Hotel Desertica

Property class: 4.5
Luxury hotel in San Pedro de Atacama with outdoor pool and restaurant

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Hotel Desertica is a great choice for a stay in San Pedro de Atacama. The outdoor pool is a great spot to take a dip, and guests can grab a bite to eat at Restaurant Desertica, which serves international cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and a terrace are other highlights at this luxurious hotel. Fellow travelers say great things about the helpful staff.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10, Loved by guests
Top-rated by travelers

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Airport transfer
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
$405 nightly
The current price is $405 total
Nov 3 - Nov 4

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A modern bedroom with a large bed, a wooden ceiling, and a fireplace.

Superior Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(13 reviews)
  • 431 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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A modern bedroom with a large bed, a wooden headboard, and a hanging light fixture.

Standard Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

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Caracoles 455, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, 1410000

What's nearby

  • Artisans Town - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Plaza de San Pedro de Atacama - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • San Pedro Church - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Inca House - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Meteorite Museum - 11 min walk - 1.0 km

Getting around

  • Calama (CJC-El Loa) - 78 min drive
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪La Franchuteria - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Adobe - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Ckunza Tilar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪La picá del Indio - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Roots Coffee Music & Food - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Hotel Desertica

  • Hotel Desertica is a great choice for a stay in San Pedro de Atacama. The outdoor pool is a great spot to take a dip, and guests can grab a bite to eat at Restaurant Desertica, which serves international cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A bar/lounge, a snack bar/deli, and a terrace are other highlights at this luxurious hotel. Fellow travelers say great things about the helpful staff.

At a glance

Hotel size

    • 12 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 PM
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Minimum check-in age: 15
    • Check-out time is noon
    • Contactless check-out available
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
    • 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 15

Children

    • Children (16 years old and younger) not allowed
    • No cribs (infant beds)

Pets

    • Pets allowed*
    • Service animals welcome

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas

Parking

    • Onsite parking available only on request

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle*

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

Hotel Desertica Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

9.0

Location

9.8

Staff & service

9.8

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • Breakfast was varied, fresh, and abundant with many options, including made-to-order meals. (13 reviews)
  • The on-site restaurant offers truly fantastic food with a wide variety of choices, beautifully presented and served with excellent service. (15 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Good location, wide range of breakfast options, clean room with good attention to detail
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10/10 Exceptional

Fantastic all round! The rooms are clean, spacious and decorated in a lovely way. The restaurant is excellent, the location is ideal and the staff were wonderful!
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10/10 Exceptional

We had an excellent experience at Desértica. The staff was extremely attentive and friendly. We had the best experience. Highly recommend.
Restaurant/Pool area
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10/10 Exceptional

The pool looks inviting but we did not go for a dip. We however had coffee at the poolside. Cozy seats and had small tables to put your drinks and snacks in. Staff very friendly and attentive with our needs.
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10/10 Exceptional

Hotel Desertica is one of the nicest hotels my wife and I have ever stayed in. The location is 10/10, the staff are so friendly and the rooms are unique and luxury. My wife was ill for a day and the staff prepared off-menu chicken soup to make her better and provided local medicinal tea, which really helped. We had to change hotels due to availability but was so unimpressed by the alternative that we returned and spent the rest of our trip at Hotel Desertica. 5* all round!!
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10/10 Exceptional

What a great property! We really enjoyed the many common areas, the decorations and design throughout the property and the room. All make this a wonderful location and everyone we met and interacted with were FANTASTIC!!
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10/10 Exceptional

Great property, good location. The only downside was that the restaurant was not open on the night we stayed. We had been looking forward to the food.
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10/10 Exceptional

We really enjoyed this nice small hotel oasis. The staff was very friendly and we loved our little yurt. I would definitely recommend this to anyone traveling to San Pedro. Parking as they say is very limited.
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10/10 Exceptional

This hotel is the best! Definitely recommend this stunning oasis in the otherwise dusty and scruffy San Pedro de Atacama. The town is fun, but it's wonderful to have this island of luxury to escape back to. The food was amazing, the staff so friendly and helpful and everything in the hotel is beautiful. Couldn't recommend highly enough!!
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10/10 Exceptional

This is a beautiful retreat in an otherwise hot and dusty town. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Parking is limited so notify the hotel in advance if you need parking.
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10/10 Exceptional

Ideal Oasis in San Pedro

Great find! An oasis in San Pedro. If you are planning any group excursions to geysers, salt flats, etc, it’s really convenient to be dropped off at your hotel. Easy walk to the town’s main street amenities. Staff are really kind and thoughtful, rooms are comfy and quiet, and the whole place has a friendly, calm vibe. Highly recommend!
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful Place to Stay in the Desert

We looked at far more expensive, all-inclusive accommodations in San Pedro de Atacama before discovering Hotel Desertica. What a find! They truly had everything you need for a relaxing stay in the desert at a very reasonable price. The staff is friendly and professional, the free breakfast was fresh and abundant, and it was great to unwind at the restaurant at night after a long day exploring this incredible part of the world. This was a late-autumn visit, so we did not swim -- but it was lovely to sit by the pool and soak in the sun for a few hours here and there. They are super-well located, just steps to everything you need. Highly recommend!
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10/10 Exceptional

Hotel Desertica blends a prime location, a stellar team, and refined rooms. Communication via WhatsApp was prompt and invaluable. They recommended great tour agencies ahead of time and even saved me from a travel disaster. When I left my passport in my room safe, staff orchestrated a courier to drive it over an hour away to the Calama airport, getting it to me 30 mins after I arrived! It cost 90,000 CLP in cash—a bargain to save my trip. Truly heroic service. Situated right on Caracoles, the heart of the old town, it’s an easy stroll to restaurants and tour operators. It feels very secure and peaceful; a solid adobe wall blocks street noise, and a front gate closes at 10 PM (guests get keys). As I was in Room 1 near the front, I occasionally heard voices/suitcases, but earplugs easily fix that. The made-to-order breakfast is excellent, far better than a standard buffet. Rooms are unique, yurt-like spaces kept immaculate by twice-daily housekeeping, with plentiful filtered water provided. Constructive feedback for winter (June) travelers: Rooms have no A/C (just a fan); while fine for June, my winter timing didn't reveal if this becomes an issue in summer. The evening heat can be quirky: it was 16.8°C after a late tour and struggled to reach my set 21°C. Improving shower drainage/tiling and adding a hot tub for chilly winter nights would take this hotel from great to outstanding. Highly recommended!
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10/10 Exceptional

11 out of 10, amazing stay

Outstanding service. Great location in town on the main street with loads of shops, coffee shops and restaurants. Super clean and absolutely beautiful place. Stunning round rooms tastefully decorated in traditional style using natural local materials. Really nice, high quality bed linen, lovely soft towels and bath robe. High quality toiletries. So many little touches and all little details have been thought of that it makes this place to stand out. Fantastic breakfast with a lot of choices. It is served to you and it is beautifully presented. The hotel has a small car park, which I don't think was mentioned anywhere in the hotel facilities. This was the best hotel we stayed in in Chile and the highlight of our trip! And we did stay in a few 5 star hotels during our 3 weeks trip. I wish I could have stayed longer. I can not recommend it highly enough!
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderfully designed property and the rooms were beautiful. Just be aware though, not all premium rooms have a fireplace - the room we were originally given just had two standard radiators instead of a fire. When we complained, we were given a premium room with a fire and much nicer design (suspect it was actually a standard room we were originally given, but website does say some don't have fireplaces)
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10/10 Exceptional

A beautiful hotel in a great location. Very friendly staff. The rooms were really beautiful and wonderfully decorated and the hotel restaurant food was delicious. Wish we could have stayed longer!
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10/10 Exceptional

Most beautiful hotel we have ever stayed at.
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8/10 Very good

The Hotel is excellent staff is quite attentive and kind. Shops and restaurants all short walking distance. Great service at breakfast. A little noisy late afternoon from villas 6 and up.(school next door).
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10/10 Exceptional

Fantastic place to stay to really take in the artmosphere of San Pedro
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10/10 Exceptional

Having come from another top local hotel and been rather disappointed, Desertica was a breath of fresh air. We were warmly greeted and given detailed local info by the excellent friendly warm front office person. The room was exceptional, as were the hotel grounds. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and wish it could have been longer
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2/10 Poor

No spa hotel
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful property, oasis in the desert.
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful staff.
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10/10 Exceptional

Perfect

Amazing place to stay. Everything was perfection
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10/10 Exceptional

Quiet location. Convenient to town. Friendly and helpful staff.