Hostal Las Fresas

What People are saying

Good for overnight layover.

Steven L on 08/05/2017 16:09

Hey, don't go to this place expecting a high-end boutique hotel! I paid $24 for a private room with a small bathroom with "breakfast" included. My expectations weren't high. I've lived in China, Thailand, and now live in Arequipa. We've travelled a lot and stayed in many different types of places. I was heading back to Arequipa and just needed a place by the airport to sleep over until my flight the next day. That's the only reason you would stay here.

The room was tiny but spotless. The bed was a little hard but I slept like a rock. Pillows are never great in these places and this was no exception. I didn't lose any sleep over it. (is that a pun?) The shower was strong and hot. The wifi was not great but it worked well enough to Skype and do basic stuff. Wifi pretty much sucks everywhere I've lived and travelled in Peru! Breakfast consisted of a fried egg with copious amounts of fresh buns. Coffee was instant as it usually is in these kinds of places.

Taxi from airport was 40 soles (about $12) with Taxi365, which you run into before you even exit into the arrivals area. Taxi back the next day from hostal was 20 soles. No problem with either one except it was a little difficult to find the hostal at 10:30pm. The driver finally just phoned the place to get them to come out so we could see which door it was.

I thought it was fine for $24 and only 5 minutes from the airport. It's strictly an overnight location. If you want something better and want to check out Lima, head to the city.

near the airport and run by good people

Sanchez544333 on 18/11/2016 22:48

My Las Fresas experience started with an awful "official" taxi driver outside of the airport picking me up and going on about how dangerous this hostal is and that he can take me to a better one: The Principle. I kept saying "no gracias," but the driver just kept going on and on about The Principle and how dangerous it would be to stay at Las Fresas. The driver even went so far as to actually drive to The Principle against my wishes where again I had to firmly say "Please take me to Las Fresas."

If you're thinking that's a one-time fluke, other previous reviews show this has been going on for years. Also, a second time I had to make a cab ride from the airport, again I was being pitched another hotel by a cab driver after telling him I already have a reservation elsewhere. This is not normal and the Lima airport should put a stop to this, but it apparently does nothing.

About Las Fresas itself, the people who run it seem like genuinely kind and good-willed people. While the Callao neighborhood itself is not somewhere you may want to be in the middle of the night alone, once I was at the hostel itself, I never felt unsafe. Given the other limited options of secure accommodations near the airport, this is a good choice if you have a layover and you just need to spend a night somewhere. My room was clean. It had a really good cable or satelite system that had a lot of premium channels (and on some channels, you could adjust the audio from spanish into english). My room had its own bathroom. The hot water was never really hot, but adequately warm. The wifi was free and worked great. The downside is that this hostel is more for practical purposes only, as there are not many touristy activities around. There are several pharmacies within walking distance as well as a market and lots of little corner stores.

Overall, very glad I chose this hostel over the one I was about to get scammed into. I think Las Fresas should get in contact with the airport management so that this practice from the taxi drivers can be punished.

Near to Lima Airport, very convenient

Dominik125 on 29/10/2016 00:45

If you are looking for an overnight stay near the airport in Lima, this is the place to stay. Quiet, clean and very economic.

It is five minutes by taxi and the the hotel offers a range of rooms with or without private bathrooms.

Não recomendo

Leandro P on 03/10/2016 03:49

spent a day in this hostel tidy but poorly located, very expensive to have cold shower and the hostel does not have at least map for guests, I do not recommend, recommend staying closer to the airport which has several hostels

Wet

Edp3179 on 01/08/2016 18:52

We arrived at the hostel at around midnight after five of us packed into our "transportation," which was a small sedan not big enough for more than three people. My wife sat on my lap with her head tilted to the side so that we could all fit in this car, arranged by the hostel to wait for us. Those without people in their laps had luggage instead.
This, however, wasn't the beginning of our issues with these folks. Months before the trip, my wife had alerted the hostel that five travelers would be arriving in Lima. Two days before flying, we sent them an email saying we'd each have a checked bag and a carry-on. We were quoted a price of $45 American dollars for the transportation required to accommodate this number of people and bags.
When we arrived at the airport and found the guy with the sign adorning my wife's name, he barely understood a word of English, and stated (to one of our fellow travelers who could speak Spanish) that he didn't have enough room for the $55 transportation costs...Wait, what? That's right. The woman from the hostel that we got on the phone with after finding out our transportation wouldn't work said she told us it was $55 (we have emails with the original quote in them), but that we'd have to pay $90 American dollars because this guy would have to drive twice from the airport to get us all there.
Because we were tired and in no mood to deal with any of this, we all walked to the car and smooshed ourselves in it and bit our cheeks when we paid the $55 to the front desk.
Before I get into the details about the place, I must warn you that although the hostel is very close to the neighborhood, it is located in an area I wouldn't walk through by myself if I were armed (I'm a 37-year-old man).
So the rooms were cozy and humid beyond description. Climbing into the bed, I couldn't tell if the sheets were washed and not properly dried or if the level of humidity in the air attributed to the wetness I felt. Either way, I didn't remove my clothes and slept on top of the blanket. They also put my friends (a married couple) in a room with two small beds instead of the one large bedroom they had booked.
In the morning, when the same exact car came to get us and cram us in, my wife slipped on the way out the front door and damn near busted her @$$. This was 8 days ago, and she's still complaining of a "burning hip." The walkway from the front door is made of rubber, and with all the humidity in the air and condensation, was basically a sheet of ice. My wife didn't get so much as an apology or any help from the woman who checked us in/out, and instead gave me a cringe when I turned around to look at her after picking my wife up off the sidewalk.
To be honest, I'd never return to this place again. On top of their shady business practices, their rooms are tiny, damp, and their shuttling service was nothing short of hazardous in a place where people drive like aggressive teenagers. In spite of the fact that they tried to decorate the place to look nice in spite of its shady surroundings, the way they conduct themselves is little shy of criminal. Never again!