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The Hostelz.com Review
First off, this hostel is nearly impossible to find. Although all the guidebooks and even the tourist office will tell you to take bus 434, what they don't tell you is that there are no signs. From the main road, you have to somehow find a tiny little pathway next to a shack, and then walk through the woods for about 10 minutes before you happen upon it. The alternative, is bus 433, where the pathway is labeled, but it is about a 2 mile hike to the hostel, all uphill. Bus 433 costs half a euro, and bus 434 is 4.50 euros, but you can ride it all day to all the sites. What they don't tell you is that both buses stop running at about 8 pm (earlier on the weekends). Don't get stranded in town, or you'll be taking a taxi or a walk for many miles.
Once at the hostel, the staff laughed at us for complaining about the lack of signage, stating, "yeah, we hear that a lot." Not very helpful.
There is a lockout from noon to 5 pm. There is a common room, with a few vending machines, a tv getting only portugese stations, and a broken VCR. The rooms are pretty barren -- just the bunk beds and the bathrooms (which are filthy). Breakfast is your standard HI breakfast: juice, coffee, tea, bread, jam and butter, and meat or cheese.
All in all, the location of this hostel makes it impossible to enjoy the city and most travellers would probably be better off staying somewhere in town.
Once at the hostel, the staff laughed at us for complaining about the lack of signage, stating, "yeah, we hear that a lot." Not very helpful.
There is a lockout from noon to 5 pm. There is a common room, with a few vending machines, a tv getting only portugese stations, and a broken VCR. The rooms are pretty barren -- just the bunk beds and the bathrooms (which are filthy). Breakfast is your standard HI breakfast: juice, coffee, tea, bread, jam and butter, and meat or cheese.
All in all, the location of this hostel makes it impossible to enjoy the city and most travellers would probably be better off staying somewhere in town.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
October 2004
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HI - Sintra Hostel Details
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Location/Contact| Address | Parque Nacional de Pena, Santa Eufémia, Sintra (S. Pedro de Sintra), Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Website | www.pousadasjuventude.pt |
| Telephone | +351 21 9241210 |
| Fax | +351 21 9233176 |
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Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
Good points: cheap, comfy beds and blankets; big rooms; great place to meet fellow backpackers; good shower pressure; decent breakfast; and the surrounding area is beautiful.
Bad points: way the hell out in the middle of nowhere on top of a very big hill (don't bother taking a bus--save your back and patience and get a cab from the train station); no kitchen or laundry; the shower water doesn't drain, turning the bathroom into a swamp; and there is a pack of semi-wild dogs next door to the hostel that get aggressive.
Summary: even with some of the problems, I still would come back here as the price is right, Sintra is beautiful and it's a nice laid-back atmosphere. — BC (2004-09-08)