I ve been to several hostels throughout Europe so ...

I ve been to several hostels throughout Europe so I was disappointed in this one, even though I had received two recommendations from friends! The rooms are small with little space to put down and open your luggage. The lockers don t come with locks. The sheets were stained with brown spots and there were a couple of dead bugs on my blanket. There is no public space other than the kitchen and a big room that serves as the reception and dining room and computer room. So if you want to take calls or do some work, forget it because there s always a lot of people (which is nice and social) and constant loud music playing (which is nice for when you don t need to do work). The bathrooms are unclean and one open hall bathroom was supposed to serve at least three rooms (with 6 or 8 persons in each). You can imagine the competition for the showers. There s little privacy in general. Dinner also starts at 9, which I know is normal for Portugal, but seems a bit late for a hostel.