Budget & hostels

A townhouse conversion on Calle Jalisco with a roof terrace, walking distance to everything downtown.

Simple, clean and quiet on the inland side, with parking and easy highway access.

A garden guesthouse with a pool, run informally and priced accordingly.

A whole-house hostel downtown with shared kitchen and common areas.

A room-rental house within short walking distance of the seafront.

A small hotel on the bay side with a terrace for the sunset.

A small central guesthouse, plain and well kept.

Straightforward rooms south of the Malecón, easy on the budget.

Clean, modern and inexpensive on the inland side of the city.

The second La Purísima building, same idea, same walkable position.

Budget rooms with parking, a few blocks back from the water.

A modest hotel with a shared lounge, eight minutes on foot from the seafront.

A long-standing central hotel, unfussy and well located.

On the plaza side of downtown, plain rooms and a short walk to the cathedral.

Mexican-style rooms, a massage room, bike rental and a tour desk that actually knows the boat operators.

A solid mid-range hotel with a pool and easy parking, on the highway side of town.

Practical rooms on Abasolo with parking, near the shops rather than the sea.

Family rooms and free parking, eight minutes on foot from the Malecón beach.

One of the best-reviewed budget beds in the city — spotless rooms, a usable kitchen and a terrace.

Simple rooms and cabins near the beach road, quiet outside the high season.

Simple downtown rooms on Allende, priced for travellers who plan to be outdoors all day.

No-frills rooms with parking, south of the centre.

An old seafront standby with a Chinese restaurant attached, a reminder of La Paz's Cantonese community.

A bar downstairs and a five-minute walk to the Malecón beach.

Basic and cheap, five kilometres from the airport, useful for a transit night.

Part hotel, part junk museum — a courtyard full of collected objects, a Model A in the entrance, and rooms upstairs.

A courtyard pensión that has been taking in travellers for generations — cheap, green and full of stories.

A residential bed and breakfast about twenty minutes' walk from the centre.

A boutique conversion in the old town with a handful of rooms.

Suites with kitchenettes on the south side, priced for weeks not nights.

The original Bermejo house, dorms and privates, kitchen included.

An adults-only backpacker house with a courtyard and a steady flow of divers.

Simple rooms downtown at a low nightly rate.

A garden guesthouse on the residential side, quiet and inexpensive.

The second Casa Palma house, same owners, same idea.

A private room in a shared house with pool access, right in the centre.

A quieter hostel option away from the downtown noise.

A room with a kitchenette inside a shared holiday house downtown.

A tidy downtown hostel with dorms, private rooms and a kitchen.

Two minutes from the beach with a communal kitchen, a garden and a terrace that catches the sunset.

Central rooms above a restaurant, close to the plaza.

An inexpensive hotel on the commercial side with parking.

A plain, well-run hotel on the commercial side of town.

Hacienda-style rooms around a garden and pool, away from the tourist strip.

Budget rooms with parking, south of the centre.

Eight minutes from the Malecón beach, with a tour desk and a shared lounge.

A backpacker hostel downtown with a roof terrace and cheap beds.

Small, friendly and central — beds rather than rooms.

A block of serviced studio suites downtown, let individually by unit number.

Close to the Malecón and the bus station, with hosts who know the whale shark operators.