Valparaíso: Hostal Caracol (Hostel)

Facilities

• Kitchen/Kitchenette
• Communal area - Indoor
• Wi-fi available
• Breakfast included

• 24 hour reception
• Linen included
• Airport transportation
• Internet available

• Breakfast
• BBQ Area
• Luggage Storage
• Travel Desk/Travel Info

Author tip

This 'people's town' is best experienced through its vibrant street art. You'll find its highest expression on Cerro Bellavista. Check out Museo al Cielo Abierto, an open-air museum spread all over the neighborhood, with 20 murals by local artists. Word has it the inspiration for the project came from art students who began painting the exterior security wall of the local prison in 1969.

How to get there

• How to get here: From International Airport in Santiago: You should take the Centropuerto transfer to metro station Pajaritos, line 1. On the same place the bus drops you catch a bus that says Valparaiso, there is plenty of companies going every 15 minutes, and get of in 'Terminal'. The trip is an hour and a half long, passing through the wine valleys towards the ocean. The Valparaiso terminal is just opposite from the national congress building on Pedro Montt Av. In the same avenue take any bus that reaches Plaza Victoria, its one the most traditional plazas in the city and almost every bus has to go there, once in the plaza locate a huge multistore building 'Ripley' and on the street behind it find the little green entrance to Espiritu Santo elevator, once you get off the elevator you'll be in the middle of the open air museum with beautiful murals, walk straight and up the stairs, when you reach Hector Calvo street take a left and one block up on 371 you will see Hostal Caracol.
• Inside Valparaíso:
• Colectivo: They leave from 'subida Ecuador', a well known street, colectivo number 39 which says Beltran is the one, tell the driver to drop you at the Carmelitas church on Hector Calvo, walk two blocks down hill until 371 and on your right hand side you will see the yellow walls of Hostal Caracol.
• By bus: In the corner of Francia Av and Colon Av take a bus O, which goes uphill through Baquedano street towards La Sebastiana (Neruda´s house). Get off on Ferrari street and walk downhill right in front of the poets house. Take the left road while walking down and keep going for three long blocks down hill, one blocks after the Carmelitas church, on Hector Calvo 371 you will see the yellow walls of Hostal Caracol on your right hand side .
• From the bus terminal: Opposite to the national congress building on Pedro Montt Av. take any bus that reaches Plaza Victoria, its one the most traditional plazas in the city and almost every bus has to go there, once in the plaza locate a huge multistore building 'Ripley' and on the street behind it find the little green entrance to Espiritu Santo elevator, once you get off the elevator you'll be in the middle of the open air museum with beautiful murals, walk straight and up the stairs, when you reach Hector Calvo street take a left and one block up on 371 you will see Hostal Caracol.