Momotown Hostel, Krakow

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Momotown Hostel offers a proper hostel feel in the heart of Krakow's ultra-hip and historic Kazimierz district. The hostel is pretty dark inside, but the walls are painted a bright orange in an effort to counterbalance the lack of natural lighting. This is a large building with no lift. Towels are not included in the fee. The hostel has free Wi-Fi throughout, with a different network for each floor. The connection is good and strong. Dorms are spacious and well organized with lockers and locks for each bed. There is no key deposit required.

The Location

This is the best location in Krakow; the area is loaded with great, upscale, classic, and contemporary restaurants, galleries, and boutiques. Visitors can easily spend a week here and not get bored. It's very close to the Vistula River for trips across to check out the other side. The hostel is also very close Wawel Castle and the Cathedral. It is easy to find and located on a busy street with shops and cafes right outside.

Rooms and Bathrooms

Dorms feature wooden bunk beds, a table with some chairs, lockers for each bed, and power outlets near the beds. The lighting is quite bad throughout the entire hostel and that is no exception for the dorm. There are a few wall hooks to hang your stuff, but otherwise it is pretty basic. No privacy curtains or lamps.

The shared bathrooms are separated by gender and feature multiple showers and toilets, much like in a school. They are clean and well maintained.

Common Spaces

On the second floor of the hostel, there is a super basic kitchen with microwave and tea kettle and a small refrigerator. This is really a kitchen for guests who plan to have most of their meals in any one of Krakow's great restaurants. There is plenty of seating in the kitchen area and there is also a very large lounge room with a television next to it. The lighting in the kitchen area is quite bad. Outside there is a parking area and a picnic table with some benches; it's good for the smokers and for socializing during the warmer seasons.

Summary

This is a cute, convenient hostel in the best neighborhood in Krakow. It is pricey for what the hostel gives you, but the location is tops. The hostel itself is spacious and the facilities are well appointed. They used to offer complimentary breakfast, but that appears to no longer be the case. The inclusion of complimentary breakfast would help justify the cost.
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Ten bed dorm
Ten bed dorm alternate view
Dorm bed close up
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Shower area
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Published on Jan 18, 2019

Description

Feel the real life - start your Krakow adventure in Momotown!

To help you share your Krakow experience with anybody you like – at Momotown you will get free phone calls to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA and all other major countries in Europe.
And...
For all of you who will fall in love with Krakow/Momotown (any other reason is good, though) we now have every fifth night free!

In short what you can expect in Momotown:
Two common rooms, one with computers (free internet access and WI-FI) and book/music shelf, the other one with TV and DVD garden with a swing and grill facilities.

Our neighborhood – former Jewish district, Kazimierz – is still not extremely touristy, but very popular with locals. It offers great atmosphere and huge selection of places to go out to. Kazimierz is located just outside the Old Town, walking to Main Square takes 10 minutes and to Wawel Castle merely 5 minutes.

Want to know more? These are our advantages in alphabetical order:

*Absinth bar next door serving the real thing
*Bike tours and rental
*Check out time: 12 noon
*Double doors to the rooms so you actually can sleep
*Experience to know from
*Free: linen, lockers, maps, safe, coffee and tea
*Great atmosphere
*Huge sofas in the lounge
*Interesting surroundings
*Just a real backpacker hostel
*Kitchen equipped with all you need
*Location in the heart of real city
*Movie pile that just keeps getting bigger
*No curfew, but no school groups and stag parties
*Open to suggestions
*Parking space for your car/bike
*Questions? We will answer them all
*Recreation ideas
*Superb staff
*Tour and travel info
*Up-to-date newspapers and magazines
*Vibes always good
*What, where, when...
*Xtra needs mostly satisfied
*Ynot?
*Zone free of problems

We hope to see you soon!
Daria, Gosia, Janette, Michael, Monika, Pawel

Location and Contact

Location

• From the AIRPORT - take a shuttle train to the main TRAIN STATION, and from there you can:
• WALK (about 15 minutes) - after you get off a train, you should notice an exit that has
• a sign leading you to the city centre. When you leave the station, make you way
• to the underpass. After that make a left and walk down the Planty Garden Ring along
• Westerplatte Street towards the Main Post Office. Once there turn to Starowislna Street (left hand side) and walk down it. You will get to another junction then to a tram stop. All you have to do is make a right turn into Miodowa Street and walk down it about a minute.
• It really is easier than it looks. But just to make it short:
• Train Station - Westerplatte - Starowislna - Miodowa.
• see map below...
• TAKE A TRAM - when you leave the station building, go to the underpass. Now, follow an arrow saying 'Basztowa' and go up the stairs. From the stop you can take either tram no 13 or 74 and get off at the third stop (called Miodowa). When you get off, turn right onto Miodowa Street. And from that point MomoTown is just a minute walk away. And - important thing - remember to validate a ticket (they can be bought in the booth at the tram stop).
• TAKE A TAXI - walk towards the shopping centre, called Galeria Krakowska. In front of it there's a taxistand. Expect to pay around 15 PLN.
• If you are travelling to Krakow by bus, get off at main BUS STATION which is next to the railway station. Then pretty much follow the instructions written above.
• Our hostel has a very attractive and easy-to-find location.
• So come, and join us for some fun.
• See you at MomoTown.

Facilities and Amenities

Solo Traveller

Bedsheets

Breakfast

City Tours

Luggage Storage

Towels

Wi-Fi in Lobby/Commons

Airport Pickup

Bike Rental

Lockers in Lobby

Parking

BBQ Grill

Bar

Board Games

Book Collection/Exchange

Cable TV

Clothes Dryer

Concierge/Info Desk

Credit Card Payments

Currency Exchange

Entirely Non-Smoking

Evening Entertainment

Gameroom

Hair Dryers

Hot Showers

Kitchen

Laundry

Lounge Area

Movie Library/Rental

Swimming Pool

TV

Walking Tours

Wheelchair Accessible

Service Animals

Max. Age: All Ages

Checkout: 12:00 (12 Noon)

Curfew: No Curfew

Lockout: No

Maximum Stay: Unlimited

Minimum Stay: 1 night

Open Dates: All Year

Reception Hours: 24 Hours

Size: Medium (30-60 beds)

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