Name: Hotel El Principe
Address: Jr. Gustavo Pons Musso 128 Urb. Jorge Chavez - Cal,Jr. Gustavo Pons Musso, Callao, Callao, Callao, LIMA 1, Peru
Rating: 4

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Jorge Chavez International Airport

Hotel El Principe

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Awful place. Hotel was noisy, dirty and felt unsafe, bed sheets already had blood on. If you need emergency accommodation for airport I’d choose with hindsight to sleep on the airport floor. 

As everyone warned complete scam. Flight was cancelled and harassed down by a taxi driver who took me somewhere “better” than where I wanted to go. He tried to tell me taxi ride cost $30 when should he 20SOL maximum. He then walked me into hotel and stood with me not giving me my luggage whole time. Was clearly overcharged for room.

Scam

You should avoid this place. There’s mafia-like scheme between taxi drivers and the hostel. We had already a booked hostel nearby the airport and the taxi driver convinced us so much that the neighborhood were so dangerous that we decided to listen him and accept the “better” option that he had for us. After all we arrived to this excessive prices and nasty conditions hostel. As soon as we arrived there was a couple cancelling payment because the bed had dirt stains and smelt bad. The breakfast is miserable. The best part of this hotel was actually being able to comment here and try to save next travelers money.

Try to avoid it - horrible!!!!

Do NOT go to this hotel. It's creepy. There are no locks on the inside of the door and it's dirty inside. Bathrooms are in poor condition and the sheets are dirty. UGH!! The taxi drivers at the Lima airport are apparently in cahoots with this hotel, as I experienced and so many other reviewers experienced. They will try to get you to leave your other reservations for a "really good hotel close to the airport at a cheaper price." Truth is, they're getting a commission. DON'T GO HERE; THE HOTEL IS SO BAD THAT TAXI DRIVERS DECEIVE YOU AND TAKE YOU HERE TO GET KICKBACKS. Go find something cleaner and more trustworthy!

Do NOT go here

Our taxi man told us our hostel we had booked was in a dangerous area and told us he knew a safe hotel in a better area. It turned out to be just across the road from this dangerous area. He was on commission. We felt obliged to book a night stay but once we were shown our room we noticed it wasn't clean, it was in a dangerous area and we had paid €30 for the night. We asked to cancel our booking but they wouldn't give us a refund. They said because we had been in the hotel 30 minutes we couldn't get a full refund just 50%. But they still wouldn't give us 50% back until the taxi man came back to the hotel. Also do not get a taxi outside the hotel. Walk outside and go left one block and left again. We got a taxi for 35soles to Miraflores which was much nicer for tourists.

Taxi/hotel scam!

Wouldn’t stay here again. There was no inside lock on the door to the room. Also, the sheets and floors weren’t clean and the neighborhood felt unsafe. No complimentary water bottles or other usual niceties.

Needs improvement

The taxi driver brought me there because a friend bailed at the last minute. I expected to go all the way to miraflores and it wouldve costed me 100 sola roundtrip, instead i an paying 40 roundtrip. Im grateful to have this private room and bathroom. And everyone is super nice here. If you arehoping to go out use uber. Its cheapest. Also walking distance theres kfc and pizza hut. My flight is at 8am tomorrow so thank god im near by the airport. I would stay again.  The wifi works good too and the fresh juices are huge for 5 sols and delicious.

Very close to the airport. Great for a next day flight

We stayed here because we had a flight the next day. The concierge is really nice but the place is overpriced and we had a really bad night. Walls are like paper and people talk loud at 3am, not sure if we had a room near the restaurant but there were sounds of plates and cleaning at 4am. It is not worth it, I am sure there are better hotels in the area.

Not nice

Yes, this hotel is vastly over priced, but Callao is a dangerous and nasty neighborhood of Lima. Unless you want to pay for the Holiday Inn or Wyndham, then this isn't a bad choice at all simply because it is safe, close to the airport, and somewhat comfortable. That being said, do *not* take the private taxis from the airport. Walk a little further and ask a normal taxi to take you there. Also, buy food from anywhere but there. They charged me 50 (~ $15) soles for measly chicken and french fries. :| That is utterly despicable in Lima! I lived in Miraflores & even there I could find a menu of soup, ceviche, entree, and juice for 10 soles ($3). They are truly trying to steal from you at the restaurant. Also, do not use their taxis or any taxi from in front of the hotel. Walk left one block (during the day) to the main street and take a taxi, call, or use Uber. If you do those two things then you will have a safe and much more affordable stay very near to the airport.

Safe Albeit Overpriced Callao Hotel

I took the secure taxi at the airport . When I got in the taxi, the driver got confused about my address and told me that the area is dangerous to stay , lots of prostitution there, why I choose that hostal? And he recommend me the other “safe hotel” which close the airport ...I trust him! Then I paid the room and start to google this El principe hotel...just found out lots of people met same situation as mine... I should check first and not trust the driver .... 

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