El Secreto Casa Art

Location: Rincón 626 bis, Montevideo, uy

Star Rating: 8.5 Stars

Property Type: Not Available

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 12:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out: 11:30 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Non-smoking rooms
• Luggage storage
• Tour desk
• Karaoke
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Board games/puzzles
• Shared kitchen
• Outdoor furniture
• Coffee Shop on site
• Free wired internet
• Internet access
• Bicycle-friendly property
• Accessible train station shuttle
• No accessible train station shuttle

Rooms Available

• Economy Twin Room

  The twin room offers air conditioning and tumble dryer, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a bath or a shower. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Tumble dryer
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Budget Twin Room

  The twin room provides air conditioning, tumble dryer, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a bath or a shower. The twin room offers parquet floors and heating. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Tumble dryer
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Budget Twin Room

  The twin room offers air conditioning, a seating area, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a bath or a shower and a hairdryer. The twin room's kitchenette, which features kitchenware, is available for cooking and storing food. The twin room features a dining area, a wardrobe, tumble dryer along with an outdoor dining area. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Kitchenette
  • Seating Area
  • Heating
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Tumble dryer
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Double Room

  The double room offers air conditioning, a seating area, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a bath or a shower and a hairdryer. The double room's kitchenette, which features kitchenware, is available for cooking and storing food. The double room provides a dining area, a wardrobe, tumble dryer, as well as an outdoor dining area. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Kitchenette
  • Seating Area
  • Heating
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Tumble dryer
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room

  This bed in dormitory has a kitchenware and dining area.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (1 Adults)

  • Kitchenette
  • Dining area
  • Tumble dryer
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

• Double Room

  The double room's kitchenette, which features kitchenware, is available for cooking and storing food. This air-conditioned double room has a shared bathroom, a dining area, tumble dryer as well as an outdoor dining area. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Air conditioning
  • Kitchenette
  • Heating
  • Dining area
  • Tumble dryer
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Board games/puzzles
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation

Guest Reviews

• De chezelles (8/5): - Charming place with a great location, good value for money A bit noisy inside the rooms, too much light from the corridors and common area
• Tony (9/5): -
• Talitha Cassia (10/5): Onde o corpo relaxa, e a mente se conecta - É a segunda vez que fico no hostel. A energia do lugar é algo mágico, que se conecta com Montevideo. A paz que tem nos ambientes repletos de artes, ao som de música clássica. Tudo muito limpo, sempre bem recebida pelos anfitriões. Para saber essa sensação única convido a ir ao hostel, e se entregar ao ritmo uruguaio. Assim como eu, tenho certeza que voltará mais vezes 🤍 N
• Miguel (5/5): - Es un sitio muy viejo, había olor a viejo y humedad, un gato que se metio a la habitación y costó sacarlo, poco caudal de agua en el baño y el agua caliente se fue al minuto de comenzar a bañarme, en la habitación el techo tiene una especie de tela o lona que me imagino para frenar cualquier cosa que pueda caer del techo y la iluminación ya que el techo es como de vidrio como las cúpulas.
• Tony (9/5): -
• Eliana (9/5): Muy buena. - La decoración y la atención.
• Caitano (8/5): -
• Tony (9/5): -
• RUBEN (9/5): Opción de alojamiento de época a un buen precio - Cumple con mis necesidades
• RUBEN (9/5): - Cumple con mis necesidades
• javier (8/5): -
• cauvin (9/5): -
• Camila (10/5): - Buena ubicación y buena atención.
• Chgo631 (9/5): -
• Suzana (9/5): Bastante recomendável - Nunca fiquei num hostel com atenção tão especial para a limpeza. Supera muito as expectativas. A atendente Camila é atenciosa. A localização em plena praça Matriz não tem como ser melhor para quem quer conhecer principalmente o centro. O casarão é lindo e histórico. As únicas coisas que me incomodaram foram a pressão dos chuveiros, que é mínima, e o fato de haverem gatos circulando pela casa ficam pelos por vários lugares e um cheiro forte nas áreas comuns.
• Mercedes (9/5): La creatividad estimula los sentidos - La exposición artística en toda la casona, la luminosidad, la amplitud de los espacios, el ambiente entre los viajeros y a destacar la disposición de Agustina. La cocina y el baño necesitan una limpieza profunda ya que las instalaciones de las mismas son muy antiguas
• Vera (8/5): -
• steimez (10/5): - Hermosa casona
• Duque (10/5): - Es un lugar hermoso, hay arte por todos lados y se siente una confianza tremenda por el trato que te dan, no sientes que estás quedándote sólo un día, te hacen sentir como si vivieras ahí de toda la vida! Evidentemente no es para todo el mundo, porque no es un hospedaje ordinario, pero a mí personalmente me gustó muchísimo la experiencia.
• Monika (1/5): Check your beds - a cat pissed in mine - My stay here was very disappointing. I woke up in the middle of the night to a strong, foul odor. When I checks, I realized that my pillow and bed sheets all smelt like old cat piss. It was disgusting, and I couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night. When I raised my concerns with the hotel staff I was told “Well cats live here and this can happen” and “you should have told u” well unfortunately, the only contact method provided was through messaging on Booking.com, and I realistically didn’t expect a response at 1AM… especially considering it took 10 minutes just to get someone to answer the door when I arrived earlier that day to check in. Even if someone did answer I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect a guest to be changing bed sheets in the middle of the night due to uncleanliness. I love animals and I love cats but if a hotel chooses to feature cats on the property, there should be strict policies in place to ensure they do not enter guest rooms. I think that was one of the worst sleeps I’ve ever experienced.
• Daniel Concepción (8/5): - La ubicación céntrica para hacer diligencias y sitios turísticos Avise con antelación que llegaría entre 22 y 23h, me escribieron que avisara a un tlf cuando llegara, llegue en ese intervalo, y sin embargo, espera afuera del hostal casi 15 mins, con frío, porque la persona encargada estaba en el patio y no presto atención al tlf, ni al timbre, ni a la app... de resto, todo bien
• Artefactible (10/5): MÁGICA, ÚNICA Y ENTRAÑABLE - La ubicación nos encantó al estar en la parte más histórica de Montevideo, realmente fué una zona muy conectada, mezcla del pasado de la ciudad, al arte y por supuesto la gente, logramos conocer mucho a pie y conseguimos tours a buen precio, además de disfrutar del servicio de bicis de la casona, soy amante de pedalear me pareció fantástico poder recorrer toda la costa y su rambla en bicicleta, más allá de los servicios y lo implícito pudimos encontrarnos desde el momento inicial con JOHN y después conocer a ROCÍO que nos trataron sublime, conversaciones interesantes y enriquecedoras, la casa es una galería y un espacio arquitectónico con mucho misticismo que ellos se han encargado de colocar con un rostro multicolor, me cambió la vida este viaje, fué sanador y de interiorizar, y mucho de ello justo sucedió gracias a su forma de recibir a las personas, grandes anfitriones, enormes seres humanos y por supuesto un alma de artistas que se nota, de verdad se logra querer mucho a estas personas y aunque estuvimos solo 5 días , fué toda una experiencia, los gatitos ODIN y ZEUS super cariñosos y nosotros como amantes de los gatunos disfrutábamos de su presencia, desde nuestra llegada decidieron dormir en nuestras camas, eso fué inolvidable, nos fuimos de la casona con el corazón lleno y con un sentimiento profundo y cálido como un abrazo al alma e indudable agradecimiento, sin duda volveré en un tiempo más, porque este lugar fué en cierto modo la clave de un rompecabezas y hasta un nivel respuesta, desde que busqué opciones todo fué mágico y mi intuición no falló, era el lugar idóneo para una experiencia redonda y memorable que ya me pone nostálgico, agradecemos también a las chicas SHIRLEY y AGUS por sus atenciones, entrañable y disfrutable sitio, abrazo a la distancia, amamos MONTEVIDEO, su gente y a SECRETO CASA ART en realidad todo muy bien solo nos sorprendió ese fenómeno que sucede en MONTEVIDEO y cómo los fines de semana son mas tranquilos que la semana, fuera de eso todo sublime
• Jean Michel (8/5): -
• Marcantonio (10/5): Exceptional -
• Karon (10/5): Beautiful art and decorations in the house. The rooms are nice and spacious. - Excellent location. Friendly staff. The art and decorations in the house are beautiful.
• Javier (10/5): Exceptional -
• Paul (10/5): Exceptional -
• Vanita (7/5): Great location. - Central location in the old town. John, the owner and his business partner were very helpful and available during my stay. The very high ceiling in my room with a small window that rattled during the night due to the wind. It sounded like someone is knocking on the wall and I had a hard time getting used to it. The sewage smell in the bathroom. It was very clean with air freshener available but the smell was still noticeable. To be fair, it is a very old house.
• Nicholas (10/5): Exceptional -
• Sabrina (4/5): Disappointing - The place is a old villa in a central location with a lot of art and cats. The room I got was not the one I booked and did not match the pictures. There were no proper walls but windows two two sides of the room just partly covered with curtains that did not block the light from outside. The door did not shut properly so that a gap remained open which did not make me feel safe. Also I could hear everything from outside because there was no sound blockage at all. The common area, especiall the kitchen, was not very clean. I left early and stayed somewhere else.
• Thomas (9/5): Superb - Like being at home. Clean and comfortable bed and room. Air conditioning. Well equipped kitchen. Nice smoking porch. Very nice people.
• Helen (9/5): Superb - We had at a great stay at El Secreto Casa. The tenants are lovely and it has the living of living as a part of community. And Jhon is a great host. The shared bathroom is always clean. The cats are lovely, Zeus is especially such a sweetheart. Chilling at the Patio is comfy. Refrigerator is in a good condition (not like the most hostels). The location is convinient. All in all, the vibe is good! It is a relatively old house, so once it rains heavily one would experien see stuff from it which needed to be paid more attention to.
• Bg18 (10/5): Exceptional -
• Angelo (8/5): Nice place! - Location is great - near lots of shops and restaurants (but quieter street) and next to a park. The house is gorgeous - the host and the art are very inviting! The house isn't accessible if you need to up stairs. I didn't know there would be cats roaming the house. The air conditioner in the room I stayed in leaked as well. My biggest complaint is that the listing didn't state I need to pay in cash - while there is a bank around the corner, it was annoying
• Catherine (7/5): Good -
• Marvin (8/5): Very good -
• Pavan (7/5): A beautiful place for a visit. - Eclectic, artsy looking shared living room space with a very high greenhouse ceiling open to the outside air. The owner is an artist among other things and works on fixing up this living space himself. He is down to earth, approachable, friendly, and passionate so easy to appreciate his effort! The room itself was clean, good a/c, and quiet. The common area, while very pretty, is not very comfortable to sit in due to the seating, bugs, and sometimes raindrops (if it was raining). The kitchen feels a bit tight for space and lighting and is separated from the outside by a tin roof an curtain to the patio. The shared male washroom is quite tight for space. Still a fantastic value to stay here!
• Massimo (8/5): Very good - Big room and amazing location between art and artworks and pictures. Perfect because in the center
• Gaia (10/5): Exceptional - Super friendly stuff, cozy common places, clean bathrooms, great location
• Capelle (6/5): Pleasant -
• Harald (8/5): Very good - It is an old house that has a nice atmosphere with all the art in it. The owner was very helpful with any advice we asked for. It is an old house some of the facilities would need a bit of renovation.
• Bruce (10/5): Exceptional -
• Baciu (10/5): Exceptional -
• Julia (9/5): Unique stay at a central location - Great location, great vibe, lovely artworks, cute cats and super friendly staff My room had no windows and there’s nothing to do in the neighbourhood in the evening
• Mohammad (10/5): Exceptional -
• Brumel (9/5): Superb -
• Elena (8/5): Cosy but cold. - Amazing and beautiful building. Artsy. John was super friendly and helpful with recommendations. A very relaxing, jazzy vibe. Nice hot shower. I dont think we were prepared for how cold it was, there was no heater in the room and its an old building so the nights got very cold even with all the blankets. Also, the mattress on one of our twin beds was at the end of its life and sloped strongly towards the wall so wasnt that comfy. BUT i do think this would be a great hostel in summer.
• Heber (9/5): Superb - La tranquilidad general de la casa.
• Weliton (8/5): Very good - Localization and Staff hygiene
• Pooveneswary (8/5): Good for the value!! - The hotel is very comfy and full of Arles. The owners , couple who are artist presented the house with the arts drawing and sculpture. Friendly and helpful owners. The room comfy and bed is comfortable. The bathroom can have some makeovers, the shower is very poor pressure and needs regular cleaning.
• Branko (10/5): Awesome experience - This was not an accomindation for us, but additional lovely experience to visiting Montevideo. Owners are young artists renovating a culutural heritage house in the old town. You can feel here history melting with their new energy with sesinble artistic approach. They will welcome you as friends in their house and you can feel it is sincere. We had fabulous time together, we will recommend the place to all friends without a doubt and would love to meet them again. Nada

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