Ostello Due Torri-San Sisto 2

Miles out by horror to find bus in the dark

Despite ringing the manager at this hotel who seemed to have good English the directions to find the bus to this hostel were just totally incorrect - it took me an hour and a half to realise that the main bus station was just not where the buses to the hostel leave from even after ringing the manager several times.

Then following his directions to find the bus stop proved also totally incorrect and after an hour and a half I had to just give in and catch a taxi. During the hour and a half I had tried to get an idea of prices from the taxi drivers but their 'estimated' prices and the differings between those in the group just sounded like a bunch of vultures at the time.

When I did catch a taxi it was the price I thought it was but went up about 5 euro on arrival to the price that the 'estimate' was.

There are apparently two hostels right next to each other but served by the same phone contact. The taxi will stop at the door of the main one. Only about 15 euro for the bed in a dorm, which I only had one room mate during the off season just before christmas in December, plus 5euro for the dorm door key, plus a charge to rent a towel.

Breakfast was included.

After yet another Italian communal bathroom experience of finding the place so dirty and wet there was hardly anywhere to put ones towel, clothing or feet we were both in agreement of our findings that service mentality in Italian was notably lower than the countries we came from or other european coutnries travelled.

Unique Quality: A good on your budget place to stay, rooms and beds and bedding were clean. Just the bathrooms not clean.

Once you can see your way about in the daylight you can see where the bus stop is back into town - but even then I had difficulty working out which side of the road was the correct direction of the bus I needed to catch. And getting to the destination wanted in town such as the town centre or the bus station in which to store baggage while going to see the town centre was about 10 minutes walk from the closest point that the bus went to. So no wonder I couldnt find it the night before!