Urban Youth Hostel - Casas de Barcena

Apart from the friendly and helpful staff, there is not much that would incline me to return to this hostel. The smell in every single bathroom of the building smelled of rancid pipes and purely of sewerage even after staff having just left from cleaning. There were three of us and we went to rent towels and they only had 1 available until a staff member decided to check the back for us (which was very kind), however seems unorganised on the hostels behalf to only have 1 ready and prepared at any time at reception. Unfortunately I had to request a new bed and new linens as the pillow I received on my bed was dirty/mouldy and should not have been left for guests to use. Staff were great however, the amenities, cleanliness and smell were a huge deterrent and based on that experience it is not somewhere i would recommend

Not enough breakfast for the entire group, located a little while from the centre and could be a bit cleaner

I've been to hundreds of hostels and its the first one that locks out your fridge food for the night. I had to leave a full bag of food when I left at 6AM. No 24hr reception. Really dissapointed.

The staff was super friendly, polite, and helpful. Staff spoke English. Cute common area with food and drinks (alcoholic and non) available for purchase and fairly priced. Decor was super cute. There's a place close by to rent bicycles which was nice. Lots of things in walking distance and easy to catch public transportation from here as well. Cute, I'd stay again.

This is the best low cost Hostel in Valencia and i can say that because i stayed at all of them. They have very comfortable beds, the best locker system, cheap good quality breakfast, a nice terrace and the staff is very helpful. The location is also a big plus: all the other hostels are located in the old city center where you pay double for drinks food and have a long way to the beach. This hostel is in walking distance to the beach and close to the university complex, where you have a lot of cheap student bars where the action is certainly more entertaining than in the old city center.