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Backpackers on Castle

57 Castle Street, 8001, Cape Town, South Africa, Distance from city centre: 0.4km

Rating: 58% from 5 reviews

  • 60%Atmosphere
  • 48%Staff
  • 52%Security
  • 48%Cleanliness
  • 80%Location
  • 60%Value for money
  • 53%Facilities

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  • The dorm for 9 people has not enough air to breath and not enough space to feel comfortably. The staff was just available for some hours per day. There was not everything working that nice, especially the tap was running all the time. The balcony was nice where you can look at Longstreet and enjoy your self- made meals.
  • 43%
  • 24 December 2012 Susann Germany
  • This hostel was a great disappointment :( We left after the first night. The 'ensuite' bedroom was in fact a room so small that there was nowhere to put your bags, with a shower stuck in the corner of the room! The horrid toilet of this 'ensuite' bathroom was 3 floors down in a part of the hostel that looked like the back of a bottle store or mechanics. The communal showers were frightening and the frame of our bedroom door was coming off. Not to be repeated!
  • 37%
  • 17 December 2012 Sarah
  • Good central location. Staff slack.
  • 73%
  • 24 January 2011 John
  • No staff in the evening. We met a homeless guy that had broken in one evening because they have had the same code for the door for a long time. (they did change it the day after though..)
  • 53%
  • 11 October 2010 Lisa
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