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Via dell'Olmata 36, 00184 Rome, Italy
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Ranked #246 of 315 Speciality lodging in Rome
2.0 of 5 stars 52 Reviews
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Deutschland
1 review
“First prize for the most disgusting hostel”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 January 2012

I’m a student and stayed in Casa Olmata during an archaeologically excursion. I have seen lots of horrible accommodations these last years but Casa Olmata is beyond every description.

Everything you can read here is correct! Including the fact that our group also shared our private area (bath room and kitchen) with a couple, a man and a women, probably gipsy, who lived in a screen of board on the balcony behind our kitchen. Our sleeping room (we were fife girls) was separated from that persons only through a room door without a proper lock. We needed three days to notice that, we wondered who is using our bathroom, that we recognized because we cleaned the bathroom ourselves, and than on the third day, one of my fellow student run in the men when she came out of the sleeping room on her way to the bathroom. We were absolutely shocked!

The bathroom was as dirty as described in other reviews. The shower curtain was black from fungi. I insisted and so it was changed so we were able to use the shower were the water was cold and the armature was broken.

The kitchen was impossible to use because it was too dirty and too many pieces of furniture were broken and out of work including the fridge.

We shared the sleeping room with fleas. That became clear on the second day, because three of us had bites from that tiny little beasts. I have no problems with cockroaches in Africa but fleas are too much.

Of course there was no wifi, no hot or cold drinks and no breakfast you would want to eat.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Bogota, Colombia
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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“Never forget those days”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 October 2011

I had the best time in Rome thanks to Casa Olmata, where I met amazing people and had the best dinners and parties in the top of the roof!

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled solo
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Brisbane, Australia
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24 reviews 24 reviews
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18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
“Good location!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 October 2011

My partner and I stayed at this hotel for 10 nights, while traveling around Europe for 5 months. I would recommend this hotel to others. The room was decent as it had a comfortable bed, a ceiling fan, mirror, cupboard and enough room for luggage. A few things we weren't happy about was the amount of noise that came from the Irish pub downstairs and the pillows were extremely thin except they gave us some cushions too. The owners are really nice and give guests a paper bag full of food for breakfast. Including toast with nutella, banana, croissant and juice. There is a laundromat and supermarket down the road. Also the shared bathrooms flood as the shower curtain was way too short and no mats were provided. A short walk to and from the train station.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Porto, Portugal
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3 reviews 3 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“I must have had very lucky...”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 October 2011

I was in Casa Olmata last week, and the reviews here frightened me a little bit. However, the room where I stayed with my girlfriend was acceptable. Queen bed, clean sheets and nothing in particular negative to declare.
I stayed in the main building, in Via D'Olmata, so I don't know if the problem is the other building, but everything was better than I expected after reading these reviews.

An average hostel, but it's difficult to find something this cheap and with quality in Rome. It was sufficient for resting and recovering from the tiring but amazing days that Rome offered us.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Coventry, United Kingdom
1 review
“ADVICE TO ANYONE ELSE: DO NOT STAY HERE!!!!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 September 2011

We booked this hostel on hostel world and they have pictures of the building which turned out not to be the building at all. There were no working kitchen facilities, not proper curtains over the windows, everything was filthy and smelled! I had to have 2 cold showers because apparantly I had to wait half an hour each time someone else had had a shower! And to make matters worse when we wanted to check out of 7.40am there was no procedure and they just said they don't open reception until 8. When we rang the bell the owner ran out very aggressively and was swearing at us and snatched the key from my friend. Swearing at guests is completely unacceptable especially swearing at girls! Bad bad bad value for money. I would advise everyone thinking about this place to stay somewhere else!

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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