Al frente del Parque Calian Vargas Alajuela Centro, 68241 Alajuela, Costa Rica
#31 of 37 hotels in Alajuela
Guests' ChoiceBased on 500 hostel reviews
7.6Cleanliness
7.7
Comfort
7.6
Location
8.9
Facilities
7.5
Staff
8.6
Value for money
8.3
Free Wifi
8.8
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End of dialog contentReviewed: August 31, 2023
Marc-anciel
CanadaCleanliness could be improved
Great location, cheap price, A/C in the room and very useful free shuttle to the airport.
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: August 29, 2023
Pamela
United KingdomThere is a restaurant at the top floor . Great food . Very kind and friendly people 😊
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: August 19, 2023
Jing
Chinafree shuttle bus, hot water shower, the space is big (lots of hostel in Central America, their rooms are crowded). Easy to find soda around.
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: July 21, 2023
Angela
United KingdomThere are no lockers in the rooms. Just tiny ones downstairs next to reception.
Ex-hotel converted to dorms, which means every room has a bathroom. No trekking down a corridor to use a shower or bathroom. Superb location right next to the central square in Alajuela. Plenty of shops and eateries around. The best bit: free pick up from the airport. Nice! Staff were friendly and super helpful with information.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: July 20, 2023
Junichiro
JapanClean bed and friendly staff. Also free airport shuttle
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: July 8, 2023
Lisa
United States of AmericaWe could hear the bar from our room, but they did close down pretty early at night.
The staff was great with our check-in and getting a taxi for us to the airport in the middle of the night. The shower had strong pressure and hot water.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: July 1, 2023
Deena
United States of AmericaIt would be nice to have coffee at the hostel but you can walk across the street. Would also be cool to have a library where guests can trade out books.
Clean, quiet, safe, spacious. Hot showers. Located across from soda with good food, and other stores. Has a small bar with some food. Great airport shuttle.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: June 19, 2023
Christensen
United States of AmericaReally appreciated the free airport shuttle, recommendations for places to eat, and overall friendliness/helpfulness of staff
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: June 16, 2023
Susan
United KingdomOnly stayed one night and no complaints.
Spacious dorm room, air con, lift, quiet, clean bathrooms, central Alajuela, great price.
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: May 24, 2023
Olivier
CanadaFree shuttle, owner very friendly Central location
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: May 24, 2023
Axela32
Costa RicaNo soap in the toilet. no hangers in the shower.
Lots of space in the dorm and between each bunk bed.
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: May 6, 2023
Andrea
Czech RepublicNoisy
Great location, very close to the airport+free shuttle.
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: April 28, 2023
Maude
SwitzerlandThere was no soap in the bathroom.
Good for one night before taking a plane. Near the airport and free shuttle to go there.
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 28, 2023
Jeremy
CanadaAir con only allowed to turn on in evening in dorm room
Location was great very close to airport
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 28, 2023
Kina
United States of AmericaYou could hear the bar from the room
Simple, clean, good price
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: April 25, 2023
Victoria
United KingdomStarted to get noisy early with people leaving/arriving. I was unable to pay by card, but luckily an ATM is nearby.
Good location to ATM, shops, pharmacy, food resturants. Friendly front desk. Shower gets hot, but needs to run quite a while to get hot.
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: April 24, 2023
Ashleigh
United Kingdomcomfortable stay, comfortable temperature
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 23, 2023
Jill
PortugalRoom a bit dark with no view
Great location to the airport with free shuttle
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 10, 2023
Maya
MexicoThe floor in my room was not cleaned at all, the rest was good.
The beds and AC
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: April 10, 2023
Sasha
United States of AmericaEasy access to the airport with a free shuttle!
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 9, 2023
Vittoria
Canadastaff very helpful
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: April 7, 2023
Linda
CanadaLittle bit of a hiccup with getting picked up from airport
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: March 28, 2023
Johnathan
United States of AmericaThe shuttle needed to be booked 24 hrs in advance which wasn't ever a possibility for me
Location and how quiet the room was, typically hostels located in the center of town are loud, this particular bunk room was not.
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: March 26, 2023
Craig
United States of AmericaGreat location, friendly staff, great value and an airport shuttle (5 to 10 minutes away!) plus they have a cool rooftop bar
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: March 22, 2023
Julius
GermanyOnly thing that bothered me is the conversion rate. Of you want to pay in Colones, you can expect the price to be approx. 15% higher than you expect from the reservation at booking.com
Nice clean place, friendly stuff.
Stayed in March 2023
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