Kkala Boutique Hotel

Absolutely loved this charming little boutique hotel in Salta. We were on the top floor with a spacious beautifully decorated room which even had a spa with a view overlooking the pool and skyline. It was magic, quiet and just perfect. The lobby was also so well decorated and even had an “honesty bar” where you could take a drink either there or back to your room and pay later. Breakfast was sufficient with again a gorgeous view. Only thing to be aware of is that due to its quiet location, it is away from the city centre. While it’s a relatively easy walk to some restaurants, the main parts of the city are quite far and an uber is likely easier than walking. However I would sacrifice this for the beauty and relaxation of this hotel. Definitely recommend!

This is a gorgeous little hotel on the outskirts of Salta, with a charm and gentle atmosphere that surpassed expectations. The first point to make is to not be concerned about the 'distance' from the city centre. As a direct walk it's only about a mile and a half, and because of the very favourable exchange rate, a taxi cost us only about £1.20. There are plenty of bars and restaurants within just a short walk too, so you don't even need to go down town if you don't want to. The highlight of our stay was the intangible... but oh so important... attitude of the reception staff. Without exception all were amazingly friendly, and always wanted to find out what they could to do in order to enhance our experience - about 180 degrees opposite of the sort of hotel staff who make you believe they're annoyed as you've arrival at the desk has damaged their ability to complete admin! Sorted taxis for us (which always arrived quickly), arranged a table for us at the pena 'La Vieja Estacion' at very short notice (which is subject to another review) and helped us sort a day trip to Humahuaca. Basically, always really nice and massively helpful. Their ability to speak excellent English made life very easy too. We stayed in the large room on the top floor, which has a jacuzzi, sitting room type area, with the bed and a second toilet on a mezzanine type level up some stairs over the 'ground floor' area. The room also has a small balcony with views over the city. Very nice, and I'm sure is commented on elsewhere. Our one regret is that we kept ourselves so busy during our stay in Salta that we never actually stayed around the hotel for very long when we were awake. Hindsight being the exact science it is, we really could have stayed an extra day so we had some time to hang around the little pool, chill out on the balcony with a glass of wine, and generally recharge the batteries on what was a full and busy tour of Argentina.