I'm glad to say that I was very happy I booked this hostel and I will be booking it again. Being August, it's very hard to find a decently priced hotel and Hostel Talamanca was reasonable compared with a lot of other places that I looked at. This hotel is perfectly placed, being right on the beach so walking to a bit of sand or sunbed is never a hard ship and there is a bar and restaurant downstairs. I never made it to breakfast but I ate in the restaurant downstairs. Service was a bit slow but overall the food was good and reasonably priced. The bar in the hotel poured enormous measures too! My twin room was was clean and had air conditioning and the real bonus was the lovely sea view.