Casa de SAL - Salt Hotel

The hotel provides a complimentary breakfast and offers spacious, comfortable rooms. Guests appreciate the friendly staff and central location near restaurants and attractions. Good customer service and cleanliness are noted.

This hotel is out of my expectation. Good decoration and has lift. Room is big and has hot water. Front desk is helpful and good service. It is warm, not just in room, but the whole hotel. Location also good, although not close to the main street, but not far away and you will pass the local market. Beware of the monthly market day, the entire street will be occupied by local hawkers. Taxi will not able to stop at the main door of hotel.

While the location is fabulous, nothing else is. It is situated just high enough above the salar (salt flat) for excellent views, including sunset. The building appears to be built from salt blocks taken from the salar, including bed frames and headboards (but thankfully not mattresses!) Much of the floor is salt gravel too, although laminate walkways along corridors appear to be a newer addition. Many big wood-fired stoves along the corridors too, to provide heat in winter. The buffet dinner was average at best, much of it standing for a long time. A single glass of mediocre Bolivian red wine, served ice cold, cost about $10 USD -- roughly 5 or 6 times the price of the whole bottle in a shop. Buffet breakfast was marginally better, but only instant coffee and poor scrambled eggs. Not sure how much is costs to stay a night here, as it was included in our tour.