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About this property
Comfortable Accommodations: Hostal Gardner in Puerto Ayora offers family rooms with private bathrooms, air-conditioning, and tiled floors. Each room includes a work desk, TV, and wardrobe, ensuring a pleasant stay. Essential Facilities: Guests enjoy a sun terrace and free WiFi, perfect for relaxation and connectivity. Additional amenities include a shared kitchen, minimarket, coffee shop, and outdoor seating area. Convenient Services: The hostel provides private check-in and check-out, a paid shuttle service, concierge, and tour desk. Services include bike hire, luggage storage, and full-day security. Local Attractions: Los Alemanes Beach is a 9-minute walk away, while Tortuga Bay lies less than 0.6 mi from the property. Scuba diving opportunities enhance the surrounding area. Seymour Airport is 29 mi distant.
Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.3 for a two-person trip.
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Most popular amenities
- Free Wifi
- Airport shuttle
- Family rooms
- Non-smoking rooms
- Breakfast
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Guests who stayed here loved
- Garth
United States“Believe that I was upgraded from dorm to private room | central location, clean, AirCon, solid WiFi | hot shower, towel, soap | filtered water, functional kitchen (10am-6pm) | paid using PayPal |” - Jan
Canada“Space in every room, comma only one night that a hot shower, let me leave my suitcase while I went on a trip, and super helpful.” - Brian
United States“Nice, comfortable, simple, clean place. Nothing fancy but totally comfortable and good value. Friendly, helpful staff, who also operate a tour desk right next door and can book any Galapagos adventure you want. Nice rooftop deck and decent kitchen...” - Jan
Canada“Close to everything, lovely staff when they were at the desk, but they did always arrive once search for. Knight no hot water. That’s the only thing that wasn’t OK. The top floor area is lovely.” - Naomi
United Kingdom“I stayed in both a private room and dorm room at this property. The private room was large and clean as was the dorm. The location is good - close the ferry port and restaurants. The property felt secure as you were only able to enter with a key...” - K
Switzerland“Walkable distance from port - 4 mins. Centrally located, hostel also helps book ferry tours between islands etc. Brand new, clean. Tour operator right opposite the hostel run by homero is perhaps the cheapest in Santa Cruz” - K
Switzerland“Brian at Hostel Gardner is simply amazing :) I have a knee injury so climbing stairs is tough, so he helped me first by helping to try find a single room and when that was not possible tried to offer me a refund or to give me the possibility of a...” - Mark
Australia“It's everything you need from a hostel :) it's central and close to everything you need or want . The rooms are clean, air-conditioned and quiet at night so you can get to sleep easy for those early morning starts . There is a lovely rooftop...” - Satya
United States“Very smooth check in. Large clean room. Good a/c and hot water, ok internet. Convenient location close to port for tours and inter-island ferries. The young man at the reception Emerson, was very helpful in making tour reservations and arranging...” - Georgina
Australia“It's very close to the ocean and excellent food all around”
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Child policies
Children of all ages are welcome.
Children 4 and above will be charged as adults at this property.
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Crib and extra bed policies
Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.







