GGuest User🇮🇹Rome Hostel Recommendation: JO&JOE
I spent ages researching online before choosing this hostel. Everyone said its location and service were superb, and I totally agree!!!
The hostel is conveniently located near Termini Station, but it's not in what's considered a 'dangerous' area around the station. It's a fifteen-minute walk from the station, situated right on a main street, with no dodgy alleyways. At night, there are streetlights everywhere and plenty of tourists around, which I think is really important for female travelers. Most attractions are within walking distance (the only one you'll need public transport for is the Vatican 🇻🇦). The hostel is very close to both bus stops 🚏 and metro stations 🚇, and you can get directly to the Vatican by both. There are also many supermarkets nearby, both large and small. If you buy your own food there, 10 Euros a day for meals is more than enough.
I stayed in an 8-bed mixed dorm. Although it was an 8-bed room, there were quite a lot of girls. (I also often met Chinese 🇨🇳 girls, which was super convenient for finding travel buddies to hang out and take photos with!!!) The 8-bed room was very spacious, with one large bathroom and one small one (the large bathroom had a hairdryer). Note: Only the bottom bunks have curtains. (If you want a bottom bunk, make sure to request it when you book!) If you sleep on a bottom bunk, whether you get a good night's sleep completely depends on the 'sleep quality' of the person in the top bunk. Because the person above me moved around a lot and twisted quite vigorously in their sleep, it was really noisy. The air conditioning in the room was blasting, which was amazing given Italy's 38-degree summer heat. The lockers 🗄️ in the hostel don't have locks 🔒 (you need to bring your own, or buy one on-site for 5 Euros). I stayed for 5 nights, and I felt that my dorm-mates were pretty good; no one was noisy, and everyone turned off the lights and went to bed by 10 PM (I got super lucky!).
The hostel has a huge balcony, a restaurant, a bar, a kitchen, a laundry room, a large common living room, and public restrooms. They don't provide towels (you have to pay extra for them). They offer a paid breakfast (10 Euros, a typical 'Western' breakfast). They also offer a paid laundry service (washing is 3.5 Euros, drying is 2 Euros, totaling 5.5 Euros. If you go to an external self-service laundromat, it'll cost you 10 Euros). After checking out, you can choose between free or paid luggage storage (free storage is in a meeting room, paid storage is in a locked cabinet). I personally recommend paid storage. After all, 6 Euros to store luggage for a day in a tourist area like Rome, Italy, is quite a good deal, considering there are so many pickpockets in Italy. Think of it as buying insurance!
I visited Rome at the end of August, so it wasn't peak season. I booked 5 nights for about 1500 RMB, which is an average of 300 RMB per night. I paid a city tax of 17.5 Euros upon arrival. If the price you find is around 300 RMB (during peak season in July and August, it can be 600 RMB per night), I think you should go ahead and book it. Rome is like Europe's Beijing in terms of popularity, and accommodation prices in the summer are really, really high.
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