Home Lisbon Hostel Review

Home is where the view is – And inward Portugal, my view lies at Home Lisbon Hostel.

I cause got stayed inward hundreds of hostels, guesthouses, bed as well as breakfasts as well as hotels all to a greater extent than or less the world. I’ve camped as well as Couchsurfed, lived inward a van as well as slept on the fairways of golf game courses.

I’ve been lucky plenty to experience life within 5 star resorts as well as spent weeks sailing the Caribbean Area inward a person catamaran. Passed out on beaches as well as woken upward on stranger’s floors. It takes a lot to print me when it comes to accommodation.

From the minute I walked upward the stairs of Home Lisbon Hostel I felt something different. Maybe it was the excitement of beingness inward Portugal, a province I had e'er wanted to visit, but had no thought why.

Perhaps it was the sunny conditions as well as friendly locals that greeted me every bit I got off the Metro from the airport.

However I mean value it was the staff fellow member Barbara’s wide grin as well as genuine, “Welcome home!” every bit I start entered the reception area, bleary-eyed from my flying that made me realise I had stumbled upon somewhere beautiful.

Home Lisbon Hostel is one of the best hostels I cause got ever come upward across, as well as it has the awards to demonstrate it. I had heard most some of the best hostels inward Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam as well as Budapest, but this i seemed to live on different.

For 2 years running it has been voted Hostel World’s ‘Best Medium Hostel’ on the whole planet. Naturally it has Trip Advisor’s ‘Certificate Of Excellence’ to become along amongst this. They actually acquire inward pretty slow to travel Europe cheaply, exactly yesteryear hanging out there.

Unlike a lot of places that tend to become downhill i time they have recognition, growing off their positive history rather than maintaining a reputation, Home Lisbon Hostel strives to amend 24-hour interval later day, yr later year.

From the daily beach tours, surfing lessons as well as pub crawls to the famous dinners hosted yesteryear Mamma, the actual woman nurture of the possessor of the hostel, y'all volition uncovering yourself changing your move plans as well as staying for a lot longer than anticipated.

Location

Located inward the centre of the historical district of Baixa, y'all are walking distance to some of the best things to practise inward Lisbon such every bit Saint George’s Castle (Castelo de Sao Jorge), the picturesque neighbourhood of Alfama, the city’s oldest building, The Cathedral, Arco da Rua Augusta as well as the tram organisation that takes y'all straight to Jeronimos Monastery as well as the Towel of Belem.

The surrounding surface area is a curt stroll from the best nightlife inward the metropolis but exactly far plenty away to brand certain you experience rubber when walking to a greater extent than or less the hostel at night. Cheap cafes as well as restaurants are located all to a greater extent than or less Home Lisbon Hostel making certain y'all volition never cause got to company also far to fulfil your appetite.

The Baixa/Chiado Metro that volition acquire y'all to the airport, charabanc or prepare stations is v minutes walk away.

Staff

Barbara, Joao, Francisco, Diana, the twins, Joao as well as Andre Franco as well as the housekeepers are e'er on paw to brand certain y'all never experience lost, out of identify or stuck for things to do.

They know Lisbon every bit good every bit they know their hostel as well as accept swell pride inward ensuring every invitee feels completely at home. No asking is also difficult to handgrip as well as later spending only a few minutes amongst whatsoever of them, y'all experience similar y'all cause got made a friend for life.

These guys are the existent argue Home Lisbon Hostel is every bit exceptional every bit it is, as well as they deserve all the credit that the accommodation has received over the terminal few years.

Activities

Looking to larn how to surf? Tour out to some of the UNESCO World Heritage Site’s inward town? Want to pass a 24-hour interval at the beach? Walking tour of the funky neighbourhoods unopen by? Heard all most Portugal’s crazy nightlife? Home Lisbon Hostel has y'all covered!

Everyday in that location is a unlike action organised to ensure that your days volition live on filled amongst fun, excitement as well as adventure. The local guides are all experienced inward making certain y'all volition cause got the best possible fourth dimension no affair whatever y'all terminate upward doing!

Facilities

Home Lisbon Hostel is kept spotless! The bathrooms are cleaned iv times a day. All the rooms are tidied, swept as well as dusted daily. The kitchen, fifty-fifty though it is a typical ‘clean every bit y'all go’ styled facility, is even as well as therefore wiped over yesteryear the professional person housekeepers throughout the day.

The dorm beds are all sturdy timber designs that don’t milkshake as well as rattle whenever y'all gyre over. Each has its ain powerpoint as well as secure locker. Ladies only dorms cause got pilus dryers to use, as well as every room has its ain AC unit. The showers are hot amongst high H2O pressure.

To brand y'all experience completely comfortable in that location is a spacious mutual surface area amongst a big covert TV, gaming organisation as well as a huge choice of DVD as well as digital movies. iPads are available to role the lightning fast Wi-Fi for gratis along amongst 2 Apple desktop computers for those who don’t cause got their ain ways of connecting.

The bar/reception is opened upward 24 hours a day (and fifty-fifty serves alcohol 24 hours a day, if that’s your thing). H5N1 fully stocked kitchen is in that location for guests to use, except for inward the morn – that’s when your gratis breakfast is provided for you, including eggs, toast, pastries, fruit, cereal, tea as well as coffee!

Mamma

But what makes Home Lisbon Hostel i of the best hostels inward the city? Mamma.

Every unmarried nighttime Mamma cooks upward a abode cooked repast for her guests. This is a iii course of pedagogy dinner including an entree, primary repast as well as dessert. To launder it all downwards free beer or vino is provided though out the entire dinner!

Every nighttime is a unlike alternative as well as in that location is goose egg similar a abode cooked repast when you’ve been on the route for a long time! Almost everyone who stays at Home Lisbon Hostel gets involved as well as it is a swell agency to run across your swain travellers.

Mamma is the view as well as soul of the hostel as well as her dinner lone is worth staying at Home for!

If y'all are ever visiting Lisbon as well as are looking for a identify to stay, nosotros highly recommend Home Lisbon Hostel. You volition non live on disappointed!

This review for Home Lisbon Hostel yesteryear NOMADasaurus is completely unbiased. I was non offered gratis accommodation or whatsoever other rewards inward telephone commutation for this post. I was exactly lucky plenty to experience what I consider to live on i of the best hostels I cause got ever stayed in. The opinions expressed are alone those of Jarryd Salem.

Home Lisbon Hostel Review