Carretera Samaná El Valle Km. 8, 32000 El Valle, Dominican Republic
#4 of 5 hotels in El Valle
Guests' ChoiceBased on 22 hostel reviews
6.4Cleanliness
6.8
Comfort
6.9
Location
8.0
Facilities
6.2
Staff
7.5
Value for money
6.4
Free Wifi
5.8
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Reviewed: January 6, 2024
Ruben
NetherlandsThe accommodation looked very abandoned and not maintained. The pool was dark green with a hose in it. There was no one present at check-in and the cleaners had little or no desire to help. For dinner, the owner asked $25 per person for dinner, which in my opinion is way too much. I didn't think it was a nice place to stay and certainly wouldn't recommend it.
The location between the trees
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: April 26, 2023
Charlène
SwitzerlandThe bathroom is nice but would rather prefer a separation between the toilets and the shower to avoid all the water around. I had a good sleep the first time but unfortunately not the second night, really loud ecstatic music not coming from the hostel!
The location is great! I liked the private room and the chill area around the pool. The people working at the hostel are very nice!
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: January 23, 2025
Tina
United KingdomThe first lady who i met was absolutely lovely. The others gave an aire of imperialism about themselves. For a hostel led accomadtion the clique that was created by the staff was very uncomfortable for a solo traveller. My understanding is they are Spanish. Which is ashame that no locals were getting paid to do FOH jobs. Which btw they are so much more accomadting then the people I encountered working there. At least women or man makes and effort to talk to you. Unfortunately these people really showed their colonialism.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: February 26, 2024
Katherine
KuwaitIt was a bit weird that the rooms are OPEN (two walls only and no windows) with privacy curtains that dont close properly. It was a bit weird wandering round the room naked knowing that if others pass by they can easily see in. I would have felt very vulnerable were I alone knowing that anyone can just walk straight into my room and I'd never know.
The fireflies. Being able to use the kitchen. I wish they'd listed that on the facilities so we could have brought food to cook since the local restaurants in Samana are so expensive despite being shabby. There are no decent supermarkets anywhere nearby. Great views and beach and woodland walks.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: January 9, 2024
Stefan
GermanyUsually I am no one to write long reviews, but our stay at this hostel was so bad that I have to blow off some steam. This might have been the worst experience I have ever had in a hostel. When we first got there, nobody was there to receive us. We had to come back one hour later just to be told to go to another lodge to do our check-in. The lodge we then went to didn’t really know about that either. Our final check-in consisted of a woman showing us our rooms. There were no keys to our rooms and no helpful information about who we could contact in case of a problem. When we got to our rooms, we were shocked. They didn’t look anything like the pictures shown before. The rooms were dirty, especially the bathrooms; the mosquito nets had holes, and there were spider webs on the shower. The same can be said about the rest of the hostel. The kitchen was dirty and dirty dishes were lying around everywhere. The pool that looked very nice in the pictures was dirty as well and could not be used. We could not get a decent sleep at night either. While the sounds of nature we could listen to were very calming, our sleep was disturbed regularly by different kinds of noises. The hostel is next to a party location where an open-air disco took place, so there was extremely loud music playing until four o’clock (we had to get up at 7 to visit a tour we booked in Samaná). Due to the holes in the mosquito nets, we also had to deal with a bunch of unwanted visitors at night and our toilet was constantly pumping water with a very loud noise. So all in all we got to sleep about two hours in the first night. From the next day on, there was no water available, and it didn’t work for more than 30 hours until we left the next. Electricity regularly stopped working as well, sometimes for hours. What made this experience even worse was that there was no one we could talk to about all this whatsoever. There was no staff or manager present who we could complain to.
The location and El Valle as a town is the only positive thing I can mention about this place.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: April 4, 2023
Stephen
Puerto RicoThe hangovers and sunburn at a beach that is way too close. Kidding! I liked everything yo!
Great decor and space to meet other travellers. All the staff and the manager, Ana, were exceptionally friendly and attentive. Diez puntos!!
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: January 31, 2023
Portia
United KingdomVery close to a night club so if you think you're going to get peace and quiet, you won't.
Able to relax, sounds of nature and close to the beach.
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: May 2, 2022
Sonja
GermanyIf we had to say something, it would only be that the pool pump seems to be loud during the night not having any noises other than crickets that could cover it up. No reason not to come...
This place is a must! Definetely our favorite place to stay during our round-trip in the DomRep. Starting with a drive through a Jurassic-Park-looking jungle, only 300m from the beach to this absolutely gourgous natural-vibing place. Sleeping in the bungalows is a dream, kind-of having a shower in the nature, the three girls that are running the place in the moment are perfect and kind hosts. In the evening it is also a place to connect and eat well. We wanna come back to badly!
Stayed in March 2022
Reviewed: August 28, 2024
Matt
GibraltarThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: November 24, 2023
Juan
ColombiaThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: March 18, 2024
Elizabeth
Dominican RepublicThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: June 15, 2023
Olena
United KingdomThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: April 10, 2023
Annunzi
Dominican RepublicThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: March 24, 2023
Ashley
Dominican RepublicThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: February 27, 2023
Otávio
United StatesThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in February 2023
Reviewed: February 23, 2023
J
Dominican RepublicThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: December 14, 2022
Lucia
Dominican RepublicThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in December 2022
Reviewed: August 22, 2022
Alina
United StatesThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in August 2022
Reviewed: August 7, 2022
Raymond
Dominican RepublicThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in August 2022
Reviewed: July 31, 2022
Fran
SpainThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in July 2022
Reviewed: May 11, 2022
Sergio
United StatesThere are no comments available for this review
Stayed in April 2022
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