😉