What kind of place is this?
“Hostal” does not always mean hostel. This Booking-only property may be a private-room guesthouse or small hotel, with no confirmed dorm setup.
Suspicious-review evidence
≈44 possibly bought · 154 top-rated reviews scanned
Explain how it works
We compare every 5★ review's word count against the global distribution. Hostels where unusually many top-rated reviews are suspiciously short — way under the typical length — start to look like the staff (or a boost-my-listing service) is padding the score with throwaway praise.
The detector flags reviews that are both top-rated and below a length threshold, then estimates how many of them statistically shouldn't exist. For this hostel we scanned 154 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 7.20. A z-score measures how far this hostel's distribution of 5★ review lengths sits from the global average, in standard deviations. 0 = perfectly typical. 1–2 = slightly unusual but within normal noise. 3–5 = strongly anomalous. Anything 10+ means the pattern is so far from the global norm that it's effectively impossible to get there organically.
This is a heuristic, not a verdict — it surfaces hostels worth a second look, not proof of fraud. Read the actual reviews below and judge for yourself.
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rating. Upon check out I asked for a portion of a refund
The washroom and bed were perfect for Camino travellers. Great shower. Great location. This is more of a hotel rather than a hostal or Albergue and I think that was the challenge. There were other guests arriving to their rooms late at night making a lot of noise. The real frustration was that one of the guests left a dog in their room while out for the evening. The dog barked constantly until about 1025 when we assume the owner returned. I messaged on this website’s platform at about 910 pm, then twice more after that with no answer until later. My WhatsApp message was also unsuccessful. As most pilgrims we go to bed between 8-9 and in this case that did not work out which was frustrating. Upon check out I asked for a portion of a refund and was met with that I was threatening a bad review for money so that did not help. I was also told the noise ended at 8; which simply was not accurate in a bunch of ways. I did not engage further as it was clearly not going to be a useful effort. So, we moved on to the next place and will enjoy our trip. First negative experience in over 70 hostal/Albergue stays.
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Limpieza
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Parfait
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Localização
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Ubicación
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Todo correcto
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Todo Todo
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La stanza
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Very Clean
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Todo Nada
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Muy bien
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Elnpueblo Nada
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La ubicación.
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Céntrico,colchones cómodos,limpio
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Todo Todo
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Location, honor bar
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Location No coffee
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Good location. Nothing
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Fantastic, great location.
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Very good location.
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Ubicación y limpieza
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Very nice property.
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Très bin accueil
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BUENA UBICACION NADA
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