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The Grasshopper Hostel

2.5 star property
Hostal with free breakfast, near Plaza de Armas

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Reviews

5.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Room options

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Twin Room, Shared Bathroom | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room, Shared Bathroom

Highlights

Ceiling fan
Hair dryer
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom (8 pax) | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom (8 pax)

Highlights

Ceiling fan
Hair dryer
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • Sleeps 8
  • 8 Twin Beds

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Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Double Room, Shared Bathroom

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Ceiling fan
Hair dryer
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom (6 pax)

Highlights

Ceiling fan
Hair dryer
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • Sleeps 6
  • 6 Twin Beds

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Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom (4 pax) | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom (4 pax)

Highlights

Ceiling fan
Hair dryer
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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Double Room, Private Bathroom | Bathroom | Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Double Room, Private Bathroom

Highlights

Ceiling fan
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the neighborhood

Map
Calle Hospital 842 Interior 3, Cusco, Cusco, 8002

What's nearby

  • San Pedro Market - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Plaza de Armas - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Cusco Cathedral - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Twelve Angled Stone - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Coricancha - 17 min walk - 1.4 km

Getting around

  • San Pedro Station - 6 min walk
  • Alejandro Velasco Astete Intl. Airport (CUZ) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Sección de jugos - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Pariwana Hostel - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Chifa Hao-Yun - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Pollería Los Ángeles - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Indian Restaurant Garhwal - ‬1 min walk

About this property

The Grasshopper Hostel

Hostal near Plaza de Armas
You can look forward to free English breakfast, a terrace, and a garden at The Grasshopper Hostel. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with dry cleaning/laundry services and a bar.
Additional perks include:
  • A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), a front-desk safe, and tour/ticket assistance
  • Meeting rooms, barbecue grills, and concierge services
  • A 24-hour front desk, smoke-free premises, and luggage storage
Room features
All guestrooms at The Grasshopper Hostel include amenities such as free WiFi.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Showers, free toiletries, and hair dryers
  • Ceiling fans, daily housekeeping, and desks

Languages

Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–10:30 AM
  • 1 bar

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have elevators

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan
  • Portable fan

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Towels

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
3 children, up to the age of 5 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • You may be asked to pay the following charges at the property: Peru value-added tax (18%). Nonresident travelers who present a valid passport and tourist visa/immigration card may be exempt from value-added tax (18%).

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 10 per vehicle (one way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
Property Registration Number 20600335724

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Children under 18 are generally not allowed to stay at properties in Peru without a parent, legal guardian or duly authorized responsible person. Accompanying adults may be asked for both their and the child's ID as well as any duly notarized supporting documentation. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Peruvian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance.
According to Peruvian law, cash is not accepted for payments over PEN 2,000 or USD 500. Payments greater than these amounts must be settled by credit card or other methods approved by the property and local law; payments cannot be split between currencies

Property is also known as

Grasshopper Hostel Cusco
Grasshopper Hostel
Grasshopper Cusco
The Grasshopper Hostel Cusco
The Grasshopper Hostel Hostal
The Grasshopper Hostel Hostal Cusco

Frequently asked questions

Is The Grasshopper Hostel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Grasshopper Hostel?

This hostal doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at The Grasshopper Hostel?

Check-in start time: 1 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at The Grasshopper Hostel?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Does The Grasshopper Hostel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of USD 10 per vehicle applies.

Where is The Grasshopper Hostel located?

Located in Cusco Historic Center, this hostal is within a 15-minute walk of San Pedro Church and Plaza de Armas. Iglesia y Convento de Santa Clara and San Pedro Market are also within 10 minutes. San Pedro Station is 6 minutes by foot and Cusco Wanchaq Station is 23 minutes.

The Grasshopper Hostel Reviews

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 2 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 28 reviews" "

5.4/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great value, clean, everything you could want. Perfect for a few days or even a weeks stay as you make Cusco your home base.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
The room I booked did not exist
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Booked and paid for a private room, upon arrival I was asked to move to a different address which was a lot tougher and to spend one night in a shared room with 12 beds. The next night I was given a room with four beds to myself but then I was woken up and told I had to move to the room from the night before, I refused but on this made things tense. It was quite the clown show.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
We had a great time, the people were nice and we had fun. People always willing to help. It is a real hostel!!! Nothing fancy, hot shower, warm bed. If u want luxury it is not for u. Very basic!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No tenían las llaves del cuarto no había papel higiénico no nos dieron el desayuno q nos ofrecieron no Servia la tele y no estaba limpio
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Jacque

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were supposed to have a private room with private bathroom. They gave our room away and when we arrived back that night had a new room for us, but it was a shared room they just let us stay in. No lock on the door, sheets were dirty, shared bathroom was dirty. One of the showers you couldn’t turn the hot water on. They make you rent towels (although, our original room was supposed to have them). It was very noisy. We got a hotel for the rest of our trip that was only $5 more a night and was so perfect! I highly recommend looking around and finding a better deal.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor management
Booked a double bedrrom with private bathroom when I got to the hostel there was no private room available I was told I had to stay in shared room and that the next day the private room would be available.. Next day the person in the reception was nice but didn’t know anything about anything, told me to wait for the boss.. waited 3 hours.. the guy called this Shirley 3 times.. but she never came.. I guess it was raining too much for her to come back and I ended up sleeping again in a shared room. No refund or apology because the hostel is runned by kids and this Shirley never came back. Also not cleaned and rain inside the bar/restaurant.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

katie, peru

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst Hostel We Have Ever Encountered
Our stay at this hostel was a nightmare. We’ve stayed in hostels all around the world and this is by far the worst. We entered our private room and there was immediately an awful smell. Upon entering the bathroom, we found wet toilet paper and hair all around the edges of the floor. The hostel itself seems unsafe w/ rotting floorboards.Beds awful w/ poking springs. At breakfast, they run out and when you ask for something they just give you a dirty look and walk away. What really put us off was the manager/owner of the hostel coming to us and telling us that we did not pay the correct rate on Expedia for our private double room with private bath(which we most definitely did)...and that they were going to move us the following day to a room upstairs(more like a built in shed) with an outside bathroom. The next morning the receptionist, while nice, barely understood English or our Spanish so called her manager to address our issues with moving. The manager told us she would arrive to the hostel in 30minutes to speak with us. Two hours later no appearance. When we called again she claimed she never told us she was coming to the property. Expedia tried to reach the property dozens of times with no answer. Due to this Expedia was able to process our refund that the property would not give. We moved right next door to Ukuku’s Hostel with a huge, comfortable beds, clean room and friendly staff for just a small bit more $. Would not recommend ANYONE to stay at the Grasshopper Hostel!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel near Plaza San Pedro
Hostel near Plaza San Pedro. I stayed in the 1st floor, 4 rooms: my room had 8 beds, 2 other rooms had 4 beds each, other room had 6 beds, so total of 22 beds in first floor and only 1 bathroom with 1 toilet and 1 shower only! Place was very cold at night. Also very loud at night, they play loud music (bring ear plugs). I had booked a city tour at the hostel, at pick up they told me last minute I had to pay an additional 70, no one mentioned it prior to booking. Then when I decided not to go they had the nerve to charge me a few for not going, very deceptive!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Annick, d.H.

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst hostel experience in South America
We had a paid reservation for a private room and arrived early at 5:30 am at the hostel due to taking a night bus. As we walked in the lady at the desk told us she did not have this reservation at all. After showing her all reservation confirmation she sent us away to get breakfast and come back later to check again as she had no room. Slightly irritated we did as told and came back around 10am. The next lady was now sitting there and informed us that she had found our reservation but had no private room for us. She put us in a 4bed bunk bed room and asked if thats okay. As we were tired and really just wanted a good night rest in the room we had paid for we asked her to arrange a private room. She promised to arrange such and we should come back at around 4. as we came back later that evening to finally get some rest a lady number 3 told us that unfortunately they had no room for us as they were fully booked and had given away even all bunk beds by now. we were upset and told we wanted to speak to the manager to find a solution as we had been there since early in the morning and had a completely paid reservation for the nights. The manager refused to talk to us and did not answer any of our multiple calls whatsoever. We found out that multiple people had had the same issue and in the end we had to find a new place to stay by ourselfs. I have never before experienced such poor management and problemsolving skills at all!Very disapointing! Place itself was quite filthy/rundown
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Excelente ubicación, el servicio y la atención son excelentes. Comodo y limpio.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Natália

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Mal carater
Infelizmente ao chegar, o hostel não tinha o quarto solicitado à disposição. Como alternativa sugeriram ficar em um outro local, sem o banheiro privativo e com um valor maior do que o já pago (e que não me foi devolvido). Ao conversar com um outro hospede ele comentou ser recorrente esta ação afim de aumentar os valores cobrados por hospede.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Marcela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Atendimento muito bom. Café da manhã ótimo. O quarto estava um pouco úmido.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

José Pedro

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No dan el servicio que dicen brindar, no hay agua caliente, no hay agua todo el dia, no limpian los baños, los cuartos no tienen buen ambiente, la recepcionista no avisa cuando llegan los del tours a recogerte, nos quisieron cobrar demás, dejan mal a los cinqueños con ese tipo de vivezas, FATAL primera y ultima!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Peggy

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
用便宜的價格來騙人入住，之後才不承認價錢，要求現場多付款
用便宜的價格來騙人入住，等到我訂了之後， 之後才不承認價錢，聲稱是平台的問題，要求我現場多給錢 暖氣是假的，永遠不會修理，超過１２點後沒冷水，上廁所也不能沖，牆壁有壁癌
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Justine

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Je ne recommande pas
Je ne recommande pas cette auberge, le dortoir trop bruyant, le ménage n'est pas fait , ils ne prennent même pas la peine de changer les drap ni tait d'oreiller ( je les ai vu faire devant moi ) ! Les sanitaires enfin surtout les toilettes était degueulasse !
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Eric

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Muito desorganizado. Barulhento, difícil dormir. Água quente sempre em falta...
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

Marta

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unprofessional and unreliable
We made a reservation and paid it before getting into the hostel . The night when we arrived they didn’t have any room left so we didn’t have any place to stay . They found another hostel for us and promised to pay the difference but it never happened so we ended paying two hostels. Unprofessional and unreliable
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Crizt0f3r, Ciudad De Mexico

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Pasar Una Noche y No Es Tan Recomendable!
Ya Había Hecho la Reservación Por Medio De Expedía;al Hacer El Check-in en El Hostal,la Recepcionista que Se Llama "Cherry" Me Cobro 50 Soles En Ese Momento! Para Poder Tener Un Lugar Para Pasar La Noche* (No Quedando De Otra Tuve Que Pagar) y La Explicación que Dio Fue: Que La Promoción (Oferta) en Expedia,.con No Era La Tarifa Correcta
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

ジョン, 日本

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
基本的には良いホテル
僕を担当してくれたsolという人はとても愛想がよく丁寧でした。しかし、人によってハズレがあるそうです。 ネットもあり、温水シャワーもあり、場所も旧市街に近く、値段も安いので良いと思います。
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018