Hotels Near CAMPING SER in Bariloche

It is a hotel with a good price-product ratio, efficient, comfortable and with a very good view of the lake.The staff is very friendly, the amenities are adequate and it is also quite quiet, you can hear the wild animals.There is plenty of space to store or park vehicles.

One of the worst hotels I've ever stayed in; and for the last 50 years, I've spent 1/3 of each year in hotels, be it business or pleasure. On the positive side I can only say it is nicely located, close to the lake and the staff, if young and quite inexperienced, is nice. We started in a standard room which was horrible: tiny balcony with no view whatsover, full of paint stains all over the place, moisture in the bathroom, cheap looking and old furniture etc. So we changed to a junior suite. At least there was some view but not only did everything also look very oldish (yes the hotel is called Design Suites, but in the style of the 70s with no upkeep...) but for the first time in my life I saw this suite was ”provided” with: - no aircon (it was in the 30s during our stay - no tissues - no face towel - no shaving mirror - a boiler but no coffee bags (and only 2 tea bags!!) - only 2 electric plugs with international adaptors - 2 armchairs with a torn plastic cover - curtains not closing properly - if 2 robes were provided, both were child size and we were 2 adults - toilet flush not working properly Public area in the building we were staying were filthy: look at the pictures I took from the lift to the room! And to put a very sour cherry on the cake, at breakfast which was included in our tariff, we were charged for boiled eggs and expressos!!! We've stayed in close to 10 hotels in Argentine and this is truly a first time. I truly wonder if the general manager of this place is located 10000 miles away.

I stayed for 3 nights and was very happy with the stay. I had a classic standard room which was large and exactly as per the photos. A very comfortable king bed, and amenities including an in room safe, fridge and flat screen tv although nearly all the channels were in Spanish. There was no tea or coffee in the room but there was always the Mitico bar / lounge on the first floor with incredible views across the lake and a good menu for light snacks and drinks all very reasonably priced. Unfortunately my room wasn’t ready when I arrived until 15:00, but I was given a drinks voucher whilst I waited which was a nice touch. The breakfast was good with all the standard options including scrambled eggs. I didn’t have chance to use the spa but the pool looked nice, again with that incredible view. The hotel is well located with only a 10 minute walk to centre Civico where there is a tourist information centre who were really helpful with good suggestions for day trips and bus information. On my first day I did the circuito Chico which was a 10 km circular route which included climbing up Cerrito Llao Llao at 1080m for great views. On my second day I caught a 55 bus to Cerro Catedral and took the cable car followed by a 30 minute hike to reach the peak with stunning views. The only negative of my stay was that I had a connecting room with a door to the next room, and I could hear my neighbours (who were loud). Reception offered to move me to a non connecting room but they only had a twin so I declined as the king bed in the classic is very nice. Overall I had an excellent stay and would highly recommend.

I got there at check in time. The Receptionist asked me to wait 20 minutes for them to clean my room. 40 minutes later, I’m starting to question whether they forgot about me. Reception reassures me that they haven’t forgotten. 1 hour later, someone hands me a key and tells me it’s upstairs, the last room on the left. My reservation was ”1 room with Large bed”. When I got to the room, there were ”10 small beds”. I go back to reception asking what’s going on and clearly they try to push this back on me explaining how their bunk beds are bigger than standard. O_o I start pulling out photos and descriptions, booking refs and what not clearly showing that I booked a room with a large bed. I even got photos of the large bed from the publications. They say they’ll get the manager. About 30 minutes later, the manager doesn’t have the heart to come out himself and the reception explains that it’s not their booking platform and anyway, there’s no room available. I explain the platform isn’t theirs but it’s their account and their publication and it is therefore their mistake but nothing to be done. So basically they’re the type of people making obscure publications with contradictive descriptions and if you’re not happy with getting something else, well too bad, you already paid and tough luck. Ask any locals and they’ll assure you this isn’t a simple honest mistake. It’s very deliberate but they’ll tell you with a smile that this never happens and it’s not their fault. If they could at least be responsible for their mistakes but no. Please don’t support this kind of behavior, there are better places in Bariloche with better prices. And finally our cards to open the dorm stopped working and we started getting locked out of our room…

So the Check-in was a nightmare because you had to do in over the website with WiFi that wasn’t great The room was big and clean and the bed was comfy The bathroom was a bit run down as was the rest of the room but you could have a nice and hot shower The breakfast was good as we had the “extra“ the lock on my window was broken as well …they did fix it temporarily though Otherwise the hotel is on what I would call the end of the centre of the Main Street and therefore you can walk very nicely to all the shops of Bariloche