Papaya'S Lodge

Location: KM. 42 Carretera Litoras, Playa El Tunco, Tamanique, La Libertad, 1522, Tamanique, SV

Star Rating: 2 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 12:00 PM

Check-out: 12:00 PM

Instructions: This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. If you are planning to arrive after 8 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Amenities & Facilities

• Area shuttle (surcharge)
• Free WiFi
• 24-hour front desk
• Terrace
• Garden
• Luggage storage
• Wheelchair accessible
• ATM/banking
• Snorkeling nearby
• Surfing/bodyboarding nearby
• Scuba diving nearby
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Television in common areas
• Safe-deposit box at front desk
• Smoke-free property
• Tours/ticket assistance
• Area shuttle (surcharge)
• Free self parking
• Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
• Pool sun loungers
• Handrails in hallways
• Handrails in stairways
• Upper floors accessible by stairs only
• Well-lit path to entrance
• Stair-free path to entrance

Rooms Available

• Basic Double Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking

  1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

  Features a private deck/patio

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Entertainment - 32-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels

  Food & Drink - Room service (limited)

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and towels

  Practical - Guidebooks

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Guidebooks or recommendations
  • Deck or patio

• Classic Triple Room, 3 Twin Beds, Non Smoking

  3 Twin Beds

  Features a private deck/patio

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Food & Drink - Room service (limited)

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and towels

  Practical - Guidebooks

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Room service (limited hours)
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Guidebooks or recommendations
  • Deck or patio

Guest Reviews

• Silvia (10/5): -
• Ricardo Coutinho (8/5): -
• Martinez (9/5): Great location. - Hostal súper cómodo. Buena ubicación. Cuenta con piscina.
• Rivas (10/5): -
• Cinthia (9/5): - La ubicacion muy buena y personal muy amable La haitacion era un poco oscura
• Maximiliano (8/5): -
• Janeth (9/5): NUEVA EXPERIENCIA - SERCA DEL LA PLAYA Y MUY BUEN HAMBIENTE QUE NO PUDIMOS EXTENDER LA ESTADÍA
• Jacob (8/5): Great place to stay when visiting El Tuco, definitely recommend - Great location, very close to the beach and close to many restaurants Some of the restaurants/bars can be loud at night
• Smith (10/5): - Muy agradable el hotel, cerca de todo en El Tunco, personal muy amable y la habitación y baño muy limpios.
• Debbie (9/5): Fun in the sun close to the beach! - Breakfast was very good. Appreciated having a choice with the included breakfast. Cold water in the dispenser of filling water bottles was wonderful. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Location was great for walking to the beach. Nothing
• Kevin Estuardo (7/5): Mejor de lo esperado - Buena ubicación y atención Me quedé 2 noches y no hubo servicio de limpieza y extracción de basura entre días
• Benavides A (10/5): -
• Bryan (10/5): -
• Tanja (8/5): - close to the airport, free shuttle, clean and comfortable
• NANCY (10/5): I will definitely come again - It was a little hard to find because there are two hotels named the same but everything was great the breakfast was great I love this place Perfect
• Angela (9/5): - Proximity to everything was perfect. Loud party music from adjacent property from 9pm- 1:15am... hard to sleep.
• Cecilia (9/5): Är jätte nöjd, kan varmt rekommendera - Perfekt läge, super trevlig personal och väldigt gulligt hotell Inget varmvatten i duschen och ibland inget vatten
• Lloyd (10/5): Lovely staff. Great food. Super location. - Lovely staff. Great food. Super location. Perfect spot for El Tunco. Nothing. All great.
• Aimee (8/5): - Central location in town, free decent breakfast, friendly staff and surf lessons through the lodge which was great. There were lots of reviews around noise so we messaged in advance to ask for a quiet room and we didn't have any issues so this wasn't a problem for us. Lots of hammocks to chill in also Nothing really. We didn't actually spend much time at the lodge itself the lounges to sunbathe on were plastic so got super hot but we spent most of the time at the beaches and out and about anyway
• Jeandelize (8/5): Bad costumer service…the personal cut the water smell bad lake septic… no recommend - Noty Nothing
• Saul (8/5): -
• Galdamez (10/5): - Excelente atención de parte del personal.
• Hugo (10/5): - price and convenience. close to everything
• Mona (8/5): -
• Wilder (8/5): -
• Jonathan (8/5): Good place to crash for a night - Needed a room to crash for a night on short notice and this worked well. Comfy bed, basic breakfast, no complaints really.
• Borja (8/5): - La Ubicación y la amabilidad del personal. Un pequeño desperfecto del aire acondicionado que fué resuelto por el personal, y un poco incomodo que a la salida le digan a uno que van a "revisar" la habitación...pienso que lo deberían de hacer sin decirlo al huésped.
• Emerson (10/5): -
• Marcus (5/5): -
• Sander (8/5): -
• Mary Manccini (10/5): - I love this place. The staff is amazing, and the rooms are clean and comfy.
• Maxime (7/5): Good stay in El Tunco - We stayed in a double room with private bathroom. The size of the room was good, and it's located on a great spot, very close to the beach. The hotel provides many places to chill outside, also near the pool. The sheets of the beds are dated and should be replaced in my opinion.
• Larios (10/5): - Nos encantó
• Silvia (8/5): - Närheten till havet. Egen bassäng. Privat parkering. Nackdelen med att vara mitt i smeten är att det kan bli högljudt in på småtimmarna.
• Iris (5/5): -
• Carmen Elena (7/5): -
• María José (7/5): - La cercanía a la playa Habitaciones muy sencillas con respecto al precio.
• philippe (10/5): -
• Javier (10/5): -
• Karim (10/5): - Emplacement superbe proche de la plage. Terrasse et hamac. Possibilité de louer des planches de surf. Petit déjeuner inclus.
• Melvin (10/5): See you next year - The place is very good and the staff are great thanks for everything I like is close to everything
• Giorgio (10/5): -
• Erez (9/5): -
• georgie (6/5): Satisfactory for the price, great location - Otto at reception was super friendly and helpful & gave us great recommendations! The breakfast in the morning is basic, but good it’s free & the location is perfect, right in the heart of town / restaurants etc. The pool is quite small & doesn’t really get sun in the day as it’s quite shaded by trees so that was a bummer. The bedroom/bathroom are basic but all functional and relatively comfy.
• Kelly (9/5): - El lugar es pequeño pero acogedor, el desayuno estaba rico y la atención 10/10, ubicación 10/10
• Carlos (10/5): Great Hotel with Great Staff and Prime Location - Everything was great, the staff was professional, nice and kind. The location was perfect for a weekend party at El Tunco. My family and I, we had a great time and feet comfortable at Papaya Lodge. Our vacation was over too soon 😪
• Wayne (9/5): - Good location, friendly staff Be warned don't expect an early night on Friday or Saturday nights as loud music is played at next door bar till 1am other days no problem
• VIVIANA PAOLA VELÁSQUEZ T (8/5): - La ubicación El baño tenía olor a caño mucho.
• Jordan Salazar (9/5): -
• Juan (10/5): -
• Alex_roy_may (10/5): -
• Thiago (8/5): -
• Thiago (8/5): -
• Luis (8/5): - La atención fue excelente y muy amables en todo momento. En el techo había un ruido, parecían ratones (o similar), tuvimos q darle pequeños golpes en el techo del baño en ciertos momentos, para ya no escucharlo.
• Flashpacker-RR (9/5): - Unser Zimmer war sehr groß und geräumig und hatte eine kleine Veranda davor. Es gibt gute Infos für die Ausflüge und Weiterreise. Die Lage ist super. Es gibt drei Frühstückoptionen.
• Niccolò (8/5): -
• sirley (8/5): -
• rosenberg (10/5): - Great place close to surfing. Friendly staff who were very helpful with booking surf lessons as well as anything else we needed for our stay. They also let us store our things after checking out for the day till we left later in the day which worked out very well and was super helpful for us!
• J (8/5): Oké hotel. - Centraal in surfcity met parkeerplaats en oké ontbijt. Prima voor wat je betaalt. Het zwembad, is eigenlijk een bad. Zwemmen lukt niet zo klein. De disco er naast is luidruchtig ( 1 avond wel, de andere niet). In de linker vleugel heb je daar geen last van denk ik.
• Joanne (10/5): Really warm and welcoming staff :) Great location. - The staff at the front desk were sooooooooo nice and friendly!
• Pedro (9/5): Superb -
• Holly (8/5): Great location, price and stay! Highly recommend - Lovely place to stay, private room was lovely, clean and staff were very helpful. Great location. Would definitely recommend.
• Natanael (6/5): - It was ok
• Shane (10/5): Incredible 😎 - Incredible Location Food Staff and Service. They treat everyone like family. ❤️
• Jose (9/5): Superb -
• Katie (10/5): Exceptional - It's a great place and the location it's excellent. The staff was super friendly and helpful.
• Joshua (9/5): Superb -
• Luz (9/5): Superb - Papaya lodge has an excellent location. Near restaurants, markets, coffee shops, playa El Tunco, everything. Perfect for travelers wanting to have both beach and comfort. Staff was very polite. Breakfast was good. Bunch of surf schools around as well.
• Penny (7/5): Good -
• Yan (10/5): Exceptional -
• Anna (6/5): Pleasant - Location is good, staff is friendly. Strange smell in the bathroom, no warm water, kitchen very poorly equipped. Not a good quality for the amount of money overall.
• Booth (5/5): Wouldn't recommend - The room was very clean and the staff were fantastic very friendly and always somebody about. Breakfast was good and included which is always nice! Aircon is good. Really good central location. Good range of boards to hire at a competitive rate. The communal area is a car park which makes it feel very crowded and the pool not a nice place to relax. The kitchen is far to small for the number of guests. Only one fridge for a lot of people. Always messy and is not well equipt. There's a bar next door which plays music until the early hours of the morning and it is LOUD! Room is very basic one plug socket in the whole room, no hand towel or bath mat and no shelf in the bathroom or shower. The board hire is only between the hours of 7-5 even if you pay for a week you can't get an early or late surf in you have to return and pick up at those times. Overall wouldn't recommend or stay again.
• Chelo (9/5): Superb -
• Yves (4/5): Disappointing - No staff at reception for 2 hours in the evening! Very noisy, next to a bar with loud music. AC not working, no help available.
• Daniel (8/5): Nice place IF you get the right location or you party like Avicii - Friendly staff in the middle of everything. Nice breakfast Oh man you HAVE to be careful not to get the second floor of the side of the Main Street. The bar is called Mojito and it might not show up on google maps but it’s the loudest bar and it’s on the second floor about 5 feet from the windows. You will get the worst sleep known to man. You will feel like you are trying to sleep in the middle of a club in Mexico City. Those rooms have to be the worst of any hotel I’ve stayed at. Thank the hotel gods for another room across the hotel being available. We switched and the next couple of nights were great.
• Shauna (9/5): Would recommend! - Everything was great! Comfortable rooms with aircon, breakfast was nice! Staff were very helpful and the location is very close to the beach There was only one outlet in a triple room.
• Sean (8/5): Perfect 3 day intro to El Tunco - The location was perfect walk to everything. Stores, rentals and restaurants meters away. Great social vibe in lodge. Just a bit on the expensive side but the aircon was worth it.
• Gina (7/5): Good - The bed was very comfortable and good location as it was a 5 minute walk to the beach. The noise from the bars nearby. There was very loud music playing until 2am. It was a Saturday night, I’m unsure if it is like this every night
• Albatal (5/5): Passable - The location is very good It was very load at night that we couldn’t sleep And it was nothing in the bathroom, soap or shampoo
• Karine (10/5): Great Location & Comfortable Stay in El Tunco - Great stay at Papaya Lodge - My private room was clean, comfortable, and had air conditioning and a private bathroom. The staff was friendly and helpful, and the included breakfast was a nice bonus. The pool, second-floor hangout, and hammock area made it a great place to relax. Filtered water and a shared kitchen were also provided, which was a nice touch. The location was excellent for exploring El Tunco. There’s some noise at night from a nearby bar, but it wasn’t too bad. Earplugs could help if you’re sensitive to sound
• Benjamin (10/5): Exceptional -
• Vedran (10/5): Exceptional -
• Bill (8/5): Great - Staff. Location. Parking lot. But that seems to be El Salvador
• Julian (9/5): Superb -
• Joakim (10/5): If you’re traveling alone, STAY HERE - The atmosphere and clientelle is awesome. Staff is helpful, does also speak English. Private room is very nice, with nice bathroom and functioning AC. Location is great. Didn’t like the dorms too much. Also wished they had more surfboards for rent for beginner/intermediate.
• David (8/5): Very good - I love how close to the beach it is and the convenience of being by “downtown” The cost was a bit high for what it actually is but it is conveniently by the beach.
• Manuel (8/5): Very good - Nice Nice
• Cristian Fabricio (8/5): - Personal muy amable, siempre pendiente de todo.
• Jose (10/5): - Great for solo travelers or groups. Super friendly staff, 24 hours security. Good internet.
• Bob (6/5): Pleasant -
• German (10/5): Exceptional -
• Flor (10/5): - Very friendly and pleasant staff. God within the hotel was very delicious. Rooms were clean the only downside was that there was no TV in room. Beautiful plants and overall great service. I would definitely go back to this hotel.
• Eyal (8/5): Very good -
• Edgardo (8/5): - ES UN AMBIENTE FAMILIAR MUY AGRADABLE
• Harold (10/5): - Great property pool area is nice
• Michael (2/5): - This hotel is not reliable or honest. I wrote them an email days before my arrival informing them that we will be arriving at 2am. I arrived at 2am with my family and they said they sold the room to someone else. Funny thing is I had already paid in full and they did not cancel/refund the booking with Expedia; thus, being paid twice for the same room. Out of desperation, I had to sleep in a dorm room with my two kids and 6 strangers since it was 2am and there were no other options. They gave very partial refund that I had not option but to accept in that moment. When I tried to address this with Expedia to get a more complete refund, the property refused. Overall bad experience and when they had the chance to do the right thing for a customer they refused. Expedia has been no help in this situation as they let the hotel decide whether to refund or not. Of course a dishonest hotel would not offer an honest refund and Expedia does not support the customer.
• Nelson (8/5): - Great place to stay 4 mins walking to beach
• Roberto (8/5): - Great location. Small 3 bedrooms with air conditioning. We loved it. Breakfast could be bigger but good enough to give you energy for the morning swim.
• Luis (10/5): - It's very unique
• Federico (9/5): Superb -

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