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David Quinn (Alai-berri)

Triunfo Street n� 3 - 1st floor left, San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, 20007, Spain
David Quinn (Alai-berri)
Real Traveler Rating: 4.7 out of 5 based on 124 reviews from 1 source
Highly Recommended
Clean: Rating of 4.7 out of 5
Service: Rating of 4.8 out of 5
Location: Rating of 4.9 out of 5
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Highly Recommended
Based on 124 reviews
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  • Overall: Rating of 4.7 out of 5

    "this hostel is truly wonderful, it is casual,relaxed, David was so warm and welcoming, great place to unwind, rooms and bathrooms were excellent and super clean, lots of hot water, plenty of power points, tv and dvd player in room to kick back and watch a movie, super close to the beach, David Quinn is the best hostel, fantastic." source Hostelworld

    "I will definitely recommend this place to anyone traveling through San Sebastian or to those participating in the San Fermin festivities." source Hostelworld

    "Great place, really friendly & sociable, clean, welcoming, etc, etc. Would definitely recommend it to friends :)." source Hostelworld

    "great place, clean, friendly, and local knowledge excellent. will stay again when have a chance." source Hostelworld

    "I was a single 29 year old traveller (femail) and would recommend list place to like travellers." source Hostelworld

  • Clean: Rating of 4.7 out of 5

    "Really good location almost in front of the beach, David is very generous and make you feel at home, breakfast is awesome, everything is clean, TV and DVD player in the room, really incredible hostel." source Hostelworld

    "It's nice and clean place although if you stay in the room dormitory without windows can be a real nightmare; the average price of 30 euros it's worth if you stay in the 4 beds room with windows." source Hostelworld

    "While everything else was pretty clean, the only complaint we had was that one member of our group woke up with bug bites every morning and we think it was bed bugs." source Hostelworld

    "Awesome shared kitchen, very clean bathrooms, and not-too-crowded with only 6 people per room (although, I think they may be adding more bunkbeds." source Hostelworld

    "So clean, free laundry, free eggs toast and coffee, free internet, great kitchen, plasmas in every room with a whole DVD library." source Hostelworld

  • Service: Rating of 4.8 out of 5

    ") The value was incredible: free internet, eggs available for breakfast, linens & towels included, very friendly and helpful staff, phenomenal location." source Hostelworld

    "Could not ask anymore of the service, if your looking for a good time before hitting the streets of san seb then this is a must." source Hostelworld

    "great place to stay, freindly and helpful staff." source Hostelworld

    "Free internet and helpful staff." source Hostelworld

  • Location: Rating of 4.9 out of 5

    "The kitchen was a really social area and the hostel is in a great location, only 100m from the beach." source Hostelworld

    "David was helpful with providing maps and advice on the area plus was in a good location." source Hostelworld

    "The hostal was nice and had had great access to the historic area of San Sebastain." source Hostelworld

    "Great hostel, David is great and you can't beat the location (100m from the beach)." source Hostelworld

    "We were just steps from the beach, and walking distance from everything." source Hostelworld

  • Value

    "Maybe not the best value hostel going around, but in comparison to other prices I saw in San Sebastian probably worth the extra couple of �." source Hostelworld

    "Good relation value / price." source Hostelworld

    "The places to eat recommended by Dave and Alex were all great and really good value." source Hostelworld

  • Room

    "It felt like staying in someone�s spare room. There is no common room, so unless you have great roomies its a bit hard to meet people." source Hostelworld

    "Dave greeted us at the door and from that moment on it just felt as though we were staying in a spare room at a friend's place." source Hostelworld

    "David I think you need to knock out the wall between the kitchen and entrance way to make a bigger room to hang out in." source Hostelworld

More information on David Quinn (Alai-berri)

David Quinn is from Dublin, Ireland.3 times more comments than any other Hostel it's size in San Sebastian!!24 hour reception.Personal safe each! Kitchen open from: 8AM TO 10PM. FREE BREAKFAST.Eggs bread, Coffee, and tea! Available all day.(A saving of about 4 Euro.)FREE LAUNDRY SERVICE. (A saving of about 8euro.)Beds remade everyday! Towels changed everyday.T.V DVD in all rooms + 200 Free Movies.Walk in availability 24/7. Free pack storage.No curfew.NON smoking hostel.Thank you.

Directions

RENFE. (Main train station) (Taxi 5 min. Price 3 or 4 Euro)Leave the station crossing the street until you get to the river, turn 'RIGHT' and walk about 100 metres to the nearest bridge, cross the bridge walking straight the whole time down (AVENIDA DE LIBERTAD) for about 10 min. walk past the 'Hotel Londres' along the promenade with La Concha beach with the Island to your right!! Take the 2nd left where you'll see a tiny Plaza with 2 big Palm trees. walk past them to Triunfo street, look for a light brown wooden door with the word TRIUNFO 3 written above it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------IMPORTANT! We're sandwiched between! 'RESTAURANT LANZIEGO' and a menswear shop called 'CORTE BLANCO'.---------------------------------------------------------------------------AMARA (Main bus station) (Taxi 5 min. Price 3 or 4 Euro)Take the number '28 bus' from the station, ask to get off at the 'Buen Pastor' its the only Cathedral in San Sebastian. (It's tall spire can be seen from any point in the city)Cross the street immediatley walking back up 'SAN MARTIN' street, until you get to Triunfo street. Turn right and walk down past the 'EUROPA HOTEL' past 'BAR HARITZA' and the menswear shop 'CORTE BLANCO' look for a light brown wooden door with TRIUNFO 3 written above it. 'We are on the first floor on the left'!! Our doorbell is to the right of everyone else's!!!---------------------------------------------------------------------------EUSKOTREN (small metro!! NOT main station!!)When you leave this station you'll be standing in front of a big plaza. Walk straight through it, continue as far as San Martin street, (300 metres) turning left you'll immediately see 'The Europa Hotel Cafe' on the right hand side of San Martin!! (200 metres away.) Turn right just after the cafe and walk 30 metres. You'll find us sandwiched between Restaurant Lanziego and Corte Blanco menswear. Look for the big brown door.

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