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Reviews of Help Yourself Hostels - Carcavelos Coast

Rua Eduardo Maria Rodrigues, 324, 2775-566 Carcavelos, Portugal

#41 of 43 hotels in Carcavelos

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Review score

Based on 128 hostel reviews

5.8

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.3

  • Comfort

    6.2

  • Location

    7.4

  • Facilities

    6.2

  • Staff

    7.3

  • Value for money

    6.6

  • Free WiFi

    7.4

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  • Reviewed: 25 May 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There is a big space downstair for around 20-30 people - very crowded Only 2 bathrooms - in peak season it can be difficult to get it (I was there in low season one day I needed to wait 1 hour to take a shower)

    Close to the beach and to the railway station I am happy to get it booked for the room of 4 people instead of the big room/space, worth it .. It has a small pool Daily cleaning Flexibility with the check in and check out Shared area Locker

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 May 2024

    5.0
    It was functional for me at the time because I needed somewhere to lay my head for a few days.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The hostel had poor noise regulation policies. You would often find other guests and sometimes members of staff making a lot of noise after late hours. Another thing I found disconcerting was the constant presence of feces in the toilet.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 March 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Suite
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Did not receive the hostel that I requested and got put in the different hostel and to pay for extra taxi to get me in different hostel with a small bedroom in parede hostel without all the facilities that I requested

    Little upset as I paid to be at hostel in carcavelos with private bathroom and balcony and got put in parede hostel that was different as I requested with nothing that I paid and requested with my booking with insuit bathroom that I did not have balcony and all the rest just was a small bathroom with charging bathroom in a building in parede

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2023

    7.0
    Close to train station for commute, be ready to hear the train in your sleep too.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There's no desk and chair to work from except to go to the kitchen and use the dinning take. And mostly guests are always cooking and chatting in the kitchen.

    Location. Close to the train station however, that is also a bad thing for some people because you will always hear the train come and go.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 July 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The cleanliness was not great at all. There was also no hand soap in the bathrooms, and also one bathroom for around 30 people to share! There wasn't a lot of space for privacy for changing and things when their was only two bathrooms for everyone. People would also smoke on the patio right outside the room, with the door open, so that was not pleasant to fall asleep to!

    Most of the staff was kind. It was also in a great location to walk to the beach- not too far!

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 July 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Loud environment with the nearby railway, lot of passing through the dorm to access bathroom and staff room lade it challenging to have a quite environment to sleep. The mattress wasn't so comfy.

    Great kitchen and nice outdoor area with swimming pool

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 April 2023

    5.0
    Noisy
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noisy roommates. Noisy train every few minutes. You can hear the noise from the kitchen and living room from the top floor. Only 3 toilets for the whole house and 2 of them are inside bedrooms.

    It has potential.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 October 2022

    7.0
    was good to be close to the beach
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the house is very close to the trains, at night it can get a little louder

    nice location, close to the beach Carcavelos, you live in a house

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 14 August 2022

    7.0
    no good sleep, but nice, helpful staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the mattress was too thin and the metallic bar in the middle of the bunk bed was a pain.

    close to my point of interest

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 July 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    the cleanliness

    the staff

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 17 June 2022

    7.0
    Fine for a night
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was very noisy during the night

    Nice kitchen facilities

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 22 May 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Na

    The staff were friendlly

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: 24 May 2024

    3.0
    Carcavelos review
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Don't liked the bed, mattress uncomfortable, area room smelling bad and clothes bed too. Door toilet not close. Too many people making noise staff mixed in area room disturbing room area.

    Just like the location, near the train station. Living room are great and internet

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 April 2024

    10
    The client is loving it
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    O cliente segue a ficar no hostel, está simplesmente a adorar

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 April 2024

    10
    Home out of home
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    O cliente adorou o ambiente e a estadia

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    3.0
    Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noisy and not clean

    Location its ok, staffs are good.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2024

    1.0
    Very poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything

    Nothing

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 November 2023

    1.0
    Not a hostel
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    This place is not a hostel. It feels like housing for recently released criminals or a refugee center. There were no tourists or visitors, just angry young men. It was next to the train tracks, the area was dodgy.

    Leaving

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staying for short time..I'm gonna miss it all

    Specially the staff members,very welcoming n proactive in their functions..all clean n sorted.great new manager...

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 July 2023

    1.0
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

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  • Reviewed: 9 July 2023

    1.0
    Very poor
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No cleaning.blanket was dirty.shower wasn't clean even no hand wash.they don't change towels.

    nothing to like.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2023

    1.0
    Stayed in hundreds of hostels and this was the worst hostel staff i encountered.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 6 nights

    The hostel staff is absolutely awful and very abusive everybody in the hostel complains about the poor treatment of the staff. I was told i could not enter the hostel at 11:30 and given no option or reason. I asked for a refund and then they said they were calling the police. After the manager told me just a couple of days before that i could stay at the hostel buyer beware! Maybe the staff wont immediately make your life a living hell but dont get on their bad side or they will show their true colors and be extremely rude, mean, and inconsiderate.

    Good location, good price, relatively clean accomadations.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 18 June 2023

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Suite
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The employee at the front desk was unfriendly, unprofessional, and unwilling to help. He didn’t speak English but that was not an issue because we used a translator, the issue was that he acted as if he didn’t want to understand or help with the questions that I had or the issues with the room. He never gave me a code to enter the hostel (I didn’t know we needed one as I had the keys), when the air conditioning malfunctioned (could not turn off) he said there was nothing he could do and I had to find the plug to plug it out, and he was constantly on his phone. It’s a pity, because the place is really nice and clean and the rooms are a bit old but in a good condition. They need more friendly and motivated people working in the front desk to make the experience even better.

    The location was nice, and the room clean. Even though I stayed during the weekend so people socialised a lot in the hostel, there was no noise or disturbances for the rest of the guests.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 June 2023

    1.0
    Terible
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Waitig 1,5 hour fo the check in, no room for the whole group, seperate sliping, terible beds, sliping with strangers, dirty sanitars, no staff at morning, no returning deposit money for the keys

    nothing

    Stayed in June 2023

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