Well I arrived at around 2130hrs after calling at 1600hrs to confirm a bed. They said to just turn up as they don't take bookings, I said thats ok. Anyway I arrived and paid for three nights, collected my linen and went in search of my room. Room was empty when I arrived apart from some peoples bags. Kind of... more

I stayed at this hostel after my hotel room had been sold to someone else (even though I arrived at 1200 noon and had paid a deposit) and having trawled the streets of Rome for 6 hours had found no alternative. I was advised that this was the only registered hostel and that private hostels did not have their standards... more

I went backpacking through out Europe for 3 weeks, and I must say, this was the worst hostel we stayed at. Spent 3 extremely uncomfortable nights there. There is no air circulation or air conditioning in the dorm rooms. The windows must be kept open resulting in mosquitoes and loud traffic noises. It's cheap, but be prepared for very uncomfortable... more