An old motel style facility with nice landscaping, but lawns not too well kept. Outdated rooms in need of real work; one serious concern is that I could not lock the window in my ground floor room which is a real security issue in Latin America. But if you really hate your room you can amuse yourself in the casino next door. Good breakfast and great central location in this small desert city by the sea.

We arrived in Arica with low expectations and this hotel met them! The other negative reviews have it about right--it's moldy, it's dirty, it's overpriced (this was the second most expensive place we stayed in Peru or Chile) and utterly lacking in even the most basic of business hotel comforts. A group of screaming teenaged girls swarmed the desolate pool around 9 pm and kept us and whoever else was trying to sleep through the grossness of the place awake for too long. Even the staff was unhelpful--while our Spanish is abominable, we were pretty sure that some of our constructions were not that incomprehensible (isn't "taxi" kind of a universal word at this point?) We should have looked into staying in a residencia, even though we'd only planned to be in town for 12 hours (long enough to have dinner, shower and sleep after having crossed into Chile by land from Peru and before going further south.) 8 hours in this place was an eternity. Sleep on the beach!

This is certanly a very run down hotel. If we had stayed at a residencia it would have been better. Rooms run down, bothrooms full of mold. We paid $82 for a double room. After a 3 day rough tour of the antiplano I was hoping for a great long shower. I hate the thought of touching the bathroom walls!

I have been to many 5 stars hotels but the staff at el paso were the
best in any hotel I have ever stay in.
El Paso may not be 5 stars but the people that work there are
second to none also the facilities were very impresive
congratulation to all the staff in El Paso Hotel in Arica Chile
Paul Sepulveda
Melbourne Australia