Safe for solo traveller, ideal location

Safe for solo traveller, ideal location

This was a full-on backpackers lodge which I wasn’t expecting. Generally unmanned. The lady who serviced the rooms was nice. Great location, right on the doorstep of restaurants and cafes. Easy to walk to historic sites. Between 2 and 4 flights of narrow stairs, no elevator. Room small. No tv. Tiny tiny shower was the worst feature. Location and air con were the best features. Wouldn’t stay again but only because my expectations were of a hotel.

This was a full-on backpackers lodge which I wasn’t expecting. Generally unmanned. The lady who serviced the rooms was nice. Great location, right on the doorstep of restaurants and cafes. Easy to walk to historic sites. Between 2 and 4 flights of narrow stairs, no elevator. Room small. No tv. Tiny tiny shower was the worst feature. Location and air con were the best features. Wouldn’t stay again but only because my expectations were of a hotel.

A day or two before arriving, you will receive a message from the hotel with a door entry and booking code. There is a machine in reception where you enter the booking code to receive your key. You then receive an email to say which room is yours. It's a great system. The location of the hostel is very central and there are many restaurants immediately out front, which is both a good and bad thing as the noise goes on til 2am. The room is basic but comfortable. The bathroom is tiny and would be an issue for anyone of a certain size. The biggest issue for me was not being able to reach staff members. The hostel is meant to be 100% smoke free but as soon as the staff leave at 6pm, everyone hangs out their window smoking so I couldn't have my balcony door open because of the smell. I think the dorm rooms are on the fifth floor too as the teens and 20-somethings staying in them would run up and down playing music and making a lot of noise from six. This wasn't every night, but it happened more than once. Even if a staff member doesn't stop in regularly late at night, they should do this now and again to stop this happening and make it clear that people can be viewed smoking on balconies and running around corridors playing loud music and that there would be consequences if this was observed. One last positive is that there is a big Carrefour five minutes away.

A day or two before arriving, you will receive a message from the hotel with a door entry and booking code. There is a machine in reception where you enter the booking code to receive your key. You then receive an email to say which room is yours. It's a great system. The location of the hostel is very central and there are many restaurants immediately out front, which is both a good and bad thing as the noise goes on til 2am. The room is basic but comfortable. The bathroom is tiny and would be an issue for anyone of a certain size. The biggest issue for me was not being able to reach staff members. The hostel is meant to be 100% smoke free but as soon as the staff leave at 6pm, everyone hangs out their window smoking so I couldn't have my balcony door open because of the smell. I think the dorm rooms are on the fifth floor too as the teens and 20-somethings staying in them would run up and down playing music and making a lot of noise from six. This wasn't every night, but it happened more than once. Even if a staff member doesn't stop in regularly late at night, they should do this now and again to stop this happening and make it clear that people can be viewed smoking on balconies and running around corridors playing loud music and that there would be consequences if this was observed. One last positive is that there is a big Carrefour five minutes away.

It was nice and quite.

It was nice and quite.