Salt Hotels & Dakar Monument
Palacio de Sal / Hotel de Sal Playa Blanca
Hotels built entirely from salt bricks, with walls, bed frames, tables, and chairs all made of salt. Inside the salt flat, the Playa Blanca salt hotel has a monument to the Dakar Rally and a flag plaza.
Several hotels built from salt bricks stand along the edge of the salt flat. The most famous is Palacio de Sal, near Colchani, where the walls, floors, furniture, and even sculptures are made of salt. It has heating and a hot spring pool, and it is a comfortable choice for experiencing 'sleeping in salt'. In season, rooms start at around USD 200 and must be booked in advance. About 10 km into the salt flat is Hotel de Sal Playa Blanca, the first salt hotel. It has now become a museum and restaurant and no longer offers overnight stays. Out front stands a salt sculpture monument built in 2014 to mark the Dakar Rally passing through Bolivia. Nearby, the 'Flag Plaza' is filled with flags brought by visitors from many countries, and you can often find a Chinese five-star red flag among them. Many day tours stop here for lunch or photos. Accommodation tips: if you want to photograph the mirror-like surface during the rainy season, staying at a salt hotel on the lake saves a long drive compared with staying in Uyuni town. On the first night of the southern multi-day tours, travelers are often placed in simple salt lodges. Note: do not lick the walls. Salt-brick rooms can still be cold at night.
Opening hours
Hotel open all day; Playa Blanca open during the day
Nearby sights
- Ojos del Salar
- Colchani
- Train Cemetery (Uyuni Railway Scrap Yard)
- Uyuni Town
- Pulacayo
- Isla Incahuasi
- Salar de Uyuni (Mirror of the Sky)
- Tunupa Volcano & Coqueza