Hotel Albemarle

We enjoyed our stay at this hotel and would recommend it with a few caveats. PROS: Location was ideal--right on the beach with great views and one block from the town center, which had numerous restaurants, tour offices, a small neighborhood grocery store, bike rentals, wetsuit and snorkel rentals, and a couple of t-shirt/souvenir shops. The hotel has air conditioning and ceiling fans. They had 4 water tank stations throughout the hotel with filtered water where we could refill our water bottles. The pool area is beautiful. The folks at the front desk (Gabby and Daniel) were friendly and helpful. Gabby told us the penguins usually swim in the morning around 9 or 10 in front of the hotel. Sure enough, we were able to get in the water the next morning and had penguins swim by! The beach in front of the hotel rarely had any people on it (end of December). CONS: The bathrooms have a small window at the top that is screen only (no glass), so you can hear everything outside. Every morning, the garbage truck came by playing music. If you are sensitive to noise and want to sleep in, this probably isn't your best pick. If you decide to stay here on Dec 31, know that the town really parties with LOUD music all night until 5:00AM. There were several wifi networks available, but they weren't reliable in our (2) rooms. We had to go to the lobby or the pool for decent connections for e-mail and Whatsapp. There were tiny ants in both of our rooms (not sure if that's a common thing on the Islands).

The hotel is very nice, we had an ocean view room on the first floor. Breakfast is good - they have foils on the food to avoid any kind of mosquitos. Do not book tours from the hotel desk, we found out that you find the same tours at half the price by walking in the plaza and asking any agency.

The staff was very friendly and helpful with recommendations for tours and sight seeing. The hotel is in a perfect location on the beach near restaurants. The breakfast is very good. Would highly recommend this hotel. 5 star rating!!!!!!!

This is a beautiful hotel conveniently located on the beach. The rooms and all the common areas were meticulously kept. We were extremely comfortable during our stay. The breakfast was tasty and I appreciated having freshly brewed coffee (with milk!!) available all day (verses just a bottle of Nescafé). The staff (especially Gabriella) were extremely accommodating and helpful in providing bike rental recommendations. We used the pool and sun terrace in addition to the gorgeous beach right outside. I highly recommended staying here while visiting Puerto Villamil. The one downside was that our room was right next to a soccer court where kids played at night. We could hear them very clearly from our bedroom. We could also hear the loud music from the beach. It didn’t really bother us but it may bother light sleepers.

Sweet boutique hotel right on the white sandy beach- listen to the waves on the sea and feel the breezes thru the window, and the nicest friendliest staff and owner. Good breakfast!

This was a lovely place right on the beach. Gabrielle and Juan Francisco were so helpful. They made our trip a real pleasure. The room was big and we had a view of the ocean. We could walk anywhere we liked for meals. They helped us set up tours or get a taxi if we wanted to go beyond.