Hostel of the Sun Reviews

Great hostel on a budget with amazing service and breakfast. Good access to public transport and attractions

Perfect for a short visit first time visit to Naples.

We really enjoyed this hostel. We had a private room and while it was basic, it met our needs. The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful. The breakfast was a little odd but was free.

Remember to ask for change when taking the elevator

我只能說完美的旅館，該有的東西都有了，店員也都非常友善，如果預算不夠，非常推薦的青年旅館，下次來那不勒斯會再回來

It was my first time in a hostel and I had the greatest time. Made friends and awesome memories. The employees are genuinely interested in helping you, the location is superb to explore the city and the hostel itself has always something for anybody.

The staff could not be more friendly or helpful! Mounira, Nunzia, and Chris were all brilliant. Mounira in particular was my guardian angel. Very much needed help when I was badly hungover: she found lost belongings and was generally just a very kind soul. The place has a fantastic vibe. 100% recommended!

I spent a few nights at the Hostel of the Sun last summer and had a great time. I was having second thoughts about the hostel at first, I thought I’d landed in the wrong place. People's habits were different from what I expected, from what I'd experienced during my trips around Italy. Nobody was speaking loudly and gesticulating as usual, showing impatience or rudeness, not waiting for others to finish talking. No one was pushing and shoving, skipping queues, making excuses for being late, standing in groups in corridors, declaring their passionate love or staring at people. None of them was spending ages cooking pretentious dishes, making pasta sauce or pizza dough, talking persistently about football, corruption, politics, food, expensive sports cars, historical monuments and opera singers. Over time I realised that in the Hostel of the Sun I could easily rediscover the positive attitudes and vibes I had occasionally enjoyed before, that many people were friendly and well-mannered, good-humoured and ironic, sociable and hospitable, elegant and tasteful. Some of them had a community spirit, were knowledgeable, intelligent and smart, caring and helpful, affectionate and reliable, determined, committed and self-controlled. I soon understood I'd ended up in the right place.

Nice hostel, located next to Naples port. We had a very late flight coming in and had plans to go to Capri early next morning, so this hostel was perfect. Cristian at the reception was super friendly and super helpful. Breakfast was very good. We had a very nice (albeit short) stay, but I'd definitely recommend.

The staff were amazing and helpful and the location is great. near the port and 10 minutes walk to the center. just make sure when you reach the building that you have a 10 cent with you for the elevator other wise you will go up the stairs 7 floor :P we took a room with 3 beds and had a private bathroom. it was clean good size room. we stayed for one night there.

I’ve been in the Hostel of the Sun a couple of times and discovered with amazement how charming and delightful it is. I say surprisingly since it is located right in front of the port of Naples, among bus stops, coaches’ pick-up and drop-off points, ticket offices and tourist attractions. As far as I am concerned, in such areas it’s not easy to find decent accommodation. All adequate lodging establishments are high-priced when in the middle of everything, especially during the high season, while turnout is at its peak. On the contrary, the Hostel of the Sun is always inexpensive, and it must be said that it’s not only the price to make a difference. It is also clean, comfortable and lively, whereas in many centrally located hotels I visited I spent two, three times as much with the result of sleeping on shabby mattresses, under worn out, dirty linen and blankets. The filth from congested roads was so invasive that it had changed the colour of the interior walls and I felt I was breathing it in the air. In addition to this, the premises were often run down, depressing, inconvenient. The hostel of the Sun instead, is located on the 6th and 7th floors of a pleasant block of flats, which keeps it away from the noise of the streets and its chaotic environment, from air pollution, garbage, dust, grime and danger. At the moment you enter the lobby of the building you feel out of harm’s way, especially at night, after walking alone in the dark through creepy alleys, in contrast with many cheap hotels that still appear terrifying even when you are under your own sheets. But what struck me the most was the affable, sympathetic atmosphere of the hostel, since I had never found anything warm or gentle near big transport hubs, yet impersonal, confusing, soiled, harsh surroundings and shelters. I think the entire staff deserve a praise for this.

I do not recommend this hostel to anyone. This is the worst travel experience that my friends and I have experienced. Our flight was delayed to Naples and we were locked out of the hostel without a code to get into the building. Luckily another guest was arriving at the same time and let us in. We were not notified there was a key left for us. Once we arrived to the reception desk we saw a key with my name on it, however, the key DID NOT WORK to get in the room. We ended up sleeping on the couch/chairs in the lobby and woke up covered in bug bites. The next morning, after explaining our situation, we were told we would have to pay for at least half of our stay, although the receptionist checked our key and saw that it did not work. I do not recommend this hostel to anyone. They clearly do not care about their guests and are only money oriented.

Very friendly,all info about tours,information,good breakfast,owner and staff are the best,clean,and making friends all over the world.Rooms are good,airco,and all different,some having en-suites,some not.Situated in a office building,nearby the port,handy for everything.

This hostel is as the hostel should be. Great vibe, atmoshere, value for money, super friendly staff ("Ciao Sara!!"). Room for six could be more spacious but we have our own bathroom with shower so no complains. Construction of the bulk bed is super solid - when a person was climbing up there were no shaky-shaky at all. But what surprised me the most was breakfast - milk soup with cereals, bread, jams, Italian ham, juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, all kind of fruits. I was not expecting that in a hostel, especialy in Italy. Great job!