Reviews of Home Backpackers

17 August 2011 Aimee would recommend this property

Liked: The location, activities on offer (although none of them went ahead when I was there due to the public holiday), and the rooms were a decent size

Disliked: The rooms are too hot, it was like a sauna & very uncomfortable at night when trying to sleep. The noise is unbearable from the bar across the street, and when I stayed there were a group of people screaming and fighting in the street for over 30 minutes. My room mate had to go to reception to ask them to call the police, and found them unaware of what was happening as they were listening to music on headphones. If you need any sleep at all I wouldn't recommend this hostel, but if you sleep through anything you'll be fine!

14 August 2011

Liked: the locatization

Disliked: the bathroons, mixed. and the roons extremely hot like boiling very difficult to sleep. I wouldn´t stay there agayn

14 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: bathroom was big, clean and nice..

Disliked: there was no internet connection on the day we were on.. the staff suggested us a place to eat paella but the paella was really bad..

12 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: staff are really friendly. There's a pub crawl every night so you have the chance to go out and meet other people from the hostel. Big terrace.

Disliked: unfriendly man in my room

01 August 2011 lauren would recommend this property

Liked: Location and balcony.

Disliked: Lack of facilities, unhelpful staff, not allowed to make any noise at all past midnight. wouldnt recommend if you're party goers like me and my friends.

01 August 2011

Liked: The location was good as it was close to the Bar street.

Disliked: I had pre mailed them for rooms to be shared together with friends and I even got a reply saying we'll have rooms together but when we got there we were all seperated. The metro is located really far, closest is about 20 minutes walk away. The keys did not work at all, no instant repair work, this made it very troublesome.

31 July 2011 Said would recommend this property

Liked: Great central location. the free walking tour is great. They have a good common kitchen to use. Cool staff

Disliked: n/a

25 July 2011

Liked: the atmosphere was awesome! everyone was so friendly; the roof terrace and kitchen were a brilliant way of meeting people.

Disliked: it was a shame the terrace closed so early, but that's it! Everything else was great, would definitely recommend.

24 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, nice building. Good free city tour!

Disliked: Bathrooms has no extractor fans so was always very hot. The fan in the bedroom was broken so it was very hot!

24 July 2011 Naomi would recommend this property

Liked: The decoration is really individual, and I was struck by the character of it straight away. Even though I was in a 12 bed dorm, I had so much space - much more than in any other hostel. Linen and even a towel was provided and the kitchen facilities were excellent, even down to the stickers they provided so we could write our names on our food. Also, the directions were very clear and it was central to everything you want to see in Valencia. I can't recommend this place enough. :)

Disliked: Nada

23 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The kitchen is very big and the terrace is nice. It's easy to meet people and the hostel organizes nice events. It's also very cheap.

Disliked: No air conditioning so the rooms are very hot.

22 July 2011 Eleanor would recommend this property

Liked: Nice place, terrace is a great place to hang out, everyone very friendly. It's very warm in Valencia but the hostel is quite cool at night, with fans. We hired bikes and went on a pub crawl wiht the hostel and I would reccomend both. It was easy to find and close to the centre of toen, and train and bus stations.

Disliked: One of the guys on the desk was unpleasant, but everyone else was lovely.

21 July 2011 Kitty would recommend this property

Liked: good

Disliked: no air con

20 July 2011 Kate would recommend this property

Liked: It's in the wing of a church, which gives it character. I was in a 16-bed dorm, but it was divided into two 8's, which was better really. Good location, in the centre of the old town. Free internet. Nice big kitchen, very sociable. The hostel advertises lots of walking tours, pub crawls, etc.

Disliked: The old town is quite far from the beach - over an hour to walk, or a tram ride away - but that is just because of where the old town is located rather than the hostel's fault!

18 July 2011 Glenn would recommend this property

Liked: Location was close to markets and reasonably priced. A free tour also ran from the square nearby.

Disliked: Directions to the hostel were a little off because I arrived at a different train station to the one the directions given are for (Nord)

14 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location, staff and safety are good. No breakfast, but big kichten was availaible.

Disliked: Good, every very but not awesome. A bit expensive for some foreigners regarding facilities but in spanish reality hostel is not expensive. There are no single or double rooms.

11 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great place to meet people, right in the centre of Valencia and 2 mins walk from Valencia Cathedral. Pub Crawl is worth the 15euro on the weekends as drinks are 8-10euros in the local bars. Really clean and well looked after. Couldn´t ask for more from one of the cheapest hostels in Valencia! Definitely reccommend!

Disliked: No air con only fans

11 July 2011 Ionut would recommend this property

Liked: - Very well equipped kitchen

Disliked: - Rooftop closes at 20:00 - No breakfast - No AC in the rooms - No lockers in the rooms - Mixed showers/bathrooms

10 July 2011 michael would recommend this property

Liked: Great place to meet people, graet sun deck, great kitchen

Disliked: No AC! very hot rooms, found it very hard to sleep, also the matresses were very bad, also rooms were very noisy because they open out onto a sqaure that is full of people most of the night

09 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I loved the elevator!! the hostel was in a great location close to everything, the metro is about 15 walk though ! They did have a fun pub crawl

Disliked: This place is really hot no air condition, rooms were very hot even when provided a fan! the kitchen closes at midnight , which sucks and the terrace closes at 8 pm , so when its really hot you can't even eat on the terrace where there is wind!

09 July 2011 Lauren would recommend this property

Liked: The atmosphere was great, I really enjoyed the wall decorations and the nice kitchen.

Disliked: It was strange to share a bathroom with girls and guys, but it was ok after a while.

08 July 2011 vania would recommend this property

Liked: the hostel is really nice and clean

Disliked: It could be useful to provide it with a simple self service breakfast

07 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It had a very cute and relaxing roof top terrace that was good for escpaing the heat.

Disliked: way way too hot in the rooms! the fan didnt work in our room and it was horendously hot. they closed the roof top terrace at 8 pm! so u had to melt in the kitchen when u wanted to hang out. and they lock up the kitchen after 12 which is frustrating if u want to relax there. also, someone ate some of my food that i had in the fridge. and the laundry machine didnt work. but altogether, i felt like this was a well run hostel, dont really know what else to compare it to in valencia...

07 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: nice hotel

Disliked: nothing

04 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: everything

Disliked: all was ok