Hotel Balsa Inn

Property class: 3
Puno hotel with restaurant and bar/lounge

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Hotel Balsa Inn puts you just a 5-minute drive from Lake Titicaca. Guests looking for a bite to eat can check out Las Totoras, which serves breakfast and dinner.

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Airport transfer
  • Parking available
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
The current price is $37
$37 total
Oct 25 - Oct 26

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A hotel room with a neatly made bed, two bedside tables, a wall-mounted light, and a framed picture above the bed.

Standard Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a TV, a wooden dresser, and a chair.

Standard Twin Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with three single beds, each with a pillow and a towel.

Standard Triple Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with two beds, a wooden headboard, a chair, a painting on the wall, and a window with curtains.

Quadruple Room

  • 31 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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A neatly made bed with a brown pillow, a bedside table with a lamp, and a small table with fruit and bread.

Single Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a fruit basket, a wine bottle, and a telephone on the nightstand.

Classic Triple Room, 1 Bedroom, Accessible

  • 35 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with a neatly made bed, a painting on the wall, and two bedside lamps.

Deluxe Duplex, 1 King Bed, Accessible

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the neighborhood

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Cajamarca 555, Puno, Puno, 51

What's nearby

  • Puno Cathedral - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Casa del Corregidor - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Puno Plaza de Armas - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Puno Central Market - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Pine Park - 5 min walk - 0.5 km

Getting around

  • Juliaca (JUL-Inca Manco Capac Intl.) - 66 min drive
  • Puno Station - 11 min walk
  • Paucarcolla Station - 26 min drive
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Train station pick-up (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Rupha Cafe - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Hotel Hacienda Plaza de Armas - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Hotel Hacienda Puno - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪La Casona Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪La choza de Oscar - ‬5 min walk

About this property

Hotel Balsa Inn

  • Hotel Balsa Inn puts you just a 5-minute drive from Lake Titicaca. Guests looking for a bite to eat can check out Las Totoras, which serves breakfast and dinner.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
1:00pm
CHECK-OUT
10:00am

Hotel size

    • 28 rooms
    • Arranged over 5 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Express check-in/out available
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10 AM
    • Contactless check-out available
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

    • No cribs (infant beds)

Pets

    • No pets or service animals allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi and wired internet access in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free offsite parking within 10 ft
    • Street parking available

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle on request (available 24 hours)*
    • Train station pick-up*

Offsite

    • Area shuttle within 20 km*

Other information

    • Smoke-free property
    • No alcohol allowed onsite
    • No stag/bachelor or hen/bachelorette parties

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Reviews

Hotel Balsa Inn Reviews

8.4

Very Good

8.6

Cleanliness

8.4

Location

8.8

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities

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What guests liked

  • The breakfast buffet offered a variety of freshly-prepared options to start the day. (3 reviews)
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6/10 Good

Terrible shower - impossible to adjust water temperature properly. Breakfast was also bad. Great location.
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10/10 Exceptional

Breakfast was excellent, quiet place close to everything
Verified review

8/10 Very good

Nice hotel, staff were nice and accommodating
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10/10 Exceptional

Great place
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10/10 Exceptional

It was my first time to Puna, but I hit the jackpot when I booked the Hotel Balsa Inn. Close to the main plaza and the main thoroughfare with all kinds of shops and restaurants, the hotel is super convenient to all that Puna has to offer. My room was clean and comfortable, and the spacious bathroom was particularly noteworthy (hot showers are sometimes hard to find in Peru!). Everyone at the front desk was incredibly helpful -- food recommendations, arranging tours, facilitating laundry services, etc. The breakfast buffet was a highlight -- lots of freshly-prepared options to start your day on a good note. If I ever return to Puno, I won't need to do a search for accommodations -- the Hotel Balsa Inn will be my first and only reliable choice.
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8/10 Very good

Seem ok but no air conditioner and the water was shut down in the morning.
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4/10 Fair

This is a property of two halves. Staff are excellent, friendly and helpful. Great location of hotel. Our room (3 single beds) was right by entrance to dining hall, the shower ‘window’ opened into staff hall and where public caught elevator to their rooms. The bathroom was covered in mould (ceiling, shower etc) the shower would was woeful, freezing cold one second and billing hot the second. The bedroom ‘window’ couldn’t be opened as backed onto staff quarters.
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10/10 Exceptional

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10/10 Exceptional

Ok
Verified review

8/10 Very good

As expected for the price and decent location for the central plaza and port. We had arranged an early check in for 7am, and arrived a bit earlier, but were able to access our room. Decent sized twin beds. Room was a bit dated and the only window was out into the main corridor so couldn't really have the curtain open. Generally seemed clean, but the floor was a bit grubby. We had to leave early in the morning before breakfast, but they kindly arranged a breakfast for us to takeaway.
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2/10 Poor

Terrible experience with their brokered taxi service. We ordered private taxi service from JUL airport to Puno via the hotel. We waited at the arrival gate until we were the last passengers left and the driver never showed us. I called the hotel multiple times, they either couldn't understand my questions in English, or deliberately led me wait without giving any response. We finally decided to take the shared van and I left a message to the hotel on Expedia where I did the booking, and the hotel staff never checked my message (not read) even after our checkout. Our check-in was also not very smooth. They couldn't find the key to our room and after 5 min of futile search had to give us another one. Our room is really weird, there is no ventilation fan in bathroom so it had a small window/opening towards outside. Except in our room it that opening was to the corridor! That raised some privacy concerns. Buffet breakfast is fairly basic but for this price no complaints. Overall I just can’t recommend a hotel that can’t keep up its promises/services especially when it was mostly relied upon.
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8/10 Very good

Bra rum, rymlig och bekväm. Frukosten över snittet på alla frukoster vi haft i andra hotell i Peru.
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10/10 Exceptional

Tout est parfait
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8/10 Very good

Frühstück war in Ordnung. Leider gibt es nur bis acht Uhr Frühstück. Zimmer waren sauber. Personal war sehr freundlich.
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8/10 Very good

Buena ubicación cerca de la catedral. Empleados amables y con buen desayuno. Aconsejado
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10/10 Exceptional

O hotel é bem localizado. O café da manhã é satisfatório. Precisa de um pouco de atualização, mas o chuveiro é quente . Um bom custo benefício.
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8/10 Very good

Puno

Rummen var så små. Ingen utsikt från de 2 fönster som fanns. Man stirrade in i en cementvägg. Servicen var bra, trevlig perdonal.
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10/10 Exceptional

Hotel bien ubicado, con calentador, caja fuerte en el cuarto, heater un plus, desayuno basico poco personal en la cocina no habia nada de desayunar a las 6:30 no contaron la gente que se estaban quedando en el hotel, pero por lo demas todo bien.
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10/10 Exceptional

Fácil acceso a la plaza de armas de Puno, habitación espaciosa
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6/10 Good

Vi blev flyttade till Casona plaza på grund av någon renovering så ger betygen därefter. Bra hotell, låg bra till och hade trevlig personal. Dock extremt lyhört, vaknade på nätterna för att man hörde dörrar och om grannen duschade.
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10/10 Exceptional

Estancia en balsas Inn

Muy atentos, desayuno muy bueno
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10/10 Exceptional

Great value for what you pay. Clean and decent breakfast. You cannot get more for the price.
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10/10 Exceptional

Hotel sencillo, pero limpio y cómodo

Muy buen servicio y colaboración del personal de recepcion
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10/10 Exceptional

Hermosa habitación.

El hotel muy bien, como recién remodelado igual la habitación. Cómoda , espacio suficiente, calefacción y vista maravillosa a la montaña.
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10/10 Exceptional

Hot and powerful shower

Read the review by a Japanese traveler, he was right, this hotel has powerful hot water shower. Only block away from the main square. Lots of restaurants and at least four ice cream shops!