Diego De Almagro Calama

“A good center of operations for the exploring kind”

We spent 10 days in the comfortable hotel Diego de Almagro close to downtown. It was our center of operations in order to explore places unknown to us before. The Atacama desert is full of mystery and wonder. It is the driest desert in the world but it also has rivers the come from the mountains or… lisää

We spent 10 days in the comfortable hotel Diego de Almagro close to downtown. It was our center of operations in order to explore places unknown to us before. The Atacama desert is full of mystery and wonder. It is the driest desert in the world but it also has rivers the come from the mountains or surprisingly arise in the middle of nowhere. You will see the largest open pit copper mine in the world, old geo and petroglyphs and even the old tomb where a famous geologist Stanley Hollingsworth decided to lay his ashes. It is a place full of mystery and wonder. We used Juan Ortega a local taxi driver phone 981261445. +55. He knows the area and the places he does not know he is willing to explore. You can tour with him for less than $100 per day which is a great price for a group of two or three people.

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“Just OK if You Cannot Find Something Better”

The receptionist was cold and expressionless and reminded me of an immigration official. We had to labor through her lack of English to get information we needed. She omitted to inform us about the swimming pool nor provided us with a WIFI password. She barely looked up as we checked out. No te… lisää

The receptionist was cold and expressionless and reminded me of an immigration official. We had to labor through her lack of English to get information we needed. She omitted to inform us about the swimming pool nor provided us with a WIFI password. She barely looked up as we checked out. No tea of coffee making was provided in the room. The dark breakfast area resembled a room from Dracula's castle. To add to it, the breakfast staff were dressed in black! We had some problems with the room heating but this was promptly fixed. Not a single soul in this establishment could speak a word of English.

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“Simple”

The hotel has kind of cheap maintained but all working, is ok for few business day, a nice looking donning room but food is quit basic breakfast, definitely dine out. Tourists should look for better places.