Isla Francia

a safe place place, clean and nice atendents

Cool hostel, kind of a "chill hippie" vibe. Mostly long-stay guests and volunteers, so a very social atmosphere (Spanish-speaking). Comfy beds with curtains in the dorms. Manager and volunteers are great. Free filtered water. Large kitchen. Very clean place. Hot showers.

They have to manually unlock and then re-lock the main door every time you enter or leave. So to just "pop out and get something" is a really arduous process of finding the person, waiting for them to unlock it, then waiting for them again when you come back. For that reason alone I went to a different hostel, couldn't stand it. It's also a huge fire hazard - you'd be trapped inside the building with no way to leave. They could easily buy a digital lock with a code.

This place has all you need for a short or long term stay.

Smoking in the kitchen and dinning room is enough to make me choose another place.

Nice kitchen. Aircon was very good in the dorm room. It had curtains on the bunk beds. Bunk had private outlet and light. Bring your padlock for storage locker.

Swimming pool was wimpy. Above ground plastic.

Very hot in common space but our double bed room was quite cool with air conditioning on , still it was very loud while running. Kitchen was clean. You can leave you bagpack for free until 4pm, after you get chargers 10k guaranies per bag

Shower and toilets felt « rustic » . People drink and smoke a lot in common area and it gives a strange atmosphere.

Nice place, cool vibes, great host