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It has bedbugs
The hostel seemed fine to begin with and we were handed clean sheets. However in the morning I woke up with bites, to begin with thinking they were mosquito bites. We left that day and went to continue our travels and realized I had very bad bedbugs. Location seemed reasonably good but would not recommend hostel as bedbugs.

Lousy, complete ripoff
This hostel is to be avoided. Despite the above description, this place is not twenty-four hours. We arrived in Florence at 2 a.m. on 6/28/08 and didn't get to the hostel until 3 a.m. Having reported an arrival time of 11 p.m. on 6/27/08, this was well within the six-hour arrival window stipulated in the contract. No one was on duty to let us into the hostel. After banging on the door for fifteen minutes, we gave up and found a hotel for that night. The next morning, we went back and spoke with Nino, the manager, who informed us that despite the total lack of any staff on duty the previous night, we still owed him the full 90 euro fee for a two night stay! Argued for twenty minutes or so over this and finally relented. Included dinner was plain spaghetti with olive oil and pepper with no plates, only forks. No wine. Didn't stick around for the included breakfast. Two single-person bathrooms, hugely inadequate for the twenty-plus this place sleeps. Good news is that they seem to have the bedbug problem under control, all sheets came in plastic wrapping and we unwrapped them ourselves. Location is pretty good. Other than that, no real reason to stay here unless you are hard, and I mean hard up for a place to stay in Florence.

The three of us all got terrible bedbugs and they traveled back with us. A waste of money, the place was too expensive for its terrible condition -- the worst bed I've ever been in, gross unclean sheets and blanket, and inconsistent staff. But most of all, it will cost you more to have to clean everything you own to get rid of the bugs, let alone a 7 euro bottle of anti-itch cream.

This hostel did not accurately describe itself on its website. There is no elevator and the hostel is up four flights of stairs. The kitchen cannot be used by guests. There is a lockout time during the day. It is not a great place to stay, and it is too expensive to not include breakfast and for what it is. I would not stay here ever again.

When I arrived here I was told I was in a different building. I was taken there with another guy, then told I was in another building (close by). The place was nice, bathroom was clean and it was close to everything, but that meant nothing as I was bitten by bedbugs all over. I moved to the original building, and had the same problem. I had a sleepless night after seeing the bugs crawl on my sheet. I am sure not all the beds were like that, but I was just very unlucky. The staff were also not the friendliest, so I would only stay here if you cannot find anything else.

This hostel is actually not a hostel, it's an appartment style hotel. Niko is not a very nice guy and he runs the place. It's very close to the train station and in a great location, but they make it sound like there is a club in the place and there isn't at all. They say there are laundry facilities but one of the staff members ruined my friends clothes so don't use the laundry. If you're looking for a fun party atmosphere this hostel is not the place, but there are tons of cafe's and bars downstairs. The beds are clean but the bathrooms are not and there is absolutely no hot water no matter what time of day you use the showers!