Reviews of Hostal Vista al Mar This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
Avenida Baltra y Charles Binford, 200350 Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
#21 of 51 hotels in Puerto Ayora
Guests' ChoiceReview Score
Based on 372 hostel reviews
8.5Score breakdown
-
Cleanliness
8.7
-
Comfort
8.7
-
Location
9.6
-
Facilities
8.4
-
Staff
9.0
-
Value for money
8.8
-
Free WiFi
6.1
Verified guest reviews from real Bookers
Real Bookers. Real stays. Real opinions.
Read more– opens a dialog boxHow guest reviews work
Each review score is between 1–10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. We're currently testing a weighted review system in Malta and Iceland (excluding hotel and vacation rental chains). For properties in these countries, the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. In addition, guests can give separate "subscores" in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money, and free Wifi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an accommodation that you booked through our platform if you stayed there, or if you got to the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialize in detecting fake reviews submitted to our platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team so that our fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we'd publish every review we get, positive and negative. However, we won’t display any reviews that include or refer to (among other things):
- Politically sensitive comments
- Promotional content
- Illegal activities
- Personal or sensitive info (e.g. emails, phone numbers, credit card info)
- Swear words, sexual references, hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, or references to violence
- Spam and fake content
- Animal cruelty
- Impersonation (i.e. if the writer is claiming to be someone else)
- Any violation of our review guidelines.
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out. We may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old, or if the accommodation has a change of ownership.
An accommodation can reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (e.g. language, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). You can sort and/or filter them by time of year, review score, and more.
Sometimes we show external review scores from other well-known travel websites, but make it clear when we do this.
Guidelines and Standards for Reviews
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly, without limiting expression or strong opinions. They're also applicable regardless of the comment's tone.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, or the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and other similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties, and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options might be available (by type of traveler, by score, etc...).
Translations disclaimer
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
End of dialog content-
Reviewed: April 24, 2024
Kerstin
Germany29 Reviews8.0Very Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
No lockers in the room for the backpacks, just a small safety deposit box. If you stay longer, you can use the wardrobes, but for one night you don't do it. Limited equipment in the kitchen
Very supportive staff. Free water and Coffee
Stayed in April 2024
-
Reviewed: April 24, 2024
Alicia
United Kingdom21 Reviews1 helpful vote8.0“Lovely hostel”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Aircon was leaking and it wasn't fixed while I was there. I moved rooms into the communal dorm which was actually nicer.
Lovely hostel with great communal area and hammocks. Great spacious kitchen with water, tea and coffee available. Perfect location. Was a bit disappointed in the female only dorm but hopefully they will fix the leaking Aircon now. Beds were comfy.
Stayed in April 2024
-
Reviewed: April 24, 2024
Leon
Germany7 Reviews1 helpful vote10Exceptional- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Male Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Beautiful common area with hammocks, big kitchen, air conditioning, free water, towels. Amazing hostel!!
Stayed in April 2024
-
Reviewed: April 15, 2024
Shashank
United Kingdom26 Reviews1 helpful vote8.0“Clean and spacious dorms with ACs”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The dorm right next to the reception can get very noisy especially if you are planning on sleeping in.
Very clean dorms with ACs. They do not control the ACs or have timings unlike some other places. The common areas are huge and very nice. Towels and drinking water are free.
Stayed in April 2024
-
Reviewed: April 12, 2024
Marko
Serbia18 Reviews7 helpful votes10Exceptional- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Male Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Nothing.
Location. Free water. Free coffe. Frigo. Kitchen. Clean room. Comfy bed ecc.
Stayed in April 2024
-
Reviewed: April 11, 2024
Cortney
United States of America32 Reviews1 helpful vote10Exceptional- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Triple Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Nothing
Close to town, good air con! Great communal kitchen, let us check in early, held our bags on a transfer day.
Stayed in April 2024
-
Reviewed: March 30, 2024
Romy
Germany30 Reviews8.0Very Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Bathroom was very small, not very clean and had a lot of insects. Soap refill and some paper towels in the bathroom would have been nice.
Nice staff, comfortable beds, good kitchen, nice area to Hang out
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 29, 2024
Irion
France7 Reviews9.0Wonderful- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The luxuriant garden with plenty of hammocks is inviting to chill out, my only criticism that the smoking area corresponds to the space where the children watch TV, maybe something that could be improved in the future.
Lovely family-run hostel and probably the most sociable place for meeting fellow travellers upon arrival. My private room was far too huge for one person yet perfectly equipped, staying in an even more spacious good-value room in the adjacent guesthouse with a Seaview Rooftop Terrace on my second visit. Roberto, Pavel and the entire staff were very welcoming.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 24, 2024
Maeve
Ireland8 Reviews10Exceptional- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
I had a bit of trouble finding the hostel, the sign is quite small.
Hostel was well located in the town and had nice garden area to relax and meet other travellers, bedroom was spacious and air conditioned. Kitchen area was big so was easy to cook. Good wifi.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 20, 2024
Karen
Germany27 Reviews5 helpful votes8.0Very Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The water pressure under the shower was non-existent. Washing long hair is a pain
Very friendly and helpful staff, gave me a lot of information. Free drinkable water.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 20, 2024
Matthew
United Kingdom12 Reviews3 helpful votes8.0“Central hostel, good value for money”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We booked this accommodation again for our last night in Santa Cruz after we returned from visiting the other islands. Unfortunately they had a booking error and the hostel was overbooked, and upon arrival they put us in the hostel next door, which wasn’t great and not a place we would have booked ourselves. Also, the rate they charged us was more than what we would have paid booking directly with this other hostel, and when I raised this, they said we were welcome to book direct, but then we would have had more admin to sort out because this first booking was non refundable and we would technically have had to pay twice. So although I really liked this hostel, and I do understand booking system mistakes can happen, I felt this situation could have been handled better.
I would actually really recommend this hostel for anyone looking for a good value for money stay in Santa Cruz. Don’t expect luxury but it has everything you need, the rooms are big and clean, and the WiFi actually worked better than expected and it’s in a great central location. The hosts are super friendly and willing to help book anything / give advice etc.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 18, 2024
Scott
United States of America12 Reviews1 helpful vote8.0“It was a good value for a hotel that was clean and right in the center of town.”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
It had a lot of amenities: kitchen, bikes to rent, and hammocks.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 17, 2024
Jessica
United States of America9 Reviews7.0“Great location”- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
The wifi was poor but that's all over the island. Could have been overall cleaner. Understandably an island hostel but even the sheets sometimes smelled of BO.
The location of the hostel is great - central to many of the booking locations for excursions, the water taxi, many restaurants and other things to do! The room was large and had an en suite but the bathroom had a weird smell always and could have been cleaner.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 13, 2024
Aj
United States of America52 Reviews15 helpful votes7.0“Close to pier and town.”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Room interior was a bit rough. Parts of walls falling off by bathroom. An aesthetic issue only in my opinion.
Location to pier. Large room, large bed, good sized bathroom. Several shelves for storage.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 13, 2024
Kejdzej
Poland28 Reviews2 helpful votes9.0“Really good :)”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Mosty everything :)
Stayed in February 2024
-
Reviewed: March 11, 2024
Daniel
Canada18 Reviews5 helpful votes10“Proper hostel vibes 👌”- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Triple Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Staff was friendly, the location is perfect. Right next to the street with all the affordable local food options, 2 minutes from the port and everything you'll need is super close. The hostel itself was exactly what I expected and more. Lots of space in the common area with 3 or more hammock on the property. Highly recommend. You can't go wrong. The managers offered fantastic recommendations and made our stay perfect.
Stayed in March 2024
-
Reviewed: March 5, 2024
Divisha
United Kingdom17 Reviews7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The bathroom smelt like garlic because of the plumbing
The AC and filtered water were much appreciated
Stayed in January 2024
-
Reviewed: March 5, 2024
Divisha
United Kingdom17 Reviews7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The bathroom smelt of garlic because of the plumbing
The AC and filtered water was much appreciated
Stayed in January 2024
-
Reviewed: February 27, 2024
Anne
United Kingdom26 Reviews2 helpful votes10“Good value, helpful host, very convenient location”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
All good.
Excellent location a few minutes walk from the pier and close to restaurants, shops and places to hire snorkel gear etc. Pavel was really helpful with suggestions for things to do and all the staff were friendly. Nice terrace to relax.
Stayed in February 2024
-
Reviewed: February 23, 2024
Jiří
Czech Republic19 Reviews10Exceptional- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Location and clean kitchen
Stayed in February 2024
-
Reviewed: February 22, 2024
Louise
Netherlands31 Reviews5 helpful votes7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Kamer is basic, klein en de meeste dagen een lauwe douche.
Nice vibe, with the shared kitchen and seating area in front it is easy to get in contact with other travelers. Location is great, 2 min walk to the ferries. Big supermarket 5 min walk..
Stayed in February 2024
-
Reviewed: February 21, 2024
Lance
United States of America22 Reviews3 helpful votes9.0“Pleasant stay close to everything”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Some cracks in the screen in the bathroom window allowed some flying critters to get in (the window was taped open, so I couldn’t close it) but it wasn’t a big deal.
The place is close to everything, including the docks where people arrive/depart. The staff was very friendly, and the room was clean, a good size, and relatively comfortable. Overall, I had a pleasant stay and would stay again.
Stayed in February 2024
-
Reviewed: February 19, 2024
Ján
Slovakia47 Reviews6 helpful votes9.0Wonderful- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Wifi was too slow or not working at all.
Stayed in February 2024
-
Reviewed: February 19, 2024
Tamasine
United Kingdom25 Reviews1 helpful vote8.0Very Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Was a little difficult at times to know who was a member of staff and who was a guest. Bathroom was a little run down.
Very good location, room cleaned every day, good kitchen facilities and drinking water available.
Stayed in February 2024
Guests also reviewed these properties:
-
Milling Hotel SaxildhusKolding, Denmark
-
Castle Peak HotelCebu City, Philippines
-
Casale CardiniFoiano della Chiana, Italy
-
Gasthof Zur Post - Hotel GarniNestelbach bei Graz, Austria
-
Mira MoonHong Kong, Hong Kong
-
Appartamento Cà LioVenice, Italy
-
Gasthof DraxlerhausHohentauern, Austria
-
Sa VaqueriaPorto Cristo, Spain
