Submission date: 2007-07-23 - Date of Stay: July 2007
Submitted by: K - From: United States
Type of Traveller: Weekend Breaker - Age Group: 18 - 25
Definitely a Hostel
Staff was multi-lingual and it was easy to find. Too pricey for what it offered. (I stayed in the 'Italy' room) Impossible to sleep through the night because of the noise inside and out, but the showers worked and linens and a locker were included in the cost.
Worst part: They advertise air conditioning and they don't turn it on. I was there and it was over 90 F, 30 C - reported as the hottest July in years and they only turned the air on from 8am - 11 am. It did nothing and the rooms were stuffy and completely unbearable. I wouldn't have been so upset but my friend asked why they advertised air conditioning and didn't use it and we got a nasty remark.
Pretty clean and internet access - except another friend did have bed bugs (he stayed in the 'Africa' room).
Great pizza place and bar around the corner - the old guy who runs the bar is awesome. Ask him for good wine that's not too expensive and you can get 4-5 bottles for around 20 euro.
Submission date: 2006-08-22 - Date of Stay: August 2006
Submitted by: Jonathan - From: France
Type of Traveller: Young & Single - Age Group: 18 - 25
death corridor
For me too, this is the worst hostel I have ever stayed in. Go there and loose your dignity. This is definitly not a place for human beings. Even chickens would have more space to live in. All that is in their website is fake. The pictures show the biggest room. Actually there are four rooms (corridors) that contain 10 beds each. The picture show a narrow room with beds aligned on the side. The reality is that the beds are double decked (the ladder is lacking on some beds) and the number of lockers is two times more so you have even less space than what is shown. There is a very tiny bathroom in each room. If you insist on going there, make sure you don't bring clostrophobic friends along.
This hostel is just for business, the owners want the maximum money and don't care about the clients. It is made only for young people who don't complain: no adult would ever accept such swindle.
By the way, credit cards are not accepted though the website says it does! This shows how much honest ...Read more
Submission date: 2006-08-04 - Date of Stay: July 2006
Submitted by: Embo - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Backpacker - Age Group: 18 - 25
Terrible
This is the worst hostel that I have ever stayed in. When I arrived at the hostel I was informed that the single sex dorm that I had booked 6 months earlier was not available, however I was not informed before arriving. I was not offered an alternative even though I stated I didn't want a mixed room, the staff informed me that I could find myself a different room for the night and they would not charge me, but where at 3pm in the middle of July are you going to find a room in Rome? They also did not accept credit card athough I was told they did, so I had to walk 10 minutes to a cash point on my own in Rome at 10pm, in a not so nice area! Also the air conditioning did not work in the dorm, no ladders were on the bunks so had to get another traveller to lift me up, and finally there was 1 combined shower and toilet room per room, so took around 1.30 minutes to have a shower in the morning due to the que. I really do not recommened this hostel to anyone.
