With a stay at Hostel Trotamundos in Alajuela (Carmen), you'll be within a 5-minute walk of Central Park and Juan Santamaria Historical Museum. .This hostel is 11.1 mi (17.8 km) from Sabana Park and 13.1 mi (21.2 km) from Poás Volcano National Park.
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
City Mall - 3 min drive - 1.2 miles
Getting around
San Antonio de Belen Station - 18 min drive
Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 8 min drive
Restaurants
La Hendija Sabrosa - 2 min walk
Antojeria Tica - 4 min walk
Cevichera Junior - 2 min walk
Hamburguesas La Corte - 3 min walk
La Casa del Pollo Papi - 3 min walk
About this property
Hostel Trotamundos
Alajuela hostel in Carmen with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
Hostel Trotamundos offers 13 accommodations with safes and shared/communal kitchens. Cable television is provided.
Bathrooms include showers. This Alajuela hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 13 guestrooms. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Take advantage of the hostel's room service. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. A shuttle from the hotel to the airport is complimentary (available on request).
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM.
Room service is available.
Languages
Spanish
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
Offsite parking available (USD 4 per night)
Free airport drop-off shuttle from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM at scheduled times and on request
Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge) during limited hours
Food and drink
Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Family friendly
Laundry facilities
Conveniences
24-hour front desk
Laundry facilities
Lockers
Luggage storage
Shared microwave
Shared refrigerator
Guest services
Concierge services
Dry cleaning/laundry service
Housekeeping (daily)
Tour and ticket assistance
Outdoors
Garden
Terrace
Accessibility
No elevator
More
Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bedsheets provided
Bathroom
Shower
Towels provided
Entertainment
TV with cable channels
Food and drink
Room service
Shared kitchen access
More
Portable fan
Safe
Policies
Check-in
Check-in time starts at noon
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21
Check-out
Check-out before 11:00 AM
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 3 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Property payment types
Important information
Optional extras
Nearby parking fee: USD 4 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
This place is CLOSED yet hotels.com keeps offering it online. I booked through hotels.com as part of my trip and when I got their and the hotel was no longer in operation, and it was a nightmare dealing with hotels.com. They are pushy and it is a mess.
When I started demanding my money back, a pushy person who spoke broken English called to sell me ANOTHER hotel, but refused to give me my money back. I am realizing hotels.com is a racket.
DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED. After I paid and arrived, I tried cancelling with hotels.com and the only thing they wanted to do was find me another place AFTER I tried to get in touch with them for over an hour. As soon as I said "give me my money back right now" a pushy guy from India called me internationally to trying to book me another place. I guess he thought I should pay $.35 a minute to hear him tell me I cannot get my money back because their is no cancellation policy, DESPITE the fact that the place no longer exists (see photo). By this time I was already in a taxi headed somewhere else. Do not book this place. And I am starting to wonder if I will ever use hotels.com again because their customer service is horrible.
I arrived late at night to find the hotel had been closedown down for over a month. Had to wander around the streets with my bags looking for somewhere else to stay. A little scary as a solo female traveler arriving late. Hotels Tonight customer service rep told me it wasn’t their problem.
Sicily
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveler
Jul 31, 2019
Verified traveler
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
8/10 Good
Verified traveler
May 17, 2019
Verified traveler
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
6/10 Okay
Natale
Apr 19, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good place to sleep
Friendly staff, fairly good English, close to airport, old building, clean, comfortable bed, not much to do, front door always locked, no place to really smoke except out on street. Warm, but not hot shower. Comfortable bed, no AC, but there was a fan.
Very nice hostal, large bottom bunks. Nice breakfast
Verified traveler
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveler
Traveled with partner
Mar 11, 2019
Liked: Staff & service
We arrived very late and were concerned we would not get in but we did, thankfully. We woke up the manager but she was not at all grumpy. The room was basic, right above the street. No nightlife but occasional loud cars zooming by. The room was not very clean, but it had a fan and a comfy king size bed but just a bare liightbulb overhead. Bathroom next door did not flush well. Kitchen downstairs and plenty of fruit for breakfast. So...a mixed experience overall.
The place was really rough! Their were not enough towels for us when we arrived. The toilet was not working and the property owner seemed upset when we told her about it. The hot water barely worked and the bed had hair on it. There is no AC. Upon arrival the guy tried to charge me 36 dollars but I had already paid through Expedia and Expedia charged me 40 dollars. The parking is down the street and independently had to pay them 5 dollars for every overnight parking. The pictures look much better than what this place really looks like. I would have paid more and staid elsewhere
Verified traveler
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
6/10 Okay
Kelly
Feb 24, 2019
Disliked: Staff & service
Bare bones
No internet and registration was rather difficult. The woman who appears to run/manage the place was insistent that we did not pay even after showing the confirmation email and booking page from Hotels.com. Our flight was early so we didn't get to have the breakfast but they were setting up for it when we left...so that happens (but I wouldn't count in internet when you're there). It was def bare bones and appeared clean enough.