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Backpackers Sunset Reviews

Rodovia Jornailista Manoel Menezes, 631, Praia Mole, Florianopolis, Brazil

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85%Overall Rating

From 85 ratings
  • 89%Character
  • 83%Security
  • 87%Location
  • 85%Staff
  • 90%Atmosphere
  • 77%Cleanliness

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93%

Sunset Backpackers was awesome! Great location-walking distance to surf, sand boarding, and the lake. The best music and view were right at the hostel!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 31-40
  • (3 reviews)


73%

Its an averege hostel, I stayed in a 10 pax room, but in the next door there were other 10 people, and just one bathroom for all of us. The breakfast was really good.

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey Julian, an average hostel doesn't provide a really good breakfast as you said, a free caipirinha everynight during our stunning Sunset time, an spetacular view from the lake, dunes and mountains, a swimming pool with a view and a bar, where is open on the weekends, spacius dorms, a restaurant, a lively bar with live bands, djs, theme parties, cleaning service, maintenence team, young and enthusiastic Team to help you with everything yuo need in Floripa. And not to mention our unique american school bus to take you out for parties and day trips.. About the room, is 1 10bed dorm next to a 12 bed dorm ensuiyte, where you shouldnt been using it, as there is 2 toilets 10 meters away from your room. Cheers Sunset Team

83%

I had a great time staying here, its hostel is in a great location to the beach & staff are really helpful & friendly.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • (Gender undisclosed) 18-24
  • (3 reviews)


80%

The hostel is very good, breakfast is awesome. They could also improove the cleaness, mainly about the pool, there was a dead bug floating on the pool on my last day there. What bothered me more was the fact that it's allowed to smoke on the only tv room there are. It's a very good tv room with comfortable seats and a good tv but there are always 10 or more people smoking there. Absolutely impossible for a non smoker to be there

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Female 41+
  • (5 reviews)


57%

We had problems from the minute we arrived to the minute we left. They succeeded on their task of foolin us: charged more for our stay without us noticing, we payed for a 10ppl suite and they made up a story so we ended up sharing a 22ppl suite without a discount. It was a disaster! They tried to make us pay for drinks, food and taxes we hadn't had. The place was smelly and dirty plus the staff could never solve the problems. I don't know what could've happened if we didn't speak portuguese!


97%

Nice and helpfull staff. Toiletpaper was sometimes missing at the shared bathroom by the bedrooms. Wonderful atmosphere. The rooms need something on the walls to put your clothes on.


60%

The view from the hostel is great, cool pool area and bar. But i've never seen such a disorganized place! I booked a room for 4 people, suddenly there were 5... they wanted to charge me more money than it should be... and one day the bottle of water is R$2. The other day is R$2.50...! It's crazy... The toilets are constantly not working. They have a lot of people working there and no one really knows what to do or how to do things around... I would look for another place.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 28 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


87%

Really nice bar, but a bit expensive.. awesome view and atmosphere and a lot of stairs.Close to the beach on walking distance,but a bit far from the action... anyway, wouldn´t go anywhere else.... badass hostel! Cheers!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Male 18-24
  • (4 reviews)


93%

Amazing vibe with incredible staff. Had the best 4 days in Floripa! Absolutely perfect location, 5 minutes walk from Mole beach and great views from the bar/pool area. Everyone there made the experience top notch! Definitely recommend to anyone

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


90%

solid hostel. lots of party people when i was there. english speaking staff that were reasonably helpful. a bit loud at nights if you want to get some shut eye, but a great place to meet some people to party with. awesome location close to the beaches and pretty good dinners for good value.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Male 25-30
  • (5 reviews)


100%

Everything about this hostel makes it worth staying here, the awesome views, the parties, free caipirinha every night....but the best thing about this hostel is the staff. Don't bother looking anywhere else. Stay here !!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 25-30
  • (4 reviews)


100%

The best hostel I have stayed in, FACT. The staff are so helpful and friendly and get everyone involved in the fun. Great food, beautiful location and if you find time to sleep the bedrooms are lovely and serviced every day. Miss it already, coming back for Carnival!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


97%

strongly recommended! nice staff, great location, accomodations & view!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 10 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


80%

Great place, great staff.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 31-40
  • (3 reviews)


63%

The Hostel's Location is just perfect, wonderful view on the lagoon. BUT I CAN'T RECOMMEND this hostel. It is the most chaotic organisation I have ever experienced. The personnel is not trained, just everyone can work there, this results in chaos and nobody as a clue what to do& they don't have a proper accountancy. This results, that guests get more charged than they normally have to pay. The guest kitchen is more than dirty & the organised dinner are sometimes do not take place without notice.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


100%

Would totally recomend this hostel. We had a great time. The staff were really friendly and all the guests hung out together. Security, cleanliness and location were all great. Do some research as we heard there were a couple of other hostels that were also great but a lot cheaper.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 02 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 25-30
  • (12 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey Nicholas, thanks for your review brother!! We are very appreciated!! May be some cheaper hostels(differences goes bewteen R$5 reais) but none provides things that we do, starting with the view. We can't say more, because otherwise people will keep copying what we started, such as the free caipirinha everynight, camper van, and more...;) Big hug from Sunset Family!

77%

Sheets clean but with holes on it. Kitchen without pans and dirty. Nice view, very good location, nice people. /it´s easy to park infront of the hostel. Sabanas rotas pero limpias, necesita una mayor limpieza y una puesta punto de los banhos. La cocina no tiene cazuelas y esta sucia y muy abandonada.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Couple 25-30
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey Tiago, thanks for your comment. We will be giving more attention for our kitchen. ABout the sheets, our new fresh sheets are already been use in all beds and rooms. Every 3 months we change the olds for new ones, and you missed out for few days. Safe travels, and we hope to see you again with us! Sunset Team

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