Hostel of the Sun

Bad experience hostal.. bedbugs and really dirty shower and beds..

We'll start with the good. The staff are friendly and engaging. They seemed eager to help and make your experience as positive as they can. Location wasn't bad either, especially for people taking ferries to the islands. The free breakfast was good as well. So, that takes care of the good. The bad: I am almost certain that there are bed bugs at this hostel. The night after my stay I noticed I had welts on three or four places on my body. First time ever getting something like this. And definitely wasn't mosquito type bites. Went to Ischia for a couple days, felt much better, no more problems. Came back to Hostel of the Sun for a transit night, and the following day had a bunch more welts. Did the old Google sleuth research, and bam! Definitely bed bug bites. Then I started thinking more of the conditions at the hostel. Cramped, humid, musty, and not the cleanest in spots. So, although I didn't comb over the entire place with a magnifying glass, all the circumstantial evidence points directly at Hostel of the Sun. Be forewarned.

Bed bugs, mould, filthy sheets and dirty room (staff were very friendly) The worst hostel I have ever stayed in, fine if it’s basic but the sheets and pillow were full of stains like they hadn’t been washed. Mould on the ceiling. Grubby bathroom and floor. Do yourself a favour and don’t come here

I do not recommend this hostel to anyone. This is the worst travel experience that my friends and I have experienced. Our flight was delayed to Naples and we were locked out of the hostel without a code to get into the building. Luckily another guest was arriving at the same time and let us in. We were not notified there was a key left for us. Once we arrived to the reception desk we saw a key with my name on it, however, the key DID NOT WORK to get in the room. We ended up sleeping on the couch/chairs in the lobby and woke up covered in bug bites. The next morning, after explaining our situation, we were told we would have to pay for at least half of our stay, although the receptionist checked our key and saw that it did not work. I do not recommend this hostel to anyone. They clearly do not care about their guests and are only money oriented.

There were bedbugs all over the room, there were also blood stains on the mattresses which is really gross

So I got destroyed by bed bugs here night #1 of 3. I understand how challenging they are to stop and easy to spread, and from seeing almost no mentions of them on reviews, it seems like this isn't often a problem. But I slept in the same bug-free bed at home for 1.5 months before coming straight here, so it DEFINITELY happened at this hostel. Ellie did a fantastic job of preventing it from getting worse- washing both mine and my friend's clothes/bags, giving me $ for medicine and a new room (just me, not us, but busy hostel, I guess). In that new room, though, the AC turned off on a timer and the front desk kept the remote (and every time I asked they lost it then found it a few minutes later), so both nights I woke up at 3am to a 30°C, stuffy room and had to walk to the front desk. The hostel ended up giving just me a refund, even though our entire plans for the week have to change because the medicine for the bug bites covering half my body prevents me from being in the sun- in the summer in Italy- PLUS we spent 5 hours dealing with everything that day. I've been traveling/staying in hostels for about four years now, and this was the first bed bug experience I've had (and this was my friend's first hostel experience EVER, so hopefully this stay doesn't scare him away from them). While it definitely could've gone MUCH worse, so I'm thankful the staff was helpful, but at the end of the day, it did happen and I don't feel ok about it.