Costabella Hotel, Piura, Peru

by David and Lin Schneider
(Los Organos, Piura, Peru SA)

When Lin was having pain in her right side, we went to the Hospital Privado between Piura and Catacaos. We ended up having to overnight.

We caught a taxi in front of the Hospital and asked the driver to take us to a hotel, not-too-expensive, not-too-cheap.

He took us to the Costabella. It is located near the Plaza de Armas. When we went to our room on the 2nd floor, we saw a sitting room. When I went in there later, I saw more American books than I had ever seen before in a South American hotel.

I found a Lonely Planet book there and looked up this hotel. It said "a favorite of the Peace Corps." Aha, that's why so many books, I thought.

Sure enough, there were 5 nice Peace Corps guys and gals there at the time. The rooms were decent, the staff nice, prices about $25 USD for two a night.

Now this was in the cooler part of the year, so what is like in the hot days, I'm not sure. They don't have air conditioning. There is good hot water, though. Fans are available.

I would recommend it and we will stay there again.

See the pamphlet for more info.