Regardless of whether you choose to stay in a private room or a dorm room, Sammy thinks you should be comfortable either way. That's why all the beds in the house are at least 1 1/2 plaza in size (twin). There are no kiddie beds at Sammy's.

A good hostal experience isn't complete unless there's lots of space to hang out and mingle with your fellow residents and friends. That's why Sammy has no less than 5 common spaces including the dining room, living room, a game room with a pool table, and a computer room as well as a fantastic patio in back of the house.

It has been my experience that the chilean people, as much as they like food, don't really do the breakfast thing very well. So when we say free breakfast we're not just talking about about toast and coffee. But if coffee and toast is all you require to start the day, you find that as well as cereals, yogurt, fresh fruits, juice, tea, and milk.

Almost every hostal worth its weight has internet. But what good is it if there's only one computer and 50+ people to share it with? And to make matters worse, the so-called free internet is really only free for 20 minutes a day!?! Sammy has 4 always on computers to share between it's guests and if you travel with your wireless capable portable, Wi-Fi is also available.

Sammy has an in-house library of over 700 DVD's available to it's guests and playable the DVD player in the living room complete with a 6.1 channel home theater setup. We also have an Xbox and a Playstation 2, connected to a separate TV (as to not detract from those who may want to use the TV to, well, just watch TV) and over 100 games between them. Did we forget to mention that we also have a pool table?