Pirwa Hostel Titicaca Puno
Husband and wife team Jenny and Carlos are waiting to welcome you to Pirwa Hostel in Puno at Lake Titicaca! Pirwa Hostel in Puno is located only a couple blocks from Puno's Plaza de Armas (the city's Main Square). Our budget hostel is located near Calle Independencia Lima, so you'll be just a five minute walk from quality restaurants, cafés, ATMs, and artisanal handicraft markets.
This small and cozy backpacker hostel offers private rooms and dorm-style accommodations, all opening to the patio and coming complete with comfortable beds, heating, access to hot water 24hrs a day. Breakfast is included, although there's also a self-catering kitchen that you´re free to use at any time if you'd like to experiment with local ingredients from the market or just save a little money by preparing your own meals. You can relax out in the patio reading a book from the exchange, or perhaps mingle with other travelers sampling drinks at the bar. If you feel like just staying in bed you can rent DVDs to watch in the rooms.
In reception you'll find maps and information to help guide you through the city. There's also an in-house travel desk where you can book tours, transport, or get detailed answers to your travel questions. Once you're ready to head out into Puno and explore, you'll find that Lake Titicaca harbor is only a 15 minute walk away. Make sure to visit the Lake's most famous attraction, the floating islands of the Uros, constructed of floating tortora reeds by the Aymara-speaking Uros tribe, one of America's oldest cultures.
In Puno you can also visit the Sillustani Burial Towers, or Chullpas, which date back to the Colla but were also used by the Inca after this area was annexed to the Inca Empire. You can learn more about the area's history at the Carlos Dreyer Municipal Museum, which houses pre-Columbian and colonial artifacts including gold and silver, pottery, textiles, and mummies from the Sillustani Chullpas. Located between the shores of Lake Titicaca and circled by mountains, Puno covers a short distance of flatland before climbing up the foothills. In its main square you'll find several colonial churches of interest.
If you're looking to explore the diversity of the world's highest navigable lake, you don't need to look any further than our hostel in Puno for cheap budget accommodation let our friendly and helpful staff make you feel at home!
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| Private Double Ensuite One bed for two people with private bathroom |
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S./76.00 - (Aprox. $28.00)
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| Private Single Ensuite One bed for one person with private bathroom |
Rates X Room
S./60.00 - (Aprox. $22.00)
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| Private Twin Ensuite Two beds with private bathroom |
Rates X Room
S./76.00 - (Aprox. $28.00)
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| Private Triple Ensuite Three beds with private bathroom |
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S./103.50 - (Aprox. $38.00)
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| Dorm x 4 Beds Ensuite A room for 4 people with private bathroom |
Rates X Person
S./30.00 - (Aprox. $11.00)
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Our services:
- Pick-up Service*
- FREE Continental Breakfast
- FREE Luggage Storage
- FREE internet access +
- FREE Towels
- FREE Bed Linens
- 24hr Reception
- In-House Travel Desk
- Security Lockers Available
- Cable TV and DVD
- Patio
- 24hr Self-Catering Kitchen
- 24hr Hot Showers
- In-House Bar
- Lockers available
Huajsapata Lookout
Huajsapata Hill is a natural limestone lookout four blocks west from Puno's main square, referred to by locals as the "Cerrito de Huajsapata" thanks to a popular song. From this vantage point one can get a complete panorama of Puno and the clear waters of Lake Titicaca; it's not quite as impressive as the Kuntur Wasi lookout but it's much more accessible for those wishing to avoid the 600+ steps to Kuntur Wasi. You'll also see a 45m high statue honoring Manco Cápac, founder of the Inca Empire.
Inca Uyo Ruins
Chucuito's main attraction is the Inca Uyo (Aymara for Place of the Inca) Ruins from after the Inca Conquest of the Lupaka Kingdom. Once part of a complex of ceremonial buildings, you'll find inside phallic stones 2-3ft high arranged upright like mushrooms. Though both temple and stones are authentic, the placement of the stones inside the temple was a municipal decision, which has led to the site's unproven presentation as a fertility temple where virgins sat atop large stone phalluses.
Casa del Corregidor
The 17th century Corregidor's House in the Plaza de Armas next to the Cathedral and Dreyer Museum is one of Puno's oldest residences, declared a historical monument in 1980. Today it houses an art gallery with permanent and changing exhibits, library with reading room and research service, and a caf&ecute-bar frequented by artists and expats. As a cultural center it hosts exhibitions, workshops, and concerts in its mission to promote local identity by supporting Puno's artists and intellectuals.
Floating Islands of Uros
The forty floating islands of Lake Titicaca are manmade by one of America's oldest cultures, the Aymara-speaking Uros Tribe. These thin islands are made from tortora reeds which provide housing, sustenance and transport. They're part of the Titicaca National Reserve and are home to 2,000 Uros, who are also called kot-suña, people of the lake. They subsist mainly through fishing, weaving, and tourism. Handicrafts here cost more than in Puno, but you'll be buying directly from the artisan.
