“Never again, the place is a ripoff, smelled of mold, no Air-Con, 13% EXTRA Fee on my Credit Card over the exchange rate”
I was duped into staying here by a taxi driver. He pulled up, said it was $60 a night, and a great place. It does LOOK good from the outside, and even the entry foyer is very nice, marble, with sort of an antiqued "old school" look to it. I accepted a single room for $60 including breakfast, without even going to check out the room. Big mistake.
When I got into my room, I immediately noticed the moldy smell. It was very musty and had that 'locker room' smell to it. The windows were wide open, probably to circulate some of the air. I had just traveled several hours from Cusco, as I'd just done the Inca trail, and hiked up to Manchu Pichu, so I was dead tired and immediately hit the shower, else I'd have marched right down and not taken the room. But I was low on energy, and wanted to stash my gear and shower up.
So to summarize, the room stinks of mold. I noticed that there was no air conditioning, my fault for not asking before accepting the room. It was hot, humid and having no Air conditioning meant a sweaty, hot restless night of little sleep. I could tell the bed linens, and bedspread were many years old, and it especially showed on the dirty bedspread. I decided to just take that off as it was very soiled.
There is wireless Internet, that worked well for my iPhone, but no public computers for checking flights and such.
The kicker, when I went down in the morning to check out and pay my bill, and have the included breakfast, they told me that they charged an exchange rate that was several soles higher than the current rate. The room was supposed to be $60, but after they added their *exchange* surcharge, it came to be over $70!! They quoted me $60, but charged me over $70...? I tried to reason with them for 20 minutes, on the principle, but to no avail. Due to this delay, I had no time for their breakfast, and had to rush to the airport. I would not ever stay here again.
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