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Happy Gecko Hotel & Hostel

10 th av. calles 6 y 8, Playa del Carmen 77710, Mexico
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Happy Gecko Hotel & Hostel
Ranked #136 of 184 hotels in Playa del Carmen
3.5 of 5 stars 17 Reviews
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012 NEW

Not a lot of things to say about the Happy Gecko in Playa del Carmen, clean, there are room with Kitchen, a big terasse, it's a traveller place, when you are fed up to pay a lot like in Tulum or Cancun, this simple place will help you to keep money for the Party! Ther's no view on the beach... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2012

This was probably the worst hostel I stayed at in my 8 weeks in Mexico. There are a number of reasons for this; - There is a big chalk board at the front desk that says "breakfast 8:30 - 11am" on it. So on the first morning, my friend and I headed down at 10:30 for breakfast, to which we... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2012
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The good: Location one block behind central 5th Avenue. Friendly and helpful staff. Cheap eats across the road and down the street. Beds comfortable. 24 hour checkin The bad: Noisy location very near bars and apartments, no window coverings, despite booking a room supposedly with four single beds, we were given two doubles and a mattress on the floor. The... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012
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We stayed in a container with private bathroom with AC. The price was very high for a terrible room. Windows were taped with plastic bags and the walls were covered with big stains. When we got in the room, dirty sheets from previous visitors were still on the bed. These got changed for other ones later on. We didn't want... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 January 2012
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I stayed in the hostal for two weeks last year and I will always come back ! The staff and other guest are like your family and you immedeately start feeling home. Though it is not a luxury hostal. But the atmosphere is the best of all the hostals in Playa del Carmen and the location - 2 blocks from... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 August 2011

they give u clean towels. But u dont get a key to yr room. They have to open it for u evertime which gets annoying. The room i was in smelt of smoke. watch out for sleez staff. But overall a gud hostel. More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2011

I stayed here while in Playa, and I felt that the staff were really nice and friendly. The social scene was good but since its not a huge bar, even sleeping in the dorms near the rooftop bar you can still sleep. It had A.C which was great, most places in the same price range don't. I have conversational spanish,... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 October 2010
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person found this review helpful

Delighted i stayed really sound staff ended up drinking with them and staying in touch too makes me wanna go back ended up staying longer then planned when i said i wanted to leave to go to a cheaper hostel because i was on tight budget they let me stay at that price the other hostel was offering it was... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 April 2010
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As soon as i arrived here (on my own) i was greeted by friendly staff and shown to a dorm - luckly got the last bed... there was already a group of travellers there, very familiar with the staff and asked i wanted to join them going out that evening.. which i did to no regret, perfect place to eat,... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2012
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