Our stay was not pleasant at this hostel. We were told upon our arrival it would be our responsibility to maintain noise control, as the receptionist told us to tell the families with children running and screaming down the hall to be quieter (if they were being too loud). We did not feel welcome to share the common space (living room, kitchen, dining) because the families and children had completely taken over the space themselves, with toys left throughout the room and children running about. We could not fall asleep until the children were put to bed as our bedroom shared a wall with the common space. We woke up to screaming children at 7AM after a 6 hour hike the previous day. Sleeping guests should not be disturbed in this way, and it is the responsibility of the property to maintain noise control and tell families to not let their children sprint up and down the hall screaming outside other guests’ bedroom doors.
To be clear, this screaming wasn’t kids throwing fits as they can sometimes do. They were screaming for fun and stomping up and down the hall all evening and morning.