Azul Cielo Hostel

It was one night stay. Nice private room but overpriced. We paid 1800 pesos for 1 night. No AC so super hot. There was a coffee machine and water in the room but the coffee machine was dirty. Dissapointed from the breakfast. It was 2 slices of bread with cheese and beens ln the top. Cereals with milk and coffe. No any fruit. No any granola. No any eggs or another opcion. So if you do not eat bread or cheese you will stay hungry. They gave me some papaya and melon as there was no 2 option, but it was no enough.

The azul cielo hostel has a super chill vibe. The atmosphere and decorations of the hotel gives you the old colorful mexican experience combined with art from modern local mexican artists. Friendly helpful staff. In the middle garden you are surrounded with a lot of plants and trees which makes you feel you are not in a city. A perfect oasis of rest in the city. located at walking distance of the city center. It also has a chill bar where you can have a drink but it is not for loud late drinking so perfect for those who want to sleep and rest. Each day you get a different breakfast so it is very varied local food.

It's not so fair to say that I didn't like this place, because I did, but we left after 2 nights (though we stayed in Oaxaca for 8 nights). We had a private room on the first (not ground) floor, though for some reason we were not given the suite that I reserved and paid for. We were put off first by the lack of air-conditioning (it was hot in Oaxaca), and the fact that the bathroom window opened to the upstairs public space, but what decided us to move was the neighborhood. We go out every night; we don't cook dinner at the hostel because we prefer to catch the evening action in the zocalo, plus I don't cook on vacation, and the walk from the centro historico to Azul Cielo is not exactly scary, but unpleasant. On the plus side, the people working there are very nice, very helpful; the atmosphere is lovely; the design and decoration of our room were tasteful except for that bathroom window and breakfast varies daily. Apparently not everyone is bothered by the location; while we were there a group of older travellers around our age were staying also, and in rooms without a private bathroom. We moved to a hotel really not much closer to the zocalo in terms of walking distance, (but much closer to the outer edge of the centro historico) which lacked character but had excellent facilities, was cheaper, and in a much more salubrious neighborhood where eating options were much much closer.

Great hostel! Has a nice array of activities to do and curtains on beds mean you can also have time to yourself if you prefer that. Breakfast isn't served until 8:30am which is a bit of a pain but the food is good. Although there is social time with music, it's not a loud hostel and I slept well. Staff very friendly.