Must-see hotels in Salta & the Andean Northwest

  • Hotel Colonial

    Salta & the Andean Northwest

    If you can handle a few dated color schemes – the milk-chocolate-brown toilets aren't looking so slick these days – this is a reliable and comfortable…

  • Hostería Cachi

    Salta & Jujuy Provinces

    With its hilltop position, this family-friendly hotel, affiliated with Automóvil Club Argentino (ACA), has some of the best views in town, and there are…

  • Munay Hotel

    Salta

    Though it's on a busy, chaotic street (lots of local character, though), we still think this is a worthwhile budget hotel. Rooms are small but well…

  • Hotel Tafí

    Salta & the Andean Northwest

    A reliable if downbeat option with a ski-lodge feel and helpful staff. The medium-sized rooms here are solid without being exciting, and have gleaming…

  • Hostel Apacheta

    Catamarca & La Rioja

    This central hostel is a simple but likable place in a great location, with air-con and room to move. It's clean, but a bit like when you told your…

  • Hostería Municipal

    Catamarca & La Rioja

    This hotel is smack in the heart of Fiambalá and is a hub of tourist activity. Rooms are set in a sprawling structure, built around an unattractive and…

  • Hotel Andalucía

    Salta

    Though this budget hotel has a rather lugubrious lobby area, rooms are much crisper. It's a family-run place that offers spotless, comfortable and modern…

  • Sol Huasi

    Salta

    Centrally located, this is a basic hostel in a cool old house with plenty of lounging space. There are decent bathroom facilities and a relaxed vibe…

  • El Sol

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    In a peaceful location, signposted 800m across the river bridge, this appealing adobe hostel has a variety of quirky dorm rooms with lockers, and decent…

  • El Refugio de Coquene

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    A sprawling lodge built from stone and stucco well situated at the base of the red rocks in Purmamarca. It's overpriced given the level of maintenance,…

  • Amerian Catamarca Park Hotel

    Catamarca & La Rioja

    A tower hotel on the main drag in the center of the action. Rooms have been redone relatively recently with wood floors, comfy beds, wall-mounted flat…

  • Hostería El Palenque

    Salta & Jujuy Provinces

    Welcoming and tidy, this fine choice is family owned and set a few blocks from the center, past the church. It looks closed from the outside, but it’s not…

  • Camping Municipal Carlos Xamena

    Salta

    This place has 400 tent sites and a huge lakelike pool (it takes 10 days to fill). It’s typically loud in summer and on weekends. To get here take bus 3B…

  • Lo de Peñalba

    Cafayate

    Right on Cafayate's plaza, this is a welcoming spot behind a tour agency. It offers simple but comfortable en suite rooms around a pretty patio, and dorm…

  • Hostal Casa de Barro

    Jujuy

    This faux-dobe with the tiled roof lures you in with a cute tiled foyer and arched staircase, which lead up to a wood-floor lobby decked out with vintage…

  • La Posta

    Salta

    This simple guesthouse makes for a decent budget choice. It's a funky courtyard complex with a handful of tiled rooms, and was a popular place at the time…

  • Howard Johnson Plaza Jujuy

    Jujuy

    This chain hotel is set in a borderline-ugly building and feels a bit impersonal, but makes up for it with excellent facilities, including a sizable pool,…

  • Cabañas Luna y Sol

    Cafayate

    A solid option for families and couples, these decent apartments come with kitchenettes and living areas; the larger ones are duplexes, with two sleeping…

  • Puna Hostel

    Catamarca & La Rioja

    It's a cheap sleep at this simple central hostel, but they sardine 'em into the fan-cooled dorms, with not much room to move between bunks. It's stuffy on…

  • Club Hostel

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    Club Hostel has comfortable 10-bed dorms with stone floors and walls, set around a cool common area, pretty garden and fully equipped kitchen. The double…

  • Umbral De La Luna

    Catamarca & La Rioja

    Located at the southern entrance to Fiambalá, these simple cabañas offer full kitchens, two bedrooms (they sleep up to four comfortably), satellite TV and…

  • Altos del Balcarce

    Salta

    A charming posada-like tower near (but not too near) Salta's party district. Rooms are simple and bright, with tiled floors and colorful bedding sourced…

  • Camping Sindicato Luz y Fuerza

    Cafayate

    Very handy for town, this campground gets busy and its sandy pitches don't offer much shade. Facilities are good, though, and a lively social atmosphere…

  • El Portal de los Andes

    Salta & Jujuy Provinces

    This likable little setup is in a pretty building on the Salta side of the river. Rooms are spotless, with comfortable beds. The interesting boss is…

  • Hotel Plaza

    Cafayate

    A terrific-value option that rambles around two courtyards; one has a pool. Rooms have ceramic tile floors, wall-mounted flat-screen TVs, floating…

  • Posada de las Nubes

    Salta

    A simple yet quite cute option steps from Plaza Güemes, this boutique inn has just eight rooms scattered around a courtyard, all with high ceilings. It's…

  • Los Cardones de Molinos

    Salta & Jujuy Provinces

    This is a doable, affordable sleeping choice. Rooms have cactus furniture, and the family who runs the place offer access to their kitchen and laundry…

  • Hotel Pucara

    Catamarca & La Rioja

    Cool and tranquil, this modern hotel isn't centrally located and was under a retrofit when we last visited, but it's frequently full and worth considering…

  • Hotel Alvear Jujuy

    Jujuy

    An aging three-star spot, blessed with views of the hills above town. Rooms have wood furnishings and crown moldings, plush carpeting, cable TV and rather…

  • Los Sauces

    Cafayate

    A newer hotel with floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby, a pool in the garden, and ceramic-tiled floors in rooms that feature local handicrafts. Rooms…

  • Pumahuasi

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    An arced ranch-style hotel with sponge-painted rooms outfitted with terra-cotta-tiled floors, vaulted bamboo ceilings, ceiling fans and cable TV. It's a…

  • Hostal La Soñada

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    Just across Humahuaca's train tracks, here the eight rooms are decent and surround a pretty courtyard. Breakfast is served in the attractive common area,…

  • Hotel Solano

    Salta & the Andean Northwest

    Hotel Solano's rooms don't quite live up to the promise of the attractive lobby and lounge area, but are clean and spacious, with decent bathrooms. It's…

  • Hostal Pueblo Indio

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    Hostal Pueblo Indio has cute rooms that offer a simple modern look with wood floors, tiled baths, beamed ceilings and queen beds. Rooms are a bit cramped…

  • Hostal Benjamin

    Cafayate

    A basic, bland budget spot. Some rooms come with air-con, and shared bathrooms are clean. There's a common kitchen, and a second-story lounge where you…

  • Camping Municipal

    Salta & Jujuy Provinces

    On a hill southwest of Cachi's plaza are grassy, tree-shaded campsites, some hedge-bordered and with barbecues. The municipal pool is here, along with a…

  • Camping Los Sauzales

    Salta & the Andean Northwest

    Run-down but pleasant, grassy campsites are available about 750m west of Tafí del Valle's plaza. This complex also offers simple cabins and bungalows (US…

  • Hospedaje El Cardón

    Salta & Jujuy Provinces

    A decent budget choice, with grapevines rambling up the eaves. Rooms are basic but a bargain. It’s 50m to your right if you’re standing facing the village…

  • Hostal Ñusta

    Cafayate

    A central guesthouse with cramped, fan-cooled budget rooms and larger superiors with air-con. The good vibe makes it just a bit more than the sum of its…

  • Albahaca Hostel

    Quebrada de Humahuaca

    Albahaca is simple but well priced and friendly, with decent dorms, comfortable private rooms and a sociable roof terrace. A place to make friends.