Back to Foresteria Sociale Venice S.Marco By NewGeneration
Showing 22 reports · 3 in the last 12 months
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Confirmed Hostelworld
I arrived got my bed assignment and locker. One thing they do is you have to leave your key at the front door every time you leave. Well I came back twice and both times they gave me the wrong key my stuff could have easily been stolen from my locker. Second, once I got back to settle in for the night my bed was already slept in all messed up, no clean bedding. Look closer look at my bed I could see bed bugs in the mattress and mosquitoes all over the roof. Took my stuff to a hotel for the night
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Reviews were awful so I expected it to be bad. After staying in 40 hostels around the world I did have issues with the place. Amazing location, great chargers & pillows & AC. Shower was clean but broken. Reviews said the sheets were going to be dirty but they fixed this because all of the sheets were washed & clean. But I dont know if it was the mosquitoes flying into the room or the bed bugs in the duvet cover & mattress, but I have more that 60 bug bites after just 3 nights. Bring Bug Spray.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
AVOID!!! The only positive thing I have to say about this hostel is that there were no bed bugs, genuinely horrific, it's so strange, creepy staff, nothing in the kitchen (oven is just decoration, it doesn't work). No one talks to each other here, only 2 bathrooms for 20 people and mould so thick you can barely open the door. You can lock your bag in a locker but any time you leave you have to hand your locker key in (?). The location is nice but this hostel ruined Venice for us. AVOID!!!!
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Confirmed Hostelworld
*Possible bed bugs as of April 2025* Woke up with seven bites on my back/arm after sleeping here for a night. Didn’t see any bed bugs physically in the sheets, but the bites look like they are from them (red welts, extremely itchy, clustered together). Otherwise is a good hostel. Bed was comfortable, and the lockers are quite spacious. No curtains on the beds, so noise and lights will most likely wake you up. Great location to see many spots in Venice. Only two bathrooms for several beds.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
I booked the hostel, saw the reviews, and got scared. I don’t know what other people were expecting, it was very nice. They provided more than many hostels do; big locker, towel, body wash, soap. The bed is already made for you when you come in. The mattresses were clean and definitely free of bedbugs. The room and bathroom is cleaned everyday and it’s a great location. It’s safe and there are some shared spaces on every floor. I didn’t have to do the check-in before arriving. 👍
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Confirmed Hostelworld
!!NOTE!!: We - me and my friend - stayed at the hostel is december. So it was a lot calmer and a lot less people, but also no sweaty stinky rooms or bathrooms. This may not apply to your stay. That aside. I love it!! The people I met there; have been in my heart ever since our trip, reception was great, security a bit strange but fine. Everything was very clean (bathrooms were okayish), no bedbugs, cosy, silent at night, not to hot and MOST IMPORTANTLY, the location. AMAZING! I WILL BE BACK!!
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Terrible. I arrived and the vibe of the staff at the desk was very weird. Then once I'd put my stuff away there was a message on the hostel world groupchat from someone who had stayed there saying that their whole party had experienced terrible bedbug bites in multiple rooms and the only thing done to manage it was change the sheets (you need to fumigate). I left, booked somewhere else, the owner of which said he had heard of this issue.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
We found bed bugs in multiple beds in this hostel. It was also unbearably hot and we had a hard time sleeping there. No refund and staff was not very unhelpful. Would not recommend.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
This place is full of bedbugs. The first room I was in 3/6 people were bit. I moved rooms, showered, isolated affected clothes, and got bit up more in the next room. I had to request to move rooms too because staff didn’t seem too concerned about it. It’s also so hot that you can’t sleep at all. Someone warned me by describing it as hell lol. They weren’t wrong. Used a wet towel laid on me and wet socks to be able to sleep, just a tip if you do end up staying here. Location is great though.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
This is the word hostel I’ve ever stayed . I guess you get what you pay for. No wonder is cheap accommodation. One ceiling fan for the whole room. Rooms are hot and humid full of mosquitoes . The worst part was my bed had bed bugs . I reserved my room for three nights and after one night I checked out . Staff doesn’t really care about how I mentioned the bed bugs .
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Although I saw the cleaning staff come in every day and clean all the rooms and change the bed sheets, I got bed bugs while staying here.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Beds 101.2B and 101.3B in the 20 bed room have bed bugs as we have been bitten since arrival and they look different to our previous mosquito bites. The kitchen is not well equipped for basic cooking and is missing basic items like cutlery. The staff were not very helpful or particularly friendly which is a let down. Pro’s to the place was it’s location being so central and our room even overlooked the canal which was a nice surprise as not every room has this.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Hostel was clean in a 6 mixed dorm and only 4 of us actually in it. Would recommend as location is amazing. Place was clean and no bed bugs for us (room 102B)
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Confirmed Hostelworld
After I already booked the place I saw reviews about bed bugs, but these are just mosquitos. There are a lot of them. Staff is really nice. Location is perfect. The walls are not soundproof tho. And the doors make a lot of noise when people come in the room late at night. Still had a very nice experience. And the beds are good. (As a tip for the hostel, I would make a little shelf in the bathroom so you have place to put your stuff, and maybe a little hook for your jacket in the room). :))
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Had bed bugs.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Nice and well located. I was bracing myself given some of the reviews I saw, but it was actually fine (maybe they have taken the bad feedback to heart). I found it clean and well organised, as most places do had it some quirks but I had no problems. And the only bed bugs I had to deal with were mosquitoes at night, close your windows. Be aware the front courtyard floods with the evening tide! Overall I had a a good stay and given the price and the limited options in Venice I would recommend it.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Overall for the price, it was very much worth it. No bedbugs, fresh mattresses, and metal lockers that fit your suitcase. Our bathroom had a sewage smell, but I think we fixed it. My duvet had blood stains, but it was hot so I never asked for a new one, the sheet sufficed. The kitchen is not very equipped. Some of us were heavily bitten by mosquitoes, I wasn’t at all (also I think this would be a problem wherever you stay in Venice). I would however very much recommend you to bring earplugs.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
The room was smelling badly and had bedbugs which spoiled my stay and my holiday ( my face was covered with bites). Also, there wasn’t a key to lock the toilet…. When I asked the staff for if they had a spare key the said “no because a guest had lost it” which I believe to be a banal excuse…. How a guest can lose a key if your not even allowed to take the dorm key out with you?…. The only positive thing was the location
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Staff was nice, lockers were secure and location was great. I woke up with bites all over my arms and legs from what looked like bed bugs. I also didn't like how you have to leave your room/locker key at the front desk any time you leave.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Despite all the negative reviews, we decided to stay here due to the unbeatable price and location. To our surprise it was perfect. We stayed one night but I would have been ok with staying longer. I believe they really have read the reviews and have done the changes. The bathrooms were clean, no bed bugs, fans in the room, mosquito nets in front of the window (not 100% effective but better than nothing). The 20 bed dormitory feels more like a 4-6 bed dormitory with the room being sectioned.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
Bed bugs. Staff very unfriendly and unhelpful. Would not give a refund when shown bedbugs. They will try to charge you extra for random things, for example not having checked in online in advance, they tried to charge me an extra 3 euros. Kitchen does not have running water. Avoid at all costs.
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Confirmed Hostelworld
the room has a lot of mosquitos because is near the canal, but the real bad thing about this place are the bed bugs, send me an emailif you want proofs, i taked picture and video of the bugs and the bites, it was really a bad experience.