Nopalero Hostel

Very friendly welcome form a female volunteer who was behaving like Brits. Professional and open-minded. To my surprise she was French, not German. The Canadian male volunteer was kind as well. However there was a group of French staying there. I left France and a job that was generating +10 thousand euros a month to be far from French closed culture and suspicious French people. This group attitude at the hostel reminded me of why I left.

I advise people to avoid this hostel. Was recommended by a friend who previously stayed here however new owners took over recently who treat the place like a family home that you’re not a part of , rather than a hostel. Incredibly exclusionary, clique staff and generally just a weird vibe. The place is 90% volunteers and barely any guests. It’s not just unfriendly, it’s as though the people there go out of their way to ignore you - you are made to feel like an inconvenience just being there. Everyone in my

I do not recommend this hostel if you’re a solo traveller. I didn’t feel welcomed by the staff or the owners at all, tried to make conversation and be friendly but since I only speak a little bit of Spanish I could not engage in the conversations. I arrived at the hostel when there was no other travellers only volunteers. I wish the hostel would have informed me about this as it left me feeling very excluded. All the activities that the hostel has posted on HW didn’t happen either.