While we were apprehensive about the shared bathroom, it was never an issue. I do recommend shower shoes due to the wet hair from other guests. Maybe I’m just a clean freak. I don’t like sharing with strangers, but I have stayed in countless hostels in my travels and this seemed okay. I do recommend shower shoes due to wet floors, hair and mildew. As a woman, I get it, we shed, but I don’t love stepping on a strangers hair when I shower. I simply wore my sandals in the shower! No biggie.
As for the room, my friend and I were excited by the pictures of the room. The picture shows a small, quaint room that appears crisp and clean. The room was rather cramped and tired. I’m 5’9” and hit my head on the slanted ceiling dozens of times. We just didn’t feel like spending time in our room. Also, due to the set up of the home, I felt like even our conversations could be heard across the hall. For sure the TV is heard downstairs.
Hostels are fun and that’s exactly what this felt like. A place I would’ve killed for in my early 20’s. Just missed the mark for us.