Name: Hostal Chalupa
Address: 2 Avenida Coba Sur Local, Tulum, Tulum, Tulum, 77780, Mexico
Rating: 8

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Tulum International Airport

Xel-Ha Water Park

Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport

Coba Ruins

Xcaret Eco Theme Park

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First, I need to preface this review with the fact that our family is a "stress test" for everywhere we go. We have 3 younger, extremely spirited boys (nicknamed The Wolverine Monkeys), and we basically booked the whole hostel for 2 weeks to use as a home base with friends and family who met us in Tulum. 

This is the best hostel I've ever stayed in and I travel the world for a living. The accommodations are clean, super cool in style (Lucha Libre, Frida and Tattoo themes!), with every amenity you need. 

Clean comfy beds, fluffy towels, good showers, a pool for cooling off, great free breakfast in the mornings and the cheapest bike rentals in town. The hostel is small with only two private double rooms and three bunk rooms, which makes it cozy and helps avoid the party atmosphere of some hostels I have stayed in. 

The kitchen is well stocked with basics and is vegetarian only. There is a grill up on the great rooftop lounge for carne y pescado. We're not vegetarian, but we really didn't miss cooking meat, at all. When we craved meat, we went on "taco walks" (the torta/taco stand in the AKI Supermercado parking lot is fantastic and CHEAP!). We had a great BBQ on the roof one night!

Alcohol is not allowed to be stored in the kitchen, which is another great feature that prevents a party atmosphere. We kept a cooler in our private room and the staff provided us with ice to keep it cool. 

The hostel is at the Coba/Tulum crossroad which makes access to two supermarkets, the beaches, cenotes (Gran Cenote was our favorite, an easy bike ride away at 3km) and the Tulum main drag, super easy. 

All of that is enough to make for a perfect place to stay, but the real magic of this place is the amazing staff. Javi and Don Fermi and his family are just beautifully kind and patient and could not have been more helpful. Fantastic suggestions for day trips, advice for avoid the seaweed scourge (FYI, cenotes are the new beaches!! Amazing clear water swimming/snorkeling with turtles, fish, bats, owls and all UNDERGROUND!!!) and genuine caring and assistance. They simply made every problem we had while here disappear. Our vacation was a beautiful success, primarily due to their patience and assistance. 

Don Fermi also runs the car rental service next door and has the best prices and services in town. 

We just passed Hostal Chalupa in the ADO bus to head for the airport and everyone groaned in sadness. We already miss it, and everyone who works there. 

We will be back. We loved Hostal Chalupa.

A perfect homebase for exploring the region!

Very Chilled hostel. Family run. Everything is kept clean and tidy. There's a decent kitchen but bear in mind that it's a vegetarian only kitchen. Dorms are really spacious with bathrooms. The bunks are extra wide with decent mattresses and there are lockers in the dorms. Nice pool and roof terrace to mix with other travellers. The only bad thing was no lock on bathroom door.

Chilled

Pros: 
- Right off of Carr Cancun - Tulum, which is full of shops and restaurants..lots of options and things to do at night 
- Owner was very friendly and had some great suggestions for a tattoo place and even invited us to a private BBQ 
- Free parking nearby for our rental - Pretty quiet, for us a pro 
Cons: 
- Place could use a good cleaning, bathrooms were dirty, room was damp and smelled a bit 
- Lack of facilities.. no breakfast, washer/dryer.. just a pool that no one was using

Pros & Cons

There's nothing particularly good or bad about this place, it just kind of coasts into the 'ok' category. 
Good points: the room was spacious, had 2 double beds and the pressure of the shower was good.
Bad points: the water supply to the taps and toilet didn't work at all for a couple of hours every morning, the pool was just a stagnant pond which I think played a big factor in the mosquito problem that we had!
The location is ok if you don't mind a bit of a walk into the town for food etc. 
Bonus: you get discounted bike rental from a shop across the road so can easily cycle to the ruins and Grand Cenote which are both worth a visit. 

It was ok

Stayed in a private twin room. It's described as new, but the hostel and room felt pretty run-down, with no charm. The location is convenient to the beach but on the edge of town. The room was a bit stuffy, poorly lit, and the a/c was weak. The staff spoke little to no English. Breakfast was very basic - some bananas, cornflakes, and bread with jam. We like stying in hostels to meet other travelers. But the place was half empty (during peak season) and people seemed to mostly keep to themselves.

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