Azores Youth Hostels - Santa Maria

Clean Room and Good Value, but Street Noise in the Morning

Pros: Very clean double room. Simple breakfast, but sufficient and filling. The room price is not high.

Cons: Our room faced the street, and traffic noise started as early as 5:30 a.m., which made it difficult to sleep. Recommendation: Avoid booking a room facing the street

Pros: The rooms and the facilities in general. Amazing views and location.

Cons: Pool under maintenance

Fantastic place to stay on Santa Maria

Pros: Bright, spacious room with private bathroom for a good (low season) price. Fantastic location. Very quiet inside the hostel when we were there.

Cons: The street can be very loud at some times. Breakfast is very basic and not sufficiently filling before a hike.

Pros: Azores Youth Hostel on Santa Maria is a great place to stay on the island! I have no idea why this place has some bad reviews. Everything was perfect for me. I stayed in a 4-beds dormitory. Hostel is very clean. The breakfast is included in the price, it's simple but ok (well... the coffee is not good). The receptionist is very polite and helpful. My flight to Santa Maria was delayed - I called the hostel and without any problem they agreed for a very late check-in in the middle of the night (2am). If you are looking for a not expensive place to stay on Santa Maria - this place is for you.

Cons: Coffee for the breakfest could be better.

Pros: The hostel is located in the biggest city on the island very close to the airport as well as all the necessary shops and a big parking lot just in front. The staff is very friendly, facilities are quite simple, but for the price it is a good deal, especially with the breakfast included.

Cons: The breakfast didnt have any vegetables and the equipment of rooms/bathrooms are a bit old, but considering the price it was a very good deal

Pros: The hostel is clean and the lady at the reception is super friendly

Pros: Me and my partner had a twin room, which was spacious with air conditioning (although we only used this once, since we usually slept with the balcony door open at night). The beds were somewhat hard, and as a pregnant woman, it was a little rough. But all over the Azores, the beds, even in expensive hotels, weren't good. The showers were amazing and warm (the shared ones we got to use) with great pressure! There was a simple breakfast included, which was enough to fill the belly if need be. The location was perfect 6-8 min from the airport and dmabout 10 min walk directly into the heart of Vila do Porto.

Cons: I had written about an early check-in since our flight was changed to a 6 30 am flight but NEVER got an answer to this day. The bathrooms were dirty for the first 2 days, and the reception was basically never attended to. But the girls apologized later on and said they were understaffed. During the last 3 days of our stay, when the reception was attended to and the bathrooms cleaned, it made a huge difference. The pool isn't working at the moment and probably won't be for a while.

sensational location, comfortable, great value

Pros: amazing location, comfortable twin rooms, pleasant outdoor area, staff helpful and chatty, very good value, main street has everything you want, best walk on island to Formosa starts here, lived up to sunny island name for me

Cons: it is a mix of budget hotel and hostel but could be very quiet for solo travellers out of season; no problem for the resilient single travellers

Well located clean and comfortable hostel. Would stay again

Pros: The property is well located on the Main Street of Porto do Novo towards the Marina end. The bathrooms were kept clean and the room was lockable during the day with each dorm mate having an access key. I spent 2 nights here and was fortunate to have the room for myself one night and only one other for the other.

Definitely recommended.

Pros: A great position as a starting point in order to explore the island, Ocean /fort view, next to the hiking trails, a short walk to the marine, supermarket, bus stop. Swimming pool with a lovely view, friendly, very helpful & professional staff, included breakfast.

Cons: There could be more power outlets (when more then 2ppl in the dorm it gets a bit restrictive), the courtesy lights at the bunk beds are too strong, white light in direction of your face :( but fortunately there is a lamp with a dimmer on the desk. The washrooms and toilet area could be cleaned more often.