Hostel Galeria 13 Reviews

I stayed 4 nights in total in Galeria 13, the location is great but most of all, the staff is extremely helpfull and nice. And... the caipirinhia happy hour is fantastic to meet all the travellers !! Thank you Galeria 13 Pascale (France)

This has to be one of the best hostels I have stayed in all my travels. Everyone on the staff was super friendly, including the lovely lady who baked the delicious cakes for breakfast and the cat that tried to drink some of my mango juice. The free caipirinha hour was a great way to meet new people and the free breakfast until noon (yes, noon!) was at par with that in any fancy B&B. The aircon in the rooms was a welcome plus in the crazy summer heat. Don't miss this place!

Best hostel ive ever been, so nice design and incredible staff, Paul the owner is such a nice guy, and all the workers including the wonderful Zulu restaurant. Really big and clean rooms, special breakfast and nice caipirinhas for free during the happy hour! Ive been in many hostels around the world and ive never seen someth near this level, and everything for really cheap prices. Congratulations Paulo! Big hugs for all Galeria 13 family, specially Lu, Renata and Vanda!!! Canary boy will be back

Great time. The Pelourinho is a noisy albeit lively area of town. We could also hear some noise from the rooms upstairs. Overall, we had a great time at Galeria 13, we appreciated that the staff suggested different activities/events every day. We did the walking tour offered and thought it was excellent.

Sitting on the outside terraces, the hostel feels like any beautiful corner of the latitudes between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. It's a lovely oasis, a good place to stay, very helpful people, excellent information-giving and enjoyable cross-section of guests. Touristic hotspot, Pelourhino, can be overpowering with noise and mixed denizens, but Galerai 13 is a very good base. Oh yes, Caiparinha Happy Hour very enjoyable, too.

we really liked the hostel, it was in a good location were all the turist are.. good atmosphere, we had fun! they knew english very well wich is very important specially in brazil where most of te people dont know english!

The surrounding area at night can be a little risky but common sense and you will be fine. Tuesdays are a big night. Free caiprinia hour at 5.15 is a really social event and you will meet people to go out eat/drink with. AC at night in the rooms is welcome. Overall the hostel is very well thought out and the staff make an effort to make you comfortable. I would highly recommend this hostel.

I really liked the place and I would definitely recommend the hostel to everybody. The stuff was really nice and helpfull and I had an excellent stay there!

This is the best run hostel we have been to. The owner, Paulo, is an absolute legend! Amazing breakfast, great location, constantly clean rooms, social atmosphere and the hostel restaurant is great feed. Highly recommend to all backpackers!

The staff were really friendly. However, the bathroom wasn't clean and the room was filthy as the 10 bed dorm was full and guests were leaving stuff everywhere making for an overall unpleasant stay.

Need more bathrooms for the dorms. 10 people per bathroom is terribly inconvenient

Nice place, but we felt it was a bit cramped.. Nice staff that are very helpful and the location couldn't be better.

Good, sociable hostel, with great breakfast and knowledgeable staff and friendly owner. However, it's very noisy (not guests, or regular Salvador madness, but the staff!). Staff and families make a lot of noise early in the morning. Also staff are in and out of the rooms day and night, turning on the lights, playing with the fans and air-con, moving personal belongings to make the beds daily. It's just not necessary and is intrusive. Also 1 bathroom/toilet in a 10 bed dorm is not sufficient.