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El Alternativo Hostel y Café Cultural is a cafe, located at Cra. 43e #11a-13, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. They can be contacted via phone at +57 4 5898520 for more detailed information.

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Cra. 43e #11a-13, Medellín, Antioquia
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Added by Jopie, at 23 October 2015

Opening Hours

  • Monday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Tuesday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Wednesday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Thursday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Friday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Saturday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Sunday 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM

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11 Reviews

  • Nic Lan
    07 March 2018

    👍the kitchen is very well equipped and there is a nice terrace

    👎🏻 two persons one towel ? A bit weird that you need to pay the second.

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  • Jörn Berkefeld
    14 February 2018

    Really a great hostel - feels like home :) I have been here for 4 nights already and literally everyone in the staff is really friendly, greet you with a warm smile or jokes around with you. They go beyond their duty to help. Thank you, David and all the others, for the good time I am having here!

    The breakfast is freshly prepared for every single guest and you always have 3 options - or you can prepare it yourself. There is always coffee and lots of different types of tea and if you are still hungry you can ask them for more if you are nice to them I'm sure they return the favor.

    I had a private room and enjoyed the good beds and quiet past midnight. Yet, if you want company you can find it on the rooftop before that or in the many restaurants around the hostel.

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  • Erika Gallagher
    02 January 2018

    This was the BEST hostel we stayed at the entire time my friend and I were in Columbia. The front desk guy speaks English very well which is sooooo helpful for us English speakers. He booked us for different tours and was so amazing. The room was nice, clean, and the shower was hot.

    Breakfast was good and you eat on the roof overlooking the street. It's cool.

    We met the best fellow travelers here!

    This is a GREAT place to stay!!

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  • Thomas SEGRETAIN
    29 November 2017

    El Alternativo is nice hostel in the heart of 'El Poblado' (backpacker area) that cares about the environment and its guest. The breakfast is delicious and the staff very helpful. It was nice chilling on the rooftop after visiting Medellín's center.

    It's a short drive away from the South bus station (ideal to reach Salento for instance) and a few minutes walking to metro station Poblado.

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  • Niamh Louise O'Brien
    24 September 2017

    Really nice chilled hostel. Staff were great and helped us with everything we needed. We had a double room with a shared bathroom, but it was right outside our door so felt like a private and was really clean. Lots of places to sit and relax after a day out in medillin. The rooftop bar/kitchen is great and comfy.

    Breakfast was also what made this place excellent for us. It was included in the room and you can choose what you want from 3 options and it's made fresh for you by the lovely staff. Couldn't recommend this place enough.

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  • Robin Langlois
    08 September 2017

    Excellent hostel with an extremely friendly staff! Rooms are clean and causy, and extremely quiet, ideal for a relaxing night.
    The rooftop offers a nice place to chill, and the included breakfast, made out of fresh fruits is ideal to start the day.
    The Poblado district, and the hostel's street in particular, are a very friendly and safe neighbourhood.
    I highly recommend this place for anything backpackers looking for a good hostel in Medellín.

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  • Grafmedellin Guisao GRAF
    25 January 2017

    It is a good place, the people who abend are very friendly and the place is quiet and safe, I recommend it for your holidays

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  • Carina Heeke
    06 January 2017

    Beautiful quiet hostel with nice and clean bathrooms (even hot shower). Excellent location with restaurants and metro close by. Staff was very helpful and friendly. Easy to meet people and chat on the roof terrace. Kitchen open for use.

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  • Leah A
    16 August 2016

    This hostel is amazing in a very chill way. Manila is such a cute barrio! I met some great people here, the staff is excellent & so helpful, it's attached to a cafe with vino/cerveza/coffee, and the rooftop is pretty w/ tons of places to sit. The breakfast is cooked for each person individually - SO nice! Eggs, fruit, juice, toast, coffee, tea. They did their best to upkeep the bathrooms as much as possible. But - why does the second floor get hand soap and the first floor bathrooms do not? This could be easily fixed. My room was absolutely tiny though (4 bunks) & you need a tiny lock - standard sized locks are too big (I hate this - forcing you to buy a new one)

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  • Andrew Harla
    26 March 2016

    Great hostel in a nicer part of Medellin. The owners and every employee were very nice and helpful. This is a great place to meet people with their big and spacious rooftop terrace. This isn't a party hostel, but a good place to meet people to party with if that makes sense. I highly recommend this place. I was in Columbia for 19 days and this was one of my favorite places I stayed. The bathrooms are very clean and have great showers with hot water. Bonus..it has free hot breakfast with eggs, toast, fruit and fresh squeezed juice for the same price as other hostels in the same area with no breakfast.

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  • Matthew Allen
    30 October 2015

    Very Tranquil vibe with super interesting travelers. The owners are a young French couple who treat you like family, definitely not the vibe from the other party hostels around town.

    Amazingly kept, its clean and the beds are brand new!

    Kitchen is fantastic, and with a 3 minute walk to Exito for groceries, It's ideal for the penny-squeezing traveler. Amazing coffee and toast/jam/butter and fruit juice every morning, free.

    I will come back next time I'm in Colombia. One of the best hostel experiences I've had.

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