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Hostel of the Sun Reviews

Via Melisurgo 15, Naples, Campania, Italy

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91%Overall Rating

From 208 ratings
  • 92%Character
  • 89%Security
  • 88%Location
  • 97%Staff
  • 92%Atmosphere
  • 89%Cleanliness

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87%

Great hostel! The staff were amazingly helpful and friendly, the rooms were clean and secure, and the location was fairly central to Naples. The hostel also has a good common area where it's easy to meet fellow travelers. I DEFINITELY recommend staying here!


97%

Great hostel. Excellent, helpful, friendly staff and fantastic setup with multiple common areas, allowing guests to interact and form a real community. :) Thanks. Will recommend!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 31-40
  • (8 reviews)


90%

Very nice Hostel! Very friendly and welcoming. Staff was FABULOUS and sat you down when you first checked in and personally showed you what to do with your time in Napoli. Breakfast is good and bed was nice. Only downfall was being on the 2nd floor when the common area is on the 7th floors, but it was easy enough to head upstairs. Wifi everywhere was a plus. Would definitely stay here again if ever back in Napoli! :D

  • Avid Traveller
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female, 18-24
  • (14 reviews)


90%

Everything about this hostel is above average. Staff are excellent and will encourage in everyway possible. (Watch out for Harrietts infectous smile ........ she can talk the ears off a rabbit though :-)) Just staying at the hostel is a holiday itself, but being close to central Naples there is plenty of life within easy walking distance.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male, 41+
  • (9 reviews)


97%

Staff were friendly and able to answer all my questions and make recommendations. Hostel was fairly full for the winter season so easy to meet people if you wanted. Kitchen is slightly small so sometimes got busy but great to have for cooking when you can't eat anymore pizza or pasta.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female, 25-30
  • (5 reviews)


100%

P-E-R-F-E-C-T !!!!!


97%

I love napoli! and this hostel.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • South Korea
  • Male, 18-24
  • (4 reviews)


87%

very nice hostel and really good employees. everyone i encountered was very helpful and kind. mattress was a little too hard but everything else was great. breakfast was good the kitchen was nice, the common room had movies and there was a nice bar too. definitely recommend to solo female travelers

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 25-30
  • (9 reviews)


47%

The bathrooms were very dirty and commonly did not have any toilet paper and the floors were flooded with water. We were on the second floor, and the reception is on the seventh floor so it was more difficult to get questions answered by the staff and it meant the security was lower because you did not have to pass a front desk person to enter.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 18-24
  • (6 reviews)

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we are sorry you found the bathrooms often dirty-all you needed to do though was let one of the staff know and we would have cleaned them immediately. We try to keep our standards of cleanliness very high, which I think you can see from the other common spaces and your rooms, but I think one of the nights you stayed we had a problem with the boiler in the bathroom and it was leaking onto the floor, again something we fixed as soon as we possibly could. To avoid any problems like this in the future we'll have somebody go down to check the bathrooms periodically. I'm surprised you felt the second floor rooms were not secure. We have CCTV cameras in every common space and corridoor in the hostel, also on the second floor, which someone on the reception 24 hours with the CCTV screens in front of them. Also if you remember you have to get through 3 DIFFERENT doors with three different keys to get into your rooms, in which you also have a locker to lock your things up, so if you feel you can explain why you didn't feel it was secure then that would be really good for us- did you have any problems at all when you were here?? As we are inside a tall building we are forced to have rooms on different floors, as in many other hostels, so I'm sad you didn't feel you could take the lift up to come and ask questions, we're always ready to help if we can. If you wanted to be closer to the reception we could have changed your room! Generally people who book the smaller dorms are looking for peace and quiet, which I think you found down on the second floor, but if that's not for you then come and let us know! I'd really appreciate any feedback you can give us, we really care about how good your stay is here and I'm sure if you'd mentioned something to us when you were still here then we would have done our best to put things right so you could have enjoyed your stay more than you did. Thanks in advance,

97%

The staff where brilliant and the location was perfect, very happy and we enjoyed are stay

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male, 25-30
  • (3 reviews)


100%

Very good hostel, and I could imagine staying anywhere else in Naples. Though Harriet can be mean at times, she is very good-natured at heart.


97%

I had the honor of being their first guest for 2013! One of the best hostels I've stayed at. Definitely on the party side. Great common area for socializing!. Drinks are cheap and kitchen is well equipped. There are many bathrooms, and all are clean. Dorms are clean and good as well, though a little bit small. Location is good, but on your first time there is hard to find. It's opposite a "Pasticceria" shop, but a bit further in. Elevator requires 5 cents, but hostel provides the coins!!


90%

Amazing atmosphere at the hostel. The staff was very friendly. Guided me in planning my trip to Mt. Vesuvius. Also have Wii Sports...at no other hostel have I seen it.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 31 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • India
  • Male, 31-40
  • (3 reviews)


100%

my friend and I stay there for 3 night, the staff are quite warm-hearted, help us plan our schedule and give us a lot of useful info. the room is clean, but a little bit noisy on our floor. totally speaking, the stay is very satisfying.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 31 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Female, 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


100%

You deserve your award ! Bravo !

  • Novice Nomad
  • 30 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


87%

Great place with character. Strongly recommend you to paste another note to tell your guests that using SD card reader and Flash Disk to transfer something is not allowed on your laptop if you really mean it. If not, don't get yourself confused and use tough words to discipline your guests as if they were blind to your note"No Download". People read and know how to obey rules. The hot water (from the electric heater) takes time to warm up again, take shower quickly for the sake of others'.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 30 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Mixed Group, 31-40
  • (14 reviews)


97%

Great hostel, warm welcome every time. The greatest staff ever, perfect information about things to do, transport restaurants. Good beds, hot showers, clean bathrooms, nice kitchen and bar.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 30 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Austria
  • Female, 31-40
  • (6 reviews)


90%

Really good hostel

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Male, 25-30
  • (3 reviews)


90%

staff was very helpful, interesting, accomodating and upbeat. Cleanliness in room-not so great. There was dried blood on one of the pillowcases and the bathroom floor was rather dirty

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 41+
  • (1 review)


97%

Great hostel.Very nice staff,welcoming and helpful. It has all the advantagesof staying at a youth hostel along with all the advantages of sleeping in a nice and clean hotel. Breakfast was also a value. Location is good, eventhough at first the street were it is located doesn't seem to be the safest one. We didn't have any problem though, and the harbour (in case you are planning to go to Capri) is right there. Great place!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Female, 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


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