1 of 7 6/2/2008 3:24 PM Find hostels in: Search Hostelz.com - "Reviews of All Hostels Worldwide" Hostels Guide > Western Europe > Germany > Berlin State > Berlin Hostels > Globetrotter Hostel Odyssee Globetrotter Hostel Odyssee Berlin, Berlin State, Germany «Prev 11 of 68 Hostels in Berlin Next» Online Booking Secure Instant Booking Guaranteed Reservation Exclusive Photos Taken by the Hostelz.com Reviewer Arrival Date: 2008 - June 2 Nights: 1 People: 1 (Choose your booking dates to see availability information here.) Address Grünberger Strasse 23 / HH, Berlin Map Price from 10,-EUR. Check Current Prices by Date Here Location/Contact Location One block from the 'Franfurter Tor' metro stop on the U5 line, from main station east (Ostbahnhof) easily reachable with bus 240 (4 stops) direction 'Alt Stralau'. Located in 'Friedrichshain', nice students-quarter, bars, pubs, nightlife, Berlin Wall in walking distance, 3 stops away from the city center, Alexanderplatz. Website www.globetrotterhostel.de (to make a reservation click here) Telephone +49 (30) 29000081 Fax +49 (30) 29003311 Number of Beds: 120 Bedsheets: Sheets Included Towels: FREE Parking: parking in quiet, safe streets around the corner is for free Airport/Train Pickup: no Luggage Storage: FREE Coed Dorm Available: YES Bathroom in Room: No Credit Cards Accepted: YES Reservations Accepted: YES Internet Computers: Pay Wireless Internet: FREE Age Range Allowed: 16-50 Minimum Stay: 1 night Maximum Stay: 14 days Details Lockout: No Lockout Curfew: No Curfew Checkout: Noon/Midday (12:00)
2 of 7 6/2/2008 3:24 PM Nonsmoking Rooms: YES Smoke-free Commons: YES Pets Allowed: No Service Animals OK: No Wheelchair Accessible: No Reception Hours: 24 Hours Clubs/Networks: BNG Membership Required: No Open Dates: All Year Additional Photos
3 of 7 6/2/2008 3:24 PM Their Description The Hostelz.com Review The Odyssee Globetrotter Hostel is located in the extremely popular 'Friedrichshain' quarter of Berlin. Because it is the student quarter of the city, you will find lots of nice bars and restaurants with reasonable prices. We run our own bar and serve drinks at reception (with a pool table, table soccer, internet, games and music) as well, so satisfaction is guaranteed. Guests love our good value AYCE breakfast, late checkout 12:00 noon, free sheets, coffee and tea, our parties and still the cleanliness. A fun hostel with a large common area with a pool table, foosball table, and TV. The reception desk also doubles as a bar. It's a social hostel and a fun place to hang out when you're not out on the town. There's also a restaurant downstairs with outdoor tables and decent food for at a decent price. The rooms and bathrooms aren't exceptional but they're clean. The locatiion is in the former East Berlin, within walking distance of many bars and clubs, and a large stretch of the original Berlin Wall (the famous "Eastside Gallery" of wall paintings). Please note that not all our rooms are put online to book here - if you can't find what you are looking for, contact HostelBookers. We can offer following categories: Singles - not available on Hostelbookers.com! Doubles (private shower) - not bookable on Hostelbookers.com! 2-bed room 3-bedroom 4-bedroom 6-bed-dorm 8-bed-dorm ( all shared facilities ) Breakfast: 3 - Euro. Free bed sheets. Beer starts by 2 EUR. (0,5 l)! Features Free Breakfast Lockers Bar Lounge / Common space Pool Table Food/Restaurant Book Collection/Exchange Travel information provided 24 Hour Free Hot -- Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
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5 of 7 6/2/2008 3:24 PM Your Comments This is an open forum, and unlike other hostel guide websites, we don't censor out the negative comments. We do not validate the legitimacy of comments posted on this site so take what you read here with a grain of salt. Comment by Katherine July 2005 I stayed five nights here in June I won't stay again. ***Rooms very poor lighting, only one power outlet per room. Not good when you're in a group and everyone wants to charge their camera battery/phone etc. Most rooms were colorful, some with rather bizarre designs. Beds ok. Rooms very small. ***Bathrooms not clean!!! The shower didn't drain properly, the floors were fairly dirty, but what was worse someone threw up in the basin and this totally clogged up the pipe. We asked to have these things fixed, but nothing happened. Not enough showers per floor. ***Staff fairly friendly but smoked while talking to guests. Didn't always give the best advice. Didn't really communicate information about reservations among themselves well. ***Atmosphere caters to the pot-smoking, late partying crowd. Smoking is banned in the rooms, but certainly not policed. Very noisy at night. Black paper-maché statues of strange figures in armor adorn the common room. ***Security the rooms can't be locked from the inside. We don't think anyone tried coming in to our rooms at night, but we didn't feel secure about this at all. ***Breakfast all you can eat, but not very good. Rolls were those "back at home" ones sometimes fresh, sometimes left over from the previous day. I've had much better hostel breakfasts for the same price. It's served 8 a.m. until noon. Quite a late start if you have a day of sightseeing planned. ***Location convenient to Ostbahnhof for travel to and from Berlin. Bus 240 runs every 10 minutes for most of the day. ***Facilities Internet access ok. No laundry. Comment by Anonymous January 2005 I have been here three years in a row. You will not find a better hostel in Berlin. Very clean. great staff, good bar and good music. Comment by Anonymous January 2005 Despite some noise a few guests made when coming back from a club at 3 a.m., this hostel was great. The rooms were clean and the wall paintings are awesome. The bathrooms aren't too fancy, but they were very clean, as were the toilets. Breakfast is definitely worth the few euros. The staff were very friendly and helpful. And the drinks at the bar are cheap. If I ever visit Berlin again, I'll go to this hostel. Comment by Anonymous September 2004
6 of 7 6/2/2008 3:24 PM for sure. I had a good time at the Odyssee. It was a good party, Comment by Anonymous September 2004 It was very clean, and most of the staff were extremely helpful (although there was one girl there who was quite unpleasant). The staff weren't concerned about asking loud, obnoxious guests to be quiet at 3 a.m., which wasn't so great. I'd certainly stay here again, and would recommend it to others, but one thing to be wary of is that "things go missing." I accidently left my toiletry bag in the women's bathroom, and it got stolen, but that's not the fault of the hostel. Comment by Dave June 2004 We just stayed here. It was in a very nice location, close to the East Side Gallery, and only a couple of stops from the main train station. I will show you the good and the bad of this hostel. The good: - location; - rooms were very nice (and so were the wall paintings); - nice atmosphere in the downstairs bar/lounge area; - great breakfast; - staff were very friendly and helpful with the exception of one, the girl who checked us in too early. (There were no beds ready, she tried twice to give our beds to other people even though we called to confirm, and after checking us in she yelled at us for being in the room!!! It was not very pleasant, and not a good way to start our stay in Berlin.) The bad: - the one staff member I just mentioned, she made a bad impression on us and several other travelers; - the fact that we made a reservation, called prior to arrival to confirm and they STILL tried to give away our beds; - one of the cleaning staff stole our pillow and blanket (which sucks as you have to pay a deposit on that); - the price we had to pay was higher than the price quoted to me when I made the reservation, yet they wouldn't adjust it to the quoted price; - they checked in a huge group of immature filthy young teenagers who left the washrooms in a disastrous state, ran up and down the corridors screaming, yelling, kicking doors; throwing the pool table equipment around and basically disrupting all of the other guests at the hostel. Most of the other travelers in the hostel were pissed off by this group, but no one from the hostel management ever asked them to behave in a more appropriate manner. Comment by Nik April 2004 If you'd like to stay in a clean hostel with little to no hassle, cheap rates, and a friendly staff, in a location near a lot of happening restaurants and shops, stay here. BUT my towel was stolen, so make sure you lock up your stuff. Comment by Anonymous March 2004 I always go back to the Odyssee when in Berlin. Surely not the cleanest hostel in Berlin, but it's truly the cheapest I've found, and not only that, the staff are really friendly, they make you feel at home. This is a real backpacker hostel! Have you visited this hostel? Post your comments here. «Prev 11 of 68 Next»
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