Hostel of the Sun

My sister and I had a very pleasant stay recently at the Hostel of the Sun. We took the alibus from the napoli airport and was able to find our way to the hotel very easily. The hostel staff was very friendly and knowledgeable about the area. They recommend two great pizza places and several locations to go during our stay. We had booked a tour with another company and the hostel staff ensured that outing was a success as well. We rented one of the private rooms. The room was a good sized and was relatively clean. We did have to carry around two awkward room keys during our stay but that wasn’t a big deal. The showers never consistently where hot or cold and you had to often toggle around to get the right tempture for yourself. Based on the location of our room we often heard doors closing during the night based on people coming and going. This prevented having a bit of a restful sleep. Overall, this hostel was a great value for the cost.

I had a very nice stay in this hostel. The person at the reception was really friendly and our room (a private room for three people with bathroom) was nice, proper and quiet. The bathroom was really good. Furthermore, the hostel is near the sea, not really in the old city, but you have to walk only ten minutes to get there. Moreover, the price was really low for the quality of the hostel. I should recommand to stay there if you have a low budget and want to have a simple, but private room!

what a fun little place to stay in Napoli! staff is super helpful and full of advice. mostly centrally located. had a private room w a shared bathroom clean and simple. decent bfast, happy hour service at the bar. all in all it was great. and the price was perfect too

Naples is a crazy place, but you don’t want your hostel to be.
Hostel of the Sun is comfortable and well-​maintained. The staff, particularly Luca, are all a blast. They know the city well and are more than happy to help you out with suggestions.
Located near the port, it’s a 10 minute walk to the heart of the Centro Storico. There’s a late-​night farmacia located nearby which saved my forgetful ass when I left my toothpaste and soap in Rome. A small sandwich shop nearby is a good place for a mediocre snack or big bottles of cheap (ish) beer.
Breakfast is included, and it’s a great time to meet fellow travelers. There’s even a huge jug of Nutella (the biggest I’ve ever seen). It’s enough to energize you for the whole day.
Yes, Naples is a crazy place, but you don’t want your hostel to be (too much). I highly recommend Hostel of the Sun to anyone visiting Naples.

4.5 Stars. The owners, maybe staff, at this place is amazing and was able to give us great directions to the trains, places to eat, and just everything that we needed. And the breakfast was pretty good for a hostel. There’s a movie collection to watch, and the rooms have their own TV and DVD player.
The annoying part was that the reception desk was on the 7^th floor, and when you’re literally carrying 50lbs of luggage up those stairs, it’s a pain in the legs and the back. There is a lift, but it’s small and you have to pay 0.05 euro to use it, Monday-​Friday until 2200. But the owners of the hostel will provide you with the share change to use it. So it’s no big deal… after you get up the stairs to reception to check in.
The biggest selling point is that the owners are awesome. I can’t say much for the rest of the staff… when we were checking out, we needed directions to the airport shuttle, the on-​call girl at the desk gave us incomplete and wrong information. If it wasn’t for the owner, who was on her way out, we would have been lost and late for our flight to another city.
Too bad this place is in Naples. Naples is scary.

This would work mostly well for all hostel seekers.
The location is quite central, but be warned that Naples is not as small as Florence, so there maybe a little bit of walking to do (which will seem a lot more in the cold) to go see the sights.
A majority of the ensuites are very modern, well maintained and spacious, equipped with a television, clean bathrooms and airy, well ventilated and well lit. Some of the rooms however, are not quite. My friends who I was traveling with, had a particularly musty and unkempt room, in start contrast to my room. However, they were able to change their room and get one of the cleaner rooms. Several rooms were probably available because mid January is off season. The reception was particularly helpful and friendly and they worked with us to make sure we could get our room of choice.
Now, the bad news:
— The room heaters were not effective. Of course, we realized this only at 2am that we would have to stay cold all night — oh well!
— The reception is on the 7^th floor, and the rooms, from the 2^nd to the 6^th floor. The lift is tiny and works only with 5 cent coins, except on weekends.
— The location is OK. If you have to get out to Pompei/​Sorrento, you’re much better off staying near the Circumvesuviana station
— Hotels in Naples are not that expensive for some reason (or perhaps the cheaper tariffs were off season rates). So even if you’re trying to work out cheaper costs, you might just be better off in a hotel with a better breakfast options, since Hostel of the Sun costs between 23 — 30 € per person.
Overall I would still give HOTS four stars after comparing it with my other centrally located hostel experiences across the continent.

Excelente clima, instalações, localização. Cozinha, lavanderia, restaurantes chineses e pizzarias baratas no entorno. Estive lá e recomendo.