Castanea Old Town Hostel

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Great beds, showers, kitchen and of course the location! Friendly staff with very good communication via e-mail before checking in.

Strangely shaped lockers, not very practical but absolutely ok for small luggage.

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Nothing

The licatiion eas great... The organization was perfect... The prica was very good...

Can't think of anything I didn't like...

Castanea's property is located in Gamla Stan (Old Town). Everyday a lot of tourists tried to reach the place, by a bus for example. But you live there. Wake up in the morning, go out to have a coffee, you will walk along Royal Palace, head to another island, then stroll through Kungsgarden, and you still have energy to walk to Djurgarden. Sit on the bench in the park, drink coffee and look at the seashore. And now think if I had to travel to that place 20 minutes long by a train. That would spoil the morning. I liked to stay at Castanea. The interior is decorated humbly but stylishly. And the hostel has a chestnut tree near it's windows. At least some windows look at the tree, which is nice presence of nature in the middle of anciently developed town. Many tourists' attractions are walkable (and usually located to the north from Gamla Stan). I stayed in a 16-bed room for 3 nights (because it was affordable). Other visitors were the same kind of tourists. They slept in the night and went out during the day. This was the first time I slept with somebody else in the room in a long time (since my student's life in dormitory). When packing stuff before the trip, my friend suggested to take ear plugs. And I'm gonna tell you, taking the ear plugs and using them every night - saved my sleep, my trip, and my good mood. Have a good stay. And take your own ear plugs when you gonna stay in a big-number-beds room. Bless Ya.

The name of the property is "Castanea OLD Town Hostel". That "old" implies it is NOT renewed and refurbished in a long time or not completely. And that's totally OKAY and expected. What I didn't like were noisy wooden parquet floor and noisy wooden doors which slams each time someone goes in/out the room. Whenever a body moves though the hostel, the wooden floor tells you where the foots are stepping. Hey, maybe other visitors on their beds are trying to get some rest, but doors and floors annoyed from time to time. Why don't them be silent, is there any technology to make them silent? (I'm not a specialist in processing wood:)