Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Chile: Hotel Tip



Zero Hotel. Valparaiso, Chile.

Valparaiso is a delightful destination to visit, but in this post I will focus in the hotel that I had the chance of staying while I visit there.

The Zero Hotel is a boutique hotel located in the heart of the old town, which is UNESCO World Heritage, with amazing views for the huge Valparaiso bay. It's in a typical Valparaiso's architectural style mansion in the edge of one of the many hills overlooking the pacific ocean.

The hotel is cozy, well decorated, with a nice atmosphere and full of small little details that make your stay much more pleasant: the free lemonades, home made ice teas, smell of home baked cakes, etc. The lounge and the restaurant are in the lower part of this old mansion where the sundeck and small pool are also located. All of them with great views.

The room's are big while the suites are huge, the toilets are normal size but the amenities are of really good quality. All the rooms have double height ceilings and have a very simple, comfortable and very tasteful decor. There are two views: the street view which is ordinary, and the bay view which is...breathtaking during the day and specially at night.

Breakfast is filled with good quality items and you can order almost anything you want.

Another plus about our stay there was meeting Claudio Toro Martinez, a local man that works at Zero Hotel and helped us with a lot of tips and with the orientation in Valparaiso wchich can sometimes be quite confusing. He also told us that in the hotel garden is commun to see hummingbirds feeding themselves, fact that we couldn't verify in loco but he later sent us the photos backing up his story.

I would rate my stay there with an 8 in 10 and definitly recomend this hotel.

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