Kilometro 42, carretera a litoral. Playa Tunco, 01101 La Libertad, El Salvador
#11 of 21 hotels in La Libertad
Guests' ChoiceBased on 59 hotel reviews
8.5Cleanliness
8.6
Comfort
8.5
Location
9.2
Facilities
8.4
Staff
8.9
Value for money
8.2
Free WiFi
7.5
Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. We are currently testing a weighted review system in Malta and Iceland (excluding hotel and vacation rental chains). For properties in these countries, the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an Accommodation that you booked through our Platform if you stayed there or if you arrived at the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, please contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialise in detecting fake reviews submitted to our Platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone else who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team, so our Fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we would publish every review we receive, whether positive or negative. However, we won’t display any review that includes or refers to (among other things):
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out, and we may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old – or if the Accommodation has a change of ownership.
An Accommodation may choose to reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (what language a review is in, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). If you like, you can sort and/or filter them (by time of year, review score, etc.).
We sometimes show external review scores from other well-known travel websites. We make it clear when we’ve done this.
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly without limiting expression of strong opinions. They are also applicable regardless of the sentiment of the comment.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include 'hate speech', discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, and the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options may be available (by type of traveller, by score, etc.).
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
End of dialog content
Showing 1 – 25
Reviewed: 21 February 2024
Stephanie
CanadaThe location was great. Quick walk to the beach.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 11 February 2024
Alex
United StatesAs may be typical in El Salvador there was no hot water in the shower, though it was pleasant enough.
Location was pretty great and the value was top notch. Very short walk to the beach. I parked my car at the other Papaya hotel in Surf City which no one seemed to have a problem with. Room was pretty spacious.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 24 January 2024
Jeff
United StatesStaff went above and beyond to make my stay an excellent vacation. Papaya’s location and amenities is excellent for surfers looking for a relaxing hotel to stay.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 1 January 2024
Edwin
United StatesThe staff we're not bad, but they're also not great. They did not seem to be happy with their job. It was not exceptional, but it was not, but either. I wish they were a lot more friendlier.
Hotel's location is perfect- 3 min from the beach. Great crowd, and great guests at this hotel. I met so many wonderful people from all over the world. They were all very nice and like-minded. I think the best part of the hotel are the guests.
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 11 October 2023
Tomke
GermanyPrivate rooms are a bit overprised
The staff is really amazing and the location couldn't be better! Wifi was totally fine to work with
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: 31 July 2023
Douglas
United StatesPool
Clean
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 4 March 2023
Victoria
United Kingdomloud at night with bars next door, people chatting outside room at 4am every night. The breakfast was very average but what do you expect free from a hostel. But nothing bad about the hostel.
Perfect location in El tunco, so convenient for surfing, going to the beach and restaurants/ bars. Very sociable. Clean room. The pool area is great in the day to hang round and meet people.
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: 27 February 2023
Natalia
United KingdomIt was all good
The room was spacious with good AC. Very close to the beach and amenities. Communal kitchen was available and it was nice to have a fridge to use. Also great to be able to park the car inside
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 11 February 2023
Juan
United StatesAmazing lodge and chill vibes. Manager David was great host and breakfast was delicious. Def recommend and will b back in a few months ! Gracias Papaya Lodge! Looking forward to my next stay there.
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 7 February 2023
Rosalina
United StatesThere was a bit noisy late at night from the people hanging out downstairs
The breakfast was amazing!
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: 3 February 2023
Kathy
New ZealandIt is a noisy location + more a party hostel Not super great value for money. There are other places in tunco for better value.
Great location Good pool + common areas to socialise
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: 23 January 2023
Daniel
United StatesI didn't find anything disagreeable concerning my stay at Papaya Lodge.
David, Nelson and all of the staff employed by Papaya Lodge are exceptional. The location is fantastic and the Lodge itself is beautiful, clean and lively.
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: 5 January 2023
Mario
El SalvadorWas very good tha breakfast
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: 19 November 2022
René
El Salvadoreverything is so nice I can’t complain good place to stay
very clean place to stay and friendly people
Stayed in November 2022
Reviewed: 4 November 2022
Alexandre
United StatesI love this hotel. Great people and workers. Excellent location
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 30 September 2022
Dara
IrelandThe room was somewhat dated
Good breakfast
Stayed in August 2022
Reviewed: 11 July 2022
Jorge
United StatesPeople live their towels all over the place 😒
Stayed in July 2022
Reviewed: 13 June 2022
Sandra
El Salvadorsecurity and great staff and service
Stayed in June 2022
Reviewed: 18 April 2022
William
United Statesable to book easily online
Stayed in February 2022
Reviewed: 18 October 2021
Jesus
United StatesI don't like that at breakfast we got hairs on our food and we told the waitress and she didn't help us with anything and she didn't take it away.
the staff who checked us in were very friendly
Stayed in October 2021
Reviewed: 27 September 2021
Kathryn
United KingdomThe other people staying there. They were very loud and drunk way into the early morning.
Basic budget hotel in central location. Handy for catching the shuttle to Nicaragua. WiFi works very well — strong enough for Zoom calls in the room.
Stayed in September 2021
Reviewed: 16 December 2022
Tammy
Canadavery loud music until very late. very loud dogs. very dirty room. like a prison. no hooks no hangers bright light no lamp. terrible wifi reception. overpriced for what u get.
secure
Stayed in December 2022
Reviewed: 13 October 2022
Jennifer
United StatesOk
Stayed in October 2022
Reviewed: 17 July 2022
Vanessa
CanadaPictures of the place are so Miss-leading, shows one price on booking.com when you arrive they charge you more. Staff not friendly, ladies serving the breakfast literally look like they hate everyone, place is nothing like the pictures, pool is more like Jacuzzi , place very messy, basic rooms for $90 should expect way better.
I really liked was very close to everything…
Stayed in July 2022
Showing 1 – 25
Booking.com is part of Booking Holdings Inc., the world leader in online travel and related services.
We have more than 70 million property reviews, and they're all from real, verified guests.
1
The only way to leave a review is to first make a booking. That's how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property.
2
When guests stay at the property they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the staff are and more.
3
After their trip, guests tell us about their stay. We check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site.
If you booked through us and want to leave a review, please sign in first.
End of dialog content