To start with, this may be libellous, but we're pretty sure that we picked up bedbugs at this hostel.

either way, this is the sort of place that you might have forgiven for it's bad points if the management were remotely welcoming or there was a pleasant atmosphere to the place. not the case, unfortunately... the owners have clearly decided that money-making is the overriding aim of the hostel, so the room we stayed in - which in a normal hostel would have struggled to pass itself off as more than a twin room - was actually used as a SIX PERSON dorm!! needless to say, there was barely room to put your bag down. the one feeble fan in the room was nowhere near enough to avoid completely sweltering as soon as you walked in, and the hostel manager/owner seemed to think that it was fine to wander in and out of the bedrooms unannounced as she pleased, at any time of day or night.

there were notices up literally ALL OVER the hotel threatening to take your 'key deposit' off... more