Sunshine Hostel Palermo

A good hostel near the train station, a little tricky to find as its in an apartment block but once inside it is nice and safe

The location was fine, but my biggest issue is the fact that i was bitten by bed bugs during the stay. Between that and the state of the bathrooms, it has easily been my worst experience in a hostel.

The presentation photos were most likely taken at the opening, because it doesn’t look like that now. We stayed 10 friends in the same room, which made the stay a bit more bearable than it actually was. The staff was very friendly, but the location is a nightmare. The room doors do not lock, and we had to take our luggage with valuables with us in the car every day. There are some iron cages in the room where you can leave them, but when we left the room to go sightseeing there was no one at the reception to give us locks and keys, so we didn’t bother trying on other days. There is an air conditioner, but it’s not enough for a 10-person room. The lighting is very poor — there is only one bulb in the room, and if you close the doors to the balcony, you can’t see anything. The bathrooms are terrible — rust, dirt. The shower has no water pressure at all. If both showers are used at the same time, the water barely drips. One of the bathrooms has a very small shower, and it’s hard to move without touching the tiles or the shower door, which are very dirty. The only plus was that they provided soap and toilet paper daily, so we never ran out. On the last day, I woke up with bedbugs in my bed, which bit me horribly. We had no other accommodation options at a decent price, given that we were a large group, so we stayed — but I would not repeat the experience.

Really good hostel for the price. The crowd is super cool and social. Had a great time here.