La Reyna

Frommer's Review

A popular backpacker inn in town, La Reyna is smack in the middle of the historic center, just a block from the famed Santa Catalina monastery and paces away from plenty of bars and restaurants. The hostal's many rooms feed off a labyrinth of narrow staircases that climb up three floors to a roof terrace, a popular spot to hang out and write postcards and plan hiking expeditions, or to veg out and stargaze late at night. There are simple, rock-bottom dormitory rooms for zero-budget travelers and a couple of rooftop casitas that, although basic in their decoration, have private bathrooms and their own terraces with awesome views of the mountains and the monastery below -- something akin to backpacker penthouse suites. (No. 20 is worth reserving, if you can.) The hostal, though a little haphazardly run, organizes lots of canyon treks and volcano-climbing tours, and even offers Spanish classes.

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