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Socia/tel Baños

3.0 star property
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Free WiFi, bed sheets
Exterior
Reception
Business centre
Bar (on property)

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services

Explore the area

Map
Calle 12 de Noviembre y Ambat, Baños de Agua Santa, Tungurahua
  • Church of the Virgin of the Holy Water
    1 min walk
  • Sebastian Acosta Park
    1 min walk
  • Banos Central Market
    2 min walk
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Room options

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Suite

  • 4 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Quadruple Room

  • 2 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Bed in Small Dorm

Bed in Small Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Bed in Large Dorm

Bed in Large Dorm

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

Socia/tel Baños

Adults-only hostel with a 24-hour business center and a restaurant
Along with a restaurant, this hostel has a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, a microwave in a common area, and a refrigerator in a common area.
Socia/tel Baños offers 65 accommodations. This Baños de Agua Santa hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at Socia/tel Baños, you're just a quick walk from Church of the Virgin of the Holy Water. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and a bar.
  • Free WiFi
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Full breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include a 24-hour business center, 2 meeting rooms, and an elevator
  • Onsite recreation includes yoga classes
  • Steps from Church of the Virgin of the Holy Water and Sebastian Acosta Park
Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. A 24-hour business center and 2 meeting rooms are available.

Public spaces have free WiFi. A library, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden are also featured at Socia/tel Baños.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3-star Baños de Agua Santa hostel.

For a fee, guests can enjoy full breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
Socia/tel Baños has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 AM–10:30 AM: USD 4.00 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Yoga classes

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Library

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • Meeting rooms - 2

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • Shared microwave
  • Shared fridge

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 10 AM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), key retrieval

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children younger than 18 are not allowed at this adults-only property. All guests 18 and older are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Ecuador value-added tax (15%). Nonresident travelers who present a valid passport and tourist visa may be eligible for a tax refund. However, nonresident travelers may be exempt from value-added tax (15%) on package bookings.

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately USD 4.00 per person

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
The front desk at this property is open daily from 8 AM - 10 AM.
Guests will receive key retrieval information.

We should mention

  • This is an adults-only property and guests under 18 years old aren't allowed.

Property is also known as

Selina Baños Hostel Banos
Selina Baños Hostel
Selina Banos Banos Agua Santa
Selina Baños Baños de Agua Santa
Selina Baños Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Selina Baños Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Baños de Agua Santa

Socia/tel Baños Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 48 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 32 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 102 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 102 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

EMILIA

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Tienen el lugar muy sucio y abandonado
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

katerine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
selina is awesome
The hotel is great! we love specially the food and service at the rooftop restaurant! Also the location is excellent! we were near to restaurants, church and business!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mariana

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well located. Nice staff, specially for breakfast.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

MARIO, Guayaquil

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Selina was an excellent place to stay! I LOVED IT! The location is great, just next to the main church and park. People in the front desk are all very kind. The room was also spacious and comfortable. I also have to mention that I loved the breakfasts there and the people serving the breakfast were also very polite. Can't wait to be back!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Nalini, Odenton

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Helpful staff and central location.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles, Hollywood

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking is $5 but a little hassle in the process to park the car.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gustavo

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Selina was in a great location. Our stay came with a welcome drink & breakfast which were very good! We decided to have dinner there too with our complementary drink. The food was very good & even reasonably priced for the quality! The view from scenic roof top restaurant topped it all off for a great experience! It is perfect for backpackers & weekend trips. Once checked out they will store your luggage & you are still able to shower & nap in the lobby accommodations. The staff was bilingual, welcoming & helpful!

10/10 Excellent

Majo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Hector, Nuevo Casas Grandes

Travelled with family
Ok
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Well located, good price and quality service. The only thing that I didn’t like was that the room was not as clean as it should. There was trash under the bed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juan

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
Amazing hotel, very clean and the staff is very friendly. Kitchen open for guest to prepare meals. Offered events and city tours.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

steven

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Antonio, Tarpon Springs

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Me cambiaron de habitación, no fue la que reserve, no respetaron la reserva
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Alvin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great location, limited amenities
The hotel is situated in an excellent location. The view from my bed faced the cathedral. Staff was limited in communication. No one shared with us the special activities or food options the hotel offered or what the local establishments offered. The hot water was a hit or miss. I was able to deal with the low pressure but not the cold shower. The bedroom was cold at times. Blankets and Towels were scarce. My friend slipped on the wet floor after a shower. No towel for the floor.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Trista, Mount Low

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, staff are friendly. Good breaky. Hot water availability was questionable

2/10 Terrible

Juan

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Solid selina experience
Great 3 night stay. Joyce was super helpful. Nice room upgrade. Quiet for the nights I stayed.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

kevin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will be requesting my money back from Expedia for this visit for both rooms 207/208 ! No hot water in shower , only scolding hot water in the sink . The 3 rd floor is the party floor and the noise from above and in the hallways was horrible ! The staff was nice due to the horrible conditions . 95 perfect of the customers were 20 to 30 year old hippies which I don’t mind . There was no air conditioning in room so it was hot until approx 3 am and then cold after that !
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Valeria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Lisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Selina Baños, in a few words has become a Party Hotel, at least in the weekends. Let's be real I'm 24 and if I didn't have anything better to do the next day I would be partying too, but that is not always the case when traveling. The biggest mistake by the hotel is not letting us know that on Friday the party goes on until 1 am (at least now with Covid, maybe later in normal times) and after that the whole party moves to the street in front and even to the hallway. The bar on the rooftop is simply enough a functional discotheque and affects the rest of the hotel installations. Another big no for us are the rooms, which are not the cleanest, taking into account that a family room is a lot more expensive than de bunk bed rooms ($163 x 2 nights) we were expecting much more. The cleaning service came knocking at 4pm when we were resting from a busy morning, after the party Friday we understood that maybe most of the clients wake up with a hangover; the beds are all single, pretty hard and you just get a linen and a thin blanket (granted Baños isn't cold but it could be better, again for the price). Again, if I had known that it was such a party place I would have booked another. But the only information was that there was a open bar from 9pm to 10 pm and then they were going away in a Party Bus (this seems reasonable), I think they just expect you to take part of the activities. Another extra for Covid times is that no one seems to wear a face masc, or any other safety measure
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
we came to a Selina hotel because I had heard they were a few steps above the average hostels. Room was clean and space was cute. However the bed broke middle of the night (when we were quite literally just sleeping, no other funny business) and we had to change rooms. The other room had a way less comfortable bed that felt like a rock. We messaged on the Selina help and asked for a refund since the room was an obvious downgrade but they were not helpful. Like other reviews mentioned it was incredibly loud (and flip cup was being played / screaming occurred until 11 pm), and the concierge gave no information when I asked general questions about baños.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Rodrigo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The property looks nice from outside, inside as well, organized and well maintained. The staff is friendly and the check in process is simple and fast. The location is very convenient since it's close to all the restaurants and tour agencies. There's no parking on site but they have an arrangement with a private parking lot for 5 dollars a night, but, since it's not always open you can't take out or leave your car anytime you want, also the 5$ will only get you 8pm to next day, if you want to park any other time in the day (if it's open) it will be 1$ per hour or fraction. Now all that being said let's discuss the rooms. The rooms would be nice if they were clean! I mean you have enough space, a table, a small closet and a full bathroom. But the curtains are so dirty (from being a bit too long and dragging on the floor, the mattress cover is stained beyond belief, the room we got(me and my wife) had a window with a street light (LED lights) RIGHT OUTSIDE! WITH NO BLACKOUT CURTAINS! It was so bad that at 2am the whole window would be bright as if it was 2pm. And last, but not least, the shower curtain, besides being ripped in some parts, HAD MOLD EVERYWHERE!!! I mean black spots all over it, so much we almost wouldn't dare to touch it. I would not recommend staying here, I landed there using my Expedia points but even at almost no cost to me it proved to be a bad experience overall.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
It was ok. For the paid rate there could be better hotels around that even included parking. The bed was waaaay too hard. Coming back to banos i will look for another hotel for the same rate that has parking a Pool for sure.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021