Bla Guest House

4.0

Good(1,181 Reviews)

Hostel in El Calafate

Reasons to book

Free cancellationFull refund if you change your mind

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi, TV and more

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About this hostel

Set against an impressive Patagonian Mountain backdrop, Bla Guesthouse is a quaint guest house in downtown El Calafate.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Map of El Calafate

Nearby attractions

Intendencia Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

0.5 mi

Mirador Lago Argentino

1.8 mi

Estancia Cristina

0.3 mi

Centro de Interpretación Histórica de Calafate

0.4 mi

Available Rooms

1 Double • 129 ft²

Sleeps 2

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2 Single • 269 ft²

Sleeps 2

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1 Double • 269 ft²

Sleeps 3

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1 Bunk • 322 ft²

Sleeps 1

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1 Double • 107 ft²

Sleeps 2

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Bla Guest House

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4.0

Good(1,181 Reviews)

Hostel in El Calafate

Reasons to book

Free cancellationFull refund if you change your mind

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Internet / Wifi, TV and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hostel

Set against an impressive Patagonian Mountain backdrop, Bla Guesthouse is a quaint guest house in downtown El Calafate.

Amenities

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Map of El Calafate

Nearby attractions

Intendencia Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

0.5 mi

Mirador Lago Argentino

1.8 mi

Estancia Cristina

0.3 mi

Centro de Interpretación Histórica de Calafate

0.4 mi

Available Rooms

1 Double • 129 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

2 Single • 269 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

1 Double • 269 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

1 Bunk • 322 ft²

Sleeps 1

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

1 Double • 107 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

4.0

Good(1,181 Reviews)

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4.0

May 2024

Super recomendado volvería sin pensarlo

Todo estuvo perfecto. Hasta con desayuno que para los tours de todo el día se agradecía. Habitaciones muy cómodas. Calefacción y agua caliente sin problema.

Todo estuvo muy bien

4.0

May 2024

Good hostel

Nice hostel in good location, well-equipped kitchen and good breakfast

- Our stay at the hostel turned out more expensive than we anticipated as we paid in Argentina Pesos and the hostel charged us an exchange rate of 200 Pesos per USD which is in between the official exchange rate of 160 and the Blue dollar exchange rate. Would have been nice to have this information upfront as we planned less Cash for our stay. - Really thin bed sheets

4.0

Jan 2024

You can find better and cheaper

The guy at the reception is extremely friendly and he was super helpful in arranging things for us and provided good advices.

It looks like the hostel was very good some years ago but now it lost its charm. The building is very old and not well maintained. The walls of the private rooms upstairs are very thin and you can hear the people talking in the next room like they are in yours. When taking a shower the water completely stopped working (not only hot water, but literally no more water coming out) and the girl at the reception said she was aware of the problem but there was nothing she could do about it as it happens when multiple people are using the showers. I had to wait 30 min before being able to rinse the shampoo from my hair. Finally the kitchen is not really well equipped. You don’t have any oil to cook with and it misses other basic stuff.

4.0

Jan 2024

It was an amazing hostel and I am so happy I stayed there!

the personnel was lovely! The owners of the hostel are so kind and they help you with everything, they are also very patient! One of them even brought me to get souvenirs for my parents in their car because I did not know where to go! They were so helpful and nice!

The wifi connection could be a bit better. In the room it was great but in the reception it did not always work.

4.0

Apr 2023

Great!

Well maintained hostel that feels like home. Staff at the reception was super helpful. They gave me great advise on how to spend my 2 days and see the most important things while also saving a lot of money. Thank you very much :)

Lockers in rooms where you can put your things would be helpful.

4.0

Apr 2023

Horrible and a scam

Location

FRAUD WARNING BLA! HOSTEL EL CALAFATE I want to warn everbody who is heading to El Calafate for the Bla! Hostel/Guesthouse. Do not book it. They advertise whith prices at booking but once you pay at the hostel they charge you 30 percent more than the agreed priced on booking. When I found out, they came up with false excuses. The rate they use is just not right, they use an unofficial and illegal rate. If you read the reviews you will see that this is their modus operandi. They are ripping of their (mostly European) clients and therefore they are frauds. Besides ripping off their clients this is unfair competition for the other hostels and hotels in El Calafate who use the proper and official rate. I want to strongly advise everybody who goes to El Calafate to not go to the Bla! Hostel/Guesthouse/Lodge. Once you are there you will pay a very high price for a very poor quality hostel. By far the worst hostel I’ve ever been to. Very small rooms. Dirty. A heater that can’t be turned of. Very rude staff and most of all a horrible owner. Do not go here.

4.0

Mar 2023

good

very close to city center, everything in walking distance friendly staff, if you want they help you to book different tours to the glaciers breakfast includes eggs, juice, tea, coffee, milk, fruit salad, hot chocolate, cream cheese, jam and bread - all very good

we booked a room with a private bathroom, but unfortuantely the shower didn‘t work in our room so we had to use the shared bathroom and that‘s not what we have paid for we just got one time eggs for breakfast, the other days they told us that they have to buy eggs

4.0

Mar 2023

Great location, clean, good breakfast - would recommend

great location just minutes off the main restaurant & shopping road. Also walkable from the bus terminal (ca20 min). Good breakfast and generally friendly staff. Cute and clean kitchen, which can be used by guests.

Beds were quite uncomfortable but ok for the two nights we stayed. If you pay your stay cash in pesos, please make sure to double check the exchange rate first, as unlike other places we stayed, they are NOT using the official exchange rate for cash payment but they set one themselves, which makes the room a bit more expensive. They make you aware of this in a message, which however is in spanish only- so I missed this info and overpayed vs credit card payment (which they do recommend) :-(

4.0

Mar 2023

Very good

The receptionist was really nice, kind and friendly. The facilities are bit old, but kept clean!

4.0

Mar 2023

cozy stay with great hosts

location, 2 blocks from main strip with shops and food. staff went above and beyond with their kindness and advice. kitchen was great

toilet was not functioning properly

4.0

Jan 2023

Great value for money

- Very friendly and helpful staff. - Small breakfast was included in the price. - Location was very convenient. - Water didn't work at first, but was immediately fixed. - Most reliable Wifi during my trip through Patagonia

4.0

Dec 2022

perfect little hostel to explore El Calafate.

We LOVED this hostel. It was clean, tidy and the staff were SO friendly and helpful. Breakfast in the morning was good, fruit, eggs, and pastries! Tea and coffee😃 location brilliant, short walk to town centre

Kitchen didn’t have a lot of utensils and crockery etc! But we were still able to cook basics!

4.0

Dec 2022

Superb

Great. Friendly and helpful staff.

The water was a bit unreliable.

4.0

Nov 2022

Cozy place, value for money

Helpful staff, cozy room, convenient location, very good breakfast.

Everything fine.

4.0

Oct 2022

Good location

The location was good not far from the main hikes good restaurants close by.

The bed was very low down was uncomfortable. The kitchen was good but we found some of the plates were very sticky wasn't washed properly. Also the breakfast wasn't great.

4.0

Oct 2022

good value for money, but please work on the noise level

good location and breakfast is ok

very noisy - one night there was even music from the reception playing all night. The beds were very uncomfortable and unsolid.

4.0

Oct 2022

Amazing staff, Amazing stay!

The really cool staff! The location is very central, thank you guys you made my stay at the guesthouse unforgettable ❤ and a mention to Omero the lovely dog :)

4.0

Oct 2022

The chronicles of BLA! and BAFT!

We really liked paying 205ARS to the dollar rather than the official rate of ~150ARS.... LOL beware of this, they don't tell you until check-in!!

Extremely unwilling to compromise regarding tour changes - were made to pay full price 18000ARS for the tour we couldn't go on!!!

4.0

Oct 2022

Good

The location is good, very close to the city center! Some of the staff were really great and helped us plan ahead

The value/price ratio isn't very good. The place is very minimal and if that's what you need it might be a good fit.

4.0

Oct 2022

Great place, helpful staff and great location.

Great staff, Valeria is so guest- oriented. They have good internet and a very well equiped kitchen..plus home made cookies and cake all days!

4.0

Oct 2022

Would not stay here again and do not recommend!

The location was walking distance to the village center and a supermarket.

We booked this accommodation through booking.com where it showed the price would be around $70 dollars for 2 nights. When we got to the accommodation they gave us a price that was nearly double what was shown in booking.com apparently this is due the “blue dollar rate” where 1 dollar equals double the amount in Argentinian dollars. Instead of using a normal rate, they ask for double the rate (being the blue dollar rate) this is not mentioned anywhere, so be AWARE! Promises were not kept, breakfast was supposed to be ready at 7am (we had an early tour so we were downstairs for breakfast at 7:00 sharp) the employee that was responsible for this didn't show up until 7:10am and didn't have breakfast ready until 7:30am exactly when we were picked up for our tour, i.e. we didn't have breakfast (which we did pay for). The last day of our stay we again told them that we would need breakfast to be ready at 7:00 AM and again the same employee arrived late (at 7:00AM) which again meant we were unable to enjoy breakfast. Our heating did not work (it was always turned on to the maximum which turned the room into a sauna). After we asked them to fix it the handyman just turned it off instead of fixing it and told us it should be working. After this the room temperature went near to 0 as the whole building is not insulated. The shower did not produce warm water which made it impossible to shower. The last thing that ruined our stay and nearly made us miss our bus, was that we asked one of the employees a day before we were supposed to leave to book us a taxi for 7:30 AM the next day. We believed that this was arranged as he ascertained us it was “easy peasy”. The next day at 7:30 am there was no cab and at 7:35 still no cab. We had to make a quick last minute booking ourselves to get to the bus station in time… all in all the employees are not meticulous, forgetful and don't keep their promises. I would not recommend staying here.

4.0

Oct 2022

Great stay with everything you need!

The staff were super helpful, good breakfast with delicious baked goods, tour options provided, room was clean, warm and comfortable, location was 2 blocks from the commercial street and a 20min walk from the bus terminal.

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4.0

Oct 2022

Perfect stay and exceeded my expectations!!!

the staffs are super friendly, kind and helpful. They have been treating me like a family member. I was so happy and lucky to decide to stay here. I even went to stay twice during my travel in El Calafate. Highly recommended!!!

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4.0

May 2022

very nice

The manager is amazing. She's very friendly and helpful and has a really good energy. The hostel is two or three blocks away from the main street. The room was cozy and warm and the wifi is pretty good.

4.0

Apr 2022

Very good

Emplacement très proche du centre

FAQs

How much does this hostel cost compared to others in El Calafate?

The average price for a rental in El Calafate is R 974 per night. This rental is R 5 less expensive than the average.

Is parking included with this hostel?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Bla Guest House. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hostel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hostel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is Bla Guest House pet friendly?

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What amenities are available at Bla Guest House?

We found 3 amenities for this rental. This includes kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, and tv.

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Hostel in El Calafate

Reasons to book

About this hostel

Amenities

Map of El Calafate

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hostel cost compared to others in El Calafate?

Is parking included with this hostel?

Is there a pool at this hostel?

Is Bla Guest House pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Bla Guest House?

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