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The Hostelz.com Review
A lavender sign welcomes guests to Frauenreisehause Women's Hostel, this lovely, secure hostel dedicated to housing female travelers. Located ten minutes' walk from the church in the city center and only a five-minute walk from markets and highly recommended restaurants, this large, neoclassical, old, urban mansion provides a lovely hosteling experience.
Guests are shown around and given an antique-style key to their rooms and a key code for the front door for after-hours entrance. The quad-share rooms have bunk beds and the double/two-person rooms do not. Both spaces have plenty of space, even with a night table beside each bed and a love seat (couch) in the rooms. It is a lovely touch to be able to relax in one's room without feeling cramped. Beds are made and a fresh, warm towel is presented to you upon arrival. Rooms are sparsely decorated, but the trim is Pepto Bismol pink, rounding out the female experience. Temperatures inside are good, noise is low, and the atmosphere is relaxed. While this hostel has the solo-traveler vibe, it does not have the isolated-traveler feeling that so many other quiet hostels seem to develop.
Varying seasonally, amenities at this hostel include the opportunity to use the washing machine for free, a comfy entertainment room with a wealth of movies, a very spacious kitchen (and a second, smaller kitchen), a small but impressively diverse book exchange (in terms of languages), a whole separate section for travel books, a job board, and a lovely garden with herbs for use (peppermint, lemon balm, apple mint), strawberries for the picking, and two pet guinea pigs in a lovely cage.
In terms of cleanliness, while this hostel did not give the feeling of sterility or white-washed hospital walls, the showers and bathrooms were well cleaned (despite some stains on the carpets and a few old ceiling/wall stains as well). One of the showers wasn't draining very well during our stay, which we luckily discovered before commencing.
In looking for possible faults of this lovely facility, besides the lack of y-chromosomes (if you consider this a fault), we find just a couple. First, there is one outgoing phone line for the entire hostel, which meant we waited for an hour at one point for someone else to finish. On the other hand, it is always a welcome sight to find a phone with free local calls at a hostel. For an all-women's hostel, we find it ironic that we passed a prostitute on a street corner two blocks away, and a few boarded-up houses on the way there. During both of our passings, our safety was not threatened.
And finally, we were concerned that walking up the creaky stairs or opening and closing squeaky doors near bedrooms at 10 p.m. might wake up other guests. Lively travelers, do not fear. There was a slight hum of a movie and quiet, happy laughter when we entered the hostel on the main level, and the noise was unnoticeable from the upstairs landing leading to the bedrooms of sleeping guests.
Guests are shown around and given an antique-style key to their rooms and a key code for the front door for after-hours entrance. The quad-share rooms have bunk beds and the double/two-person rooms do not. Both spaces have plenty of space, even with a night table beside each bed and a love seat (couch) in the rooms. It is a lovely touch to be able to relax in one's room without feeling cramped. Beds are made and a fresh, warm towel is presented to you upon arrival. Rooms are sparsely decorated, but the trim is Pepto Bismol pink, rounding out the female experience. Temperatures inside are good, noise is low, and the atmosphere is relaxed. While this hostel has the solo-traveler vibe, it does not have the isolated-traveler feeling that so many other quiet hostels seem to develop.
Varying seasonally, amenities at this hostel include the opportunity to use the washing machine for free, a comfy entertainment room with a wealth of movies, a very spacious kitchen (and a second, smaller kitchen), a small but impressively diverse book exchange (in terms of languages), a whole separate section for travel books, a job board, and a lovely garden with herbs for use (peppermint, lemon balm, apple mint), strawberries for the picking, and two pet guinea pigs in a lovely cage.
In terms of cleanliness, while this hostel did not give the feeling of sterility or white-washed hospital walls, the showers and bathrooms were well cleaned (despite some stains on the carpets and a few old ceiling/wall stains as well). One of the showers wasn't draining very well during our stay, which we luckily discovered before commencing.
In looking for possible faults of this lovely facility, besides the lack of y-chromosomes (if you consider this a fault), we find just a couple. First, there is one outgoing phone line for the entire hostel, which meant we waited for an hour at one point for someone else to finish. On the other hand, it is always a welcome sight to find a phone with free local calls at a hostel. For an all-women's hostel, we find it ironic that we passed a prostitute on a street corner two blocks away, and a few boarded-up houses on the way there. During both of our passings, our safety was not threatened.
And finally, we were concerned that walking up the creaky stairs or opening and closing squeaky doors near bedrooms at 10 p.m. might wake up other guests. Lively travelers, do not fear. There was a slight hum of a movie and quiet, happy laughter when we entered the hostel on the main level, and the noise was unnoticeable from the upstairs landing leading to the bedrooms of sleeping guests.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
April 2007
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Location/Contact| Address | 272 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand |
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| Telephone | (03) 366-2585 |
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Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
Free bike for lend. We were there in October 2010. The place was old but we're impressed with the free bikes. Hope you survive the quake and Sandra, please take care of yourself. — Tenn and Ankana , Thailand (2011-06-29) My visit to christchurch was very beautiful. In Decembre of 2009 I had spent 5 days in Christchurch, at that time I was guest of this hostel. I saw a lot of interesting places in this beautiful town and also in Akaroa, Lyttleton, and more. In the hostel I was living with sympatic guests from Japan, Germany, US, and Great Britain. We had a lot of interesting talks about us, our countries, and of course about NZ. Now I have seen via Internet and TV information about the big Christchurch quake some days ago. I hope the guests and the Hostel are good and I wish them the best. — Regina , Germarny (2011-02-24) Hope You're Ok Loved my stay in 2006. Hope everyone is ok after the earthquake and I'm thinking of you and remembering what a wonderful stay I had with you then. — Amanda S. , USA (2011-02-22) A terrific experience I was there for two chilly nights in June 1999. There was a fire in the fireplace, a welcoming hostess, and many women around enjoying the TV, reading a book or fixing a meal. I have been to a number of hostels in the U.S. and Canada and this had all the warmth you can often experience in a private hostel. Lovely. I wish I could be traveling in New Zealand and drop back in. — Elizabeth , US (2009-01-10) There are lots of good points about this hostel, the warm towels, the free washing machines, the well-stocked kitchen, and the impressive DVD collection. However the only place to really relax is the TV lounge where there was always a DVD on with a crowd of silent women watching it, which did lead to a lack of chat. The bathrooms need renovated, although they are clean, they are very old and tatty and the light is on a timer which can be a bit of a surprise! Everyone I spoke to loved this hostel and perhaps if you had stayed in horrid hostels, this would be a welcome change. However I had stayed in nicer hostels and I found the all-female atmosphere slightly oppressive. It is a 10 min walk from the Cathedral which is fine during the day but I wouldn't advise walking alone in Christchurch at night. — Gillian , Belfast (2007-05-23)