Reviews of Tiber Village Hostel

06 September 2010 Adrianna would recommend this property

Liked: It was very cheap, and it wasn't hard to get to, it just took a few metro rides.

Disliked: There wifi was broken and their internet on their computers were very slow.

01 September 2010 William would recommend this property

Liked: Very nice place and the people is very nice

Disliked: The bed of my room was bad and I dont like.

30 August 2010 Karen would recommend this property

Liked: Meeting people from other countries.Swimming pool.

Disliked: Karen left no negative feedback.

30 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: -free car ride organized by the hotel to Prima porta at 6 AM because I asked for it-plenty of native English speaking staff-the relaxed atmosphere of the place-pool, small but nice-5 free internet computers-good pizza at the restaurant

Disliked: -when you take a shower the water always manages to find its way to the living room area no matter what you do, it is just plain bad design -price of water is ridiculous at the food store on the camping grounds -not even a SHARED kitchen -wifi did not work no longer than one minute at a time on my laptop -cannot even use google street view because the common computer does not have flash installed on it nor does have keyboards preinstalled for other languages besides the US English

27 August 2010

Liked: Pool

Disliked: BEDBUGS!!!!!!!!!!!! We moved after the first night after changing rooms, not cool.

26 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: nice nature'

Disliked: nothing

25 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Tiber Village had a great atmosphere, added by the Bar/Restaurant. This provides a place to socialize with people, and also to just relax and chill after a long day out sightseeing. Pool was fantastic after a long hot day also..it was also just as nice spending all day lying in the sun beside it to work on the tan :) Staff were overall friendly, and the place had a young viberant feel to it.

Disliked: I found that the Cabin we stayed in wasnt so hygenic, things like ants etc were finding there way into our cabin, and you could hear every single thing that went on in the room next to you. Also if your wanting to be close to the city centre of Rome, i wouldn't choose Tiber Village, it takes a good 30 minuets to get into the main tube line to take you into Rome, which can take even longer depending on where you are wanting to go. But if you are patient enough to stand the ride in and out again and want a nice relaxing campsite I would definately recommend Tiber :)

25 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The place is really cool, the owner is lovely person but the only problem is the staff, they are not friendly or helpful. Beware about the food at the restaurant, they serve expired food.

Disliked: Didnt like the staff, quite rude people.

23 August 2010

Liked: nice place for family camping but dont use the dorm.

Disliked: hot, filthy(bugs and flies sleeping with u on the walls) dorm rooms.

22 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Super cheap, nice camp atmosphere and friendly staff. The coach shuttle to the train station deserves three stars. The dorms have groups of beds arranged in "cubicles" which give you more privacy than you might have in other dorms. There is a small swimming pool and lots of bathrooms, and you can choose between a lot of different accommodation options - from dorms to tents, campers, bungalows...

Disliked: There are no lockers in the dorms, although there is the possibility to lock your luggage in a storage room next to the reception. There is also no kitchen for people who sleep in the dorm, but there is a small supermarket and a nice bar/restaurant right next to the rooms.

20 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Its a place to escape the heat of Rome but if your used to camping in nice places this isnt really the place. Its nice and good to get away but theres no where to explore.

Disliked: When we ate lunch at the restaurant not joking the brushetta had a bite taken out of it. You could see where they put their hands and the bite mark.

20 August 2010

Liked: It had a pool and is inexpensive.

Disliked: I stayed at Tiber Village for 4 weeks. 2 weeks into my stay I upgraded to a 2 bed private room where for 3 days the electricity turned on and off at random. Annoying and potentially destructive to the computers that were plugged to the wall socket. We informed the staff about the electricity problem all 3 days that we were in the room and nothing was done to fix the problem. When I was moved to a dorm room, I was attacked by bed bugs for another 3 nights (see photos here: http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/MikeFrankos/bedbug%20bites%20from%20my%20stay%20at%20Tiber%20Village/ ). When I told the staff about the bedbugs, I was moved to another dorm room where I was bitten again. After letting the staff know that I got bit in the new room, I was moved back to a private room where, once again I was bit by bedbugs. I ended up having to go the the Emergency Room where the doctor confirmed the bites were from bedbugs and and gave me a report to bring back to Tiber Village. I spoke to a staff member again who did not want to see the report from the doctor and told me that "these things happen all the time and there is nothing that the campsite could do about it". Twice I asked to speak with the manager and twice was told that the manager was not available. I finally tracked down the owner (Johnny) who became extremely defensive and threatening but did end up offering me a 20% discount off the price of my stay. 20% off for electricity that didn't work for 3 days and and over a week of disgusting bites on my arms, legs, feet, waist and the back of my neck, constant itching and now, little scars all over my body as well as the fact that even though I have left the camp ground, I am still finding the bedbugs in my travel backpack and cloths (that I have washed 3 times in attempts to rid them of the bugs). The complete lack of customer service and compassion at Tiber Village is appaling. In addition, the WIFI only works part of the time, the shuttle that takes you to and from the train station to get to Rome stops running at 11pm, so unless you want to take 3 different buses and walk 1.5km at night forget about experiencing Rome's night life. I hope that my experience was an isolated one but from what I have read online about bedbugs and the seemingly lack of caring, concern and attention (the matress that I had slept on in the first dorm where I was initially bitten remained in the room until another guest woke up in the middle of the night and found bedbugs crawling all over it, killed a few and brought them to the front desk) from the Tiber Village staff and owner, I highly doubt it. I would absolutely not reccomend staying at Tiber Village.

16 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: cheap accommodationthe rooms are spacious and cleanthe staff have a professional attitude towards their workfree internetbar, restaurant, coffee shop

Disliked: since it is outside the city, the travel time to and from Rome is longer not a good option if one either needs to catch an early train or arrives late at night

16 August 2010 nicole would recommend this property

Liked: facilities: swiming pool, supermarket, bar, buses... and it is cheap compared with other places to stay in rome.

Disliked: It is very far away from the city (1hour), beds are hard, is not very safe (dont have lockers), you have to come home early because there is no buses to get there after 22hr.

16 August 2010 Angie would recommend this property

Liked: The pool is okay, the property is beautiful

Disliked: It is really far away and inconvenient to get to. if they extended their shuttle bus hours it would be much more acceptable. The shared dorms are really not secure as you don't have a door to your room. There is luggage storage, but the option for your own personal locker would be much better.

15 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great beer garden and family atmospher. But also had seperate areas for those wanting a night out. Orgainised toga parties and sharpy partys were great. Nice little seperating curtains in the dorms . Showers were brilliant. Pool was also great.

Disliked: Only downside was the distance away so if u wanted a night out in rome it was a little harder but they gave you all the imformationto make it happen .

15 August 2010 Katja would recommend this property

Liked: I liked staying there. Its a bit far from Rome center but the journey is not too bad. Showers and toilets were quite clean and one did not need to wait to get to shower.

Disliked: The room was not really a room, just a box with two beds, but for that price it was okay. :)

14 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It was a really good place to meet fellow travelers and stay at a cheap place.

Disliked: The beds are tiny and showers are a bit of a walk away.

09 August 2010

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: Everything

04 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: There's a pool, and the mobile huts cool down fast during the night, toilets and showers plentiful and clean, tasty takeaway pizzas from restaurant and free internet access in bar. Despite being far out of Rome the journey to the city was very easy with shuttle buses from the campsite to the nearby station every 30minutes.

Disliked: No kitchens and the on site store was quite expensive. A wise move to take midge repellent!

03 August 2010

Liked: It is clean

Disliked: It is very far from Rome

03 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: helpfull staff, shuttlebus, good english speaking people, nice food, nice to stay, nice swimmingpool

Disliked: sometimes the loudness of the neighbours and the young people were sometimes very loud at night

03 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Fun, good place to meet people, bar, cafe, market are decently priced.

Disliked: It is far from Rome, and within my three day stay in the male dorm people had stolen from them everything from electric razors to laptop computers to phones. THERE ARE NO SAFES!!! IF IT IS VALUABLE KEEP IT ON YOU AT ALL TIMES OR EXPECT TO LOOSE IT.

01 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: ummm.... firstly little bit far from centere actually its 20 minutes by train but you should wait 10 or more minutes for train .prima port to tiber camp 5-8 minutes and free shuttle .one way train ticket 1 euro one day 4 euro 3 days 11 euro its not big problem.if you will stay 2 or more night in tiber camp i can advise tiber camp dorms or you will one day in rome i cant advice this camp .you should stay in rome center there is free wi fi and desktop computer and free pool . i stayed 3 night in 4 male shared dorm in tiber price * 11 euroes thats realy comfy i like it

Disliked: train waiting time

30 July 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Nice pool friendly staff transport services to prima ports station regular and punctual.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.