If you want the hostel experience for the price of a hotel, this is the place for you.
Yes, our room was clean but the good news stops there.
Everything felt cheap and low-budget, from cables hanging from the wall to oddly positioned art prints covering up "bad bits". The bathroom was so small you couldn't sit straight on the toilet, the towels were thin and mismatched, and there was no fan. Rooms face onto the street so if you don't want people looking in you have to keep the curtains drawn at all times.
And talking of facing onto the street - be prepared for noise. A LOT OF NOISE. A badly positioned wall directly outside the room means that revellers congregating in town sit there to enjoy a beer or late night takeaway. They chat. And laugh. And sing. All night long. There were also building works outside our room from 8am-7pm during our stay. Oh joy.
When we stumbled to breakfast bleary-eyed, one cup of coffee and one glass of artificial tasting juice was plonked down in front of us. There was a chair on the table we were sat at but I wasn’t allowed to move it. Huh? You also get scrambled eggs and some cheap bread. Our 8 year old doesn't eat eggs so we asked for some jam to go with the bread, but the response was "we only have butter". We also asked...If you want the hostel experience for the price of a hotel, this is the place for you.
Yes, our room was clean but the good news stops there.
Everything felt cheap and low-budget, from cables hanging from the wall to oddly positioned art prints covering up "bad bits". The bathroom was so small you couldn't sit straight on the toilet, the towels were thin and mismatched, and there was no fan. Rooms face onto the street so if you don't want people looking in you have to keep the curtains drawn at all times.
And talking of facing onto the street - be prepared for noise. A LOT OF NOISE. A badly positioned wall directly outside the room means that revellers congregating in town sit there to enjoy a beer or late night takeaway. They chat. And laugh. And sing. All night long. There were also building works outside our room from 8am-7pm during our stay. Oh joy.
When we stumbled to breakfast bleary-eyed, one cup of coffee and one glass of artificial tasting juice was plonked down in front of us. There was a chair on the table we were sat at but I wasn’t allowed to move it. Huh? You also get scrambled eggs and some cheap bread. Our 8 year old doesn't eat eggs so we asked for some jam to go with the bread, but the response was "we only have butter". We also asked for coffee refills, only to be told "we don't usually do this".
As an island, it's pretty obvious that people want to go swimming and surfing, yet there is nowhere in the room to hang anything. Not even a hook on the back of the bathroom door. We left with a lot of damp clothes and towels. No beach towels are provided so take your own. Heaven forbid you should make any more requests.More
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