Apartments in Italy

Sofia Hostel

Milan, Italy

I know it's a hostel but this was run more like it was a couple of people letting out some spare rooms. When I arrived on the street I was looking for a sign of some sort. It's actually a Ballet School (Scuola) sign at the gate (and also on the door of the hostel). It is also called Sofytel on the doorbell and not Hostel Sofia and there was a street market that day so it all conspired to make the place hard to find.

Once inside (no lift, narrow staircase), the door opened on a spartan 'living room' with cigarette butts in beer bottles, a couple of pottery ashtrays (full) with breasts on them, overflowing rubbish bins and a feeling like the party had finished a couple of hours before.

The guy who invited me in was looking after the place for a friend who was late. The cleaner was just finishing so it was only a short wait but it was the afternoon... As it turned out the erstwhile staff memberwas very friendly and helpful. The rooms were relatively small (about 5m x 3m from memory) with 4 bunk beds in them and one window. The sheets were clean. No towels provided. Outlook onto a block of flats.

I stayed 2 nights and found some of the people (other guests) interesting and the staff helpful. There is a supermarket and a McDonalds at the end of the street and plenty of bars and small restaurants around. It's only a 15 -20 minute walk into the Duomo so it's not a bad location . There are also trams and buses close by.

Once I'd relaxed about the state of the place it was OK. There are more professionally run places but it was OK for the price in the end.

Overall

3

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coastman stayed here in May 2012