Koisi Hostel

Grim and hard to access. The 'digital reception' is responsive but had to admit that I would need to speak to 'the local team' when I became stranded and had really urgent questions about transport to the hostel (which meant that I could get help making it to the hostel as a person with impaired mobility 'when you arrive'). I wish they could have told me, when I got in touch in advance about disability issues, that due to a huge concert there would be no taxis to bring me to and from there. Fairly shabby interior and the need to input your 'digital key' in increasingly worn-away keypads at every door seemed like a pointless chore - I've used other unmanned reception services where a key is provided through an automated dispenser, it isn't that hard. Outside it looks like a Scandinavian prison but the rooms are not as spacious or well appointed. The staff (who manned reception, making the need for all this hyped 'digitisation' fascinating) were all lovely, they just didn't have much to work with. Too far from the city to make walking there during a short trip practical, and the surrounding area has nothing to recommend it. I was never so glad to leave a hostel, and I've been in the government hostels along the Camino.

We booked a complete room for 4 adults, immediately checked with hotel to make sure we had a private bathroom since we were traveling with my elderly parents, a private bathroom was all we cared about, they confirmed that the bathroom was inside but when checking in later that night, the bathroom was shared with other rooms and when we called to complain about it, they just said that the case was being reviewed but didn't answer until 72 hours later and they denied our claim. Not going back there and not recommending it to anyone with a family.

It's cheap