The best place for long term travellers to stay in Oaxaca - International Andaina Hostel

​January 19, 2021 | Tagged: Mexico
Review of the International Andaina Hostel in Oaxaca, Mexico, based on my stay in January 2021
​I stayed here in December for 3 nights before I went to Zipolite and am now back again for an unknown length of time.
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Why is the Andaina the best place for long term travellers and anyone else on a low budget, to stay in Oaxaca?

During the Coronavirus pandemic, dorm rooms are no longer the way to go. I have stayed healthy all this time and I am keen to continue this trend.

And as a long term traveller, now of no fixed abode and no regular income, I need to be selective in where I stay.

The Andaina has all the facilities any good hostel should have yet here they offer single rooms at dorm room prices, even lower when you want to stay for a week or more!


My room:

My room, one of 9 similar sized rooms on the 3rd floor (bless this mess):
Shared facilities:

​Toilets:
Showers:
Drinking water on each floor:
Coffee and biscuit station on the first floor:
There is a kitchen too but despite my good intentions, I didn't use it.

The roof top with a laundry room:
Common rooms:
Terraces/balconies:  
It's a great place to set up shop for a while. The pandemic has played havoc with our plans and the new modus operandi is travelling slow.

The Andaina is in a great location too.

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Location of the Andaina Hostel:

Address: ​Calle de J. P. García 308, Zona Lunes Feb 09, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico

Facebook: ​https://m.facebook.com/andainahostel/

The International Andaina Hostel is on the corner of Garcia and Las Casas.

On Las Casas is an ADO bus ticket office:
A supermarket:
A rotisserie:
One of the entrances to the Mercado Benito Juárez:
And a block away from the Mercado 20 de Noviembre (a massive food market where I get my main meal of the day - breakfast):
It is a few blocks away from the ​Zócalo Oaxaca (main square):
And the start of Calle Macedonio Alcalá pedestrian street, with the ​Templo de Santo Domingo:
If you want to tour the Archaeological site at Monte Alban, it's 3 blocks from where the shuttle bus departs:
And if you are going to travel from Oaxaca to Zipolite, the Andaina Hostel is just a 15 minute walk to the 2 bus stations, Eclipse70 or Lineas Unidas.
For those who need fast and reliable internet, WiFi in Oaxaca is not the most stable. 2GB of data for 1 month is available at Movistar. And the room that I stayed in on "El Patio level 3" is much quieter than those on level 1 and 2 as they open to Calle Garcia which is on a bus route.​

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