Guest User
January 3, 2023
Hotel La Candela is located in the centre of Salta at 2 km of the bus-terminal. The hotel offers 12 rooms over 2 floors, indoor parking, a nice city-garden & outdoor pool, a lounge & breakfast room. The hotel is charming and well maintained. Free Wi-Fi. Friendly and helpful staff. La Candela applies two different rates. Argentineans can pay in ARS, foreigners are charged in USD. We insisted to pay in ARS. As a result a weird calculation was presented. The rate in USD is recalculated in ARS via the official rate. Whether the 21% VAT is already included stays unclear. Then 10% discount is applied when you pay cash in ARS. As a result you pay 4% more than the rack rate in ARS. We found that highly confusing. The white towels are greyish and seem to be unclean. There is a need for a better laundry service. We had a room with view of the garden. Our room was adequately furnished and decorated, with a good double-bed, TV on the wall, fridge, table & chair, air-conditioning, wardrobe & safe. We had a separate small bathroom with toilet, washbasin, bidet and shower over the bath. All was very clean. Windows can be opened but have no mosquito-screens. The breakfast buffet is OK: pastries, bread & croissants, ham & cheese, butter & good marmalades, fruit-salad & orange juice, cereals, milk & yoghurt, tea & coffee. We found hotel La Candela comfortable and we had a good stay. Recommended.