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Sparta Team

Athens · Greece

Sparta Team

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24% SHIT
Medium confidence 62 reviews
Could still be good with enough luck and social skills, but not inherently social
Bed bug reports Showing 25 reports · 1 in the last 12 months
  1. Confirmed Hostelworld

    I think this hostel is a waste of anyone's hard earned money. It is dirty, I found bedbugs, there are no lights in the room I was inand the staff was rude. 0/10 do not go there under any circumstances.

  2. Possible Google Maps

    ATENCIÓN CHINCHES!!! HORRIBLE! A mi pareja la acribillaron las CHINCHES! revisamos la cama y las vimos claramente. La recepcionista dijo que no había más habitaciones disponibles y tuvimos que irnos y buscar otro alojamiento en plena noche. Tuvimos fuerte discusión en recepción ya que no nos querían devolver el pago de las noches. Al final nos lo devolvieron todo.

  3. Possible Google Maps

    Hemos encontrado chinches en la habitación después del segundo día. Primer día no nos enteramos qué habían chinches pensamos qué eran mosquitos pero el segundo día nos dimos cuenta que habían chinches en la cama mostrando chinches y las mordeduras qué nos habían hecho. Aún así no quisieron reconocer el error incistieron no devolver el cobro. Fue muy desagradable y nos fastidio el viaje bastante.

  4. Confirmed Hostelworld

    don‘t go there, we had bed bugs..

  5. Possible Google Maps

    Un lugar horrible, no solo por la higiene que nada mas entrar se nota y te entran las dudas, suelos pegajosos, baños rotos con mugre, da asco hasta lavarse las manos, las habitaciones tienen un olor de poco saneamiento. Pero no se queda ahí, las camas tienen chinches, en la habitación que nos quedamos nos despertamos y estábamos llenos de picaduras por todo el cuerpo y cuando bajamos a comentarlo a recepción nos dijeron que era algo q estaba en todos lados, que si estábamos seguros de que había sido el hotel y que nos buscasemos otro sitio sin reembolso de la reserva. Tienen un trato a los extranjeros (no griegos) muy decepcionante, ya que incluso nos trataban de forma despectiva por ser españolas.

  6. Confirmed Google Maps

    ⚠️ BED BUGS ⚠️

  7. Confirmed Hostelworld

    There were bed bugs in bed, the staff only changed sheets and it is supposed to be sanitary, but the problem continued the next night.

  8. Possible Hostelworld

    Reservamos este hostal a través de Hostelworld sin revisar antes las reseñas en Google, algo de lo que nos arrepentimos profundamente. Nada más aterrizar en Atenas, al buscar el lugar en Google Maps, nos encontramos con cientos de reseñas advirtiendo sobre la pésima higiene y, lo peor de todo, infestaciones de chinches y cucarachas. En definitiva: no pierdas tu dinero ni tu tranquilidad. Este lugar no debería estar en ninguna plataforma de reservas.Evita una mala experiencia y no vayas

  9. Confirmed Google Maps

    BED BUGS, PUNAISE DE LIT, DANGER!!! On est le 15Mai 2025 , elle est 23h00, j'ai trouvé deux grosses punaises de lit, on m'a proposé un remboursement à cette heure ci et pourtant d'autres chambres libres. On m'a demandé de quitter à 23h30 ou attendre après 2am pour voir si annulation. Aucun respect pour les clients , ZERO!! A FUIR , PASSEZ MEME PAS DEVANT CET HÔTEL, sinon vous retournez à votre pays avec un bon souvenir à vos familles.

  10. Possible Google Maps

    Nuestra experiencia fue pésima. Al llegar a la habitación vimos que había manchas de chinches y de tabaco en las sábanas. Lo comunicamos con la recepcionista y su reacción fue totalmente grotesca con nosotros. Lo negó todo y nos amenazó con que nuestras quejas eran porque habíamos visto las reseñas del hotel, cuando literalmente le señalamos las manchas que habíamos visto en la cama. No quiso saber nada, nos dejó sin acabar la conversación y fue realmente irrespetuosa con nuestras quejas. No recomendado. Además, el baño compartido no tenía nada que ver con las fotos y el barrio era de lo más peligroso y sucio.

  11. Confirmed Hostelworld

    BED BUGS!!! This place has an infestation of them. Please for the SAFETY and HEALTH of you, your family and the general public don't stay here. I talked with the staff about it she wasn't helpful at all. Told me there were no other rooms available, checked hostelworld they had a large scroll down list of different rooms available for that night. She even suggested that I go take there bed bugs somewhere else. Please see the attached photos if this review lets me to show the results of their prob

  12. Confirmed Hostelworld

    We arrived at the Sparta Team Hostel where we immediately realized that the walls were very dirty and unhygienic but we didn’t more of it at that time since we only booked for 1 night. However we woke up in the middle of the night to bedbugs all over the beds and walls. It was obvious after we researched bedbugs that they must have been there for a while since they were big, colored and there was stains on the sheets. The staff was very friendly and helpful and gave us an almost full refund.

  13. Confirmed Hostelworld

    The area where this property is located is terrible, shady and not safe. The room which we were given had bedbugs, we had to leave the room in midnight and since this area was not safe, we hired a taxi to reach the metro station though the station was just 600 meters away meaning walking distance away. Me and my family were roaming on the streets literally like homeless people and we were sitting at bus stop hoping for early Sun rise. We really had a bad experience but we got our refund back.

  14. Confirmed Hostelworld

    PEOPLE DON'T GO TO THIS HOSTEL!!!Yes the location is good. Yes, the price is good. Yes the Hostel is Clean! But there are bed bugs EVERYWHERE in this hostel. and people here don't take it seriously. Bed bugs are a serious problem. You don't just wake up covered in 100 red swollen bites, you carry them with you and have them everywhere. They only replies that they always disinfect. The hostel itself is clean, but disinfecting doesn't get rid of bed bugs.An exterminator has to come (we got refund)

  15. Confirmed Hostelworld

    Bedbugs, everything was dirty, staff was horrible and overall experience was - would like my money back

  16. Confirmed Hostelworld

    There were bed bugs!!!

  17. Possible Hostelworld

    El hostal estaba un poco alejado de la zona turística y de la zona donde se encuentran todos los restaurantes, pero cerca había una estación de metro que nos conectaba con otras líneas. El cuarto estaba algo descuidado y por desgracia encontramos dos chinches en la cama 🥹 esperamos que mejore para la próxima.

  18. Possible Hostelworld

    The area of the hotel is horrible. Extremely dirty and run down street, I did not feel secure there at all. The hotel room was ok, but there were bugs in the bed, which did not pick me, but were running up and down on me during the night waking me up several times. The staff was just kind, but did not answer my email and did not confirm my payment by email as promised. I will not return to this hotel and will not suggest it to anybody.

  19. Confirmed Hostelworld

    Okay so I normally never write reviews but I really need to warn every solo female traveller about this hostel - DO NOT BOOK!! So as a lot of people mentioned the rooms are not clean or nice. I was in a 6 people dorm (they only have mixed) and it smelled sooo so bad that I couldn't stay in there and I get sick just thinking about the smell tbh - since the room smelled bad all of the sheets smelled awful. The lockers in the rooms were so tiny that I couldn't lock my luggage there - I only found out later that there are bigger lockers at reception but if you have more than carry-on luggage you can't lock that in the dorms. I also think that I got some bites from bed bugs... I stayed in Athens for two nights at the end of March so it wasn't the most touristy season - keep that in mind for the following part. I shared the rooms (I switched rooms after the first night) with only men that seemed to be well over 50 - I felt like I was the only female visitor there and the only younger person. That kind of made me feel like the attraction of the other residents there - I had several VERY uncomfortable interactions with people that stayed there - they mostly remained friendly mind you but just all things combined I felt so on display, unsafe and uncomfortable. The last thing I want to mention is the area: nothing happened to me there mind you but Omonoia is obviously not a nice neighbourhood - when I arrived, there were people fighting, pee and in some cases s*** all over the streets and it smelled horrible. Being German I know that I am obviously very privileged and scare easily when it comes to these things but still I think any solo female traveller will feel unsafe walking here alone at night (in the day time it's absolutely no problem) - so I think the neighbourhood wouldn't be a problem when travelling in groups but staying alone I really dreaded walking to/from the hostel. I definitely want to state a positive though: the staff was really very friendly! They were patient, polite and helpful! As I mentioned I switched rooms after my first night because of the smell (though I didn't mention that to them because I didn't want to seem like a b****) and esp. extremely loud snoring. They didn't make a big deal out of it and I could very easily switch rooms and felt like they took my concerns seriously. I enjoyed talking to both of the staff members I interacted with. And I know that most of the things that made my stay as bad as it was are entirely out of their control. But still I cannot recommend this hostel at all and really wish I hadn't been such a cheapskate because I genuinely maybe slept a total of 2h my entire time in Athens - there are hostels that are similar price ranges around so I would suggest going elsewhere (esp. as a solo female traveller!)

  20. Confirmed Hostelworld

    I usual don’t write reviews but guys this place is a No my room was hot and stunk. no joke the place is nasty I woke up at 2am with bedbugs biting me and a tick in my bed I was so grossed out I literally took all my stuff and told the front desk about it. He offered me a new room. walked in and turned right back downstairs. Ended up finding a new place that night. I asked for a refund and they said no.

  21. Confirmed Hostelworld

    Reception staff were lovely and there 24/7. Ended up getting bites from bed bugs so wouldn’t recommend sleeping there. Walking in the surrounding streets also didn’t feel safe at night.

  22. Confirmed Hostelworld

    RUN AWAY !!!!! BED BUGS IN THE BEDS ! they bit me the whole night ! Didnt want to refund us. Should be closed !!

  23. Confirmed Hostelworld

    The hotel is in a great spot near Psiri and Monistaraki very central. The hotel is a little dated but good value for money. I stayed there twice - first room was great and very clean, shared bathroom was a little dirty but fine and I stayed for 3 nights with no problems. When i returned to the hotel and stayed in a different room this room had an infestation of bed bugs, which was so bad I had to leave. The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful, but certain rooms need to be de-bugged.

  24. Confirmed Hostelworld

    The girls of the reception were very nice, the place it’s not very clean and I found some bedbugs. The location of the hostel it’s a little bit dangerous at night.

  25. Confirmed Hostelworld

    The beds were awful had bedbugs and ticks. Bathroom was awful with roaches everywhere. Staff knew of bedbugs.

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