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Reviews of Visby Fängelse

Skeppsbron 1, 621 57 Visby, Sweden

#75 of 76 hotels in Visby

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Review score

Based on 163 hostel reviews

6.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.2

  • Comfort

    6.2

  • Location

    9.0

  • Facilities

    6.0

  • Staff

    7.0

  • Value for money

    7.5

  • Free WiFi

    6.8

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  • Reviewed: 11 October 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The rooms are very small and the beds are not very comfortable

    The location of the hostel is great and the price is good too.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 August 2024

    6.0
    Good for a short stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • One-Bedroom Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Limited parking space at the property. It was difficult to locate the room/apartment. There was no staff. The property needs maintenance.

    The location was perfect, close to the ferry terminal and the city center. Check-in after midnight was possible.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 August 2024

    5.0
    The structure is particular, full of charm, but management is absent and needs improvement.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 5 nights

    I had not received the manager's message explaining how to make the check in, since you have to do it independently. Even though I had asked with messages. I had to make it by myself by asking the people who were there on site where I can to find the key of my room. I had booked the bad lines and I they sent me the IBAN to make the transfer. Bat it is an international bank transfer only and has its costs! I had sent several messages to the hostel to understand if there was another method to pay, I sent the remander, but I had never received a response, I was ignored! In the end I made the transfer and for 20 euros of bad lines I paid 36 euros of bank transfer from Italy! It would have been almost better to buy a new bed set! Please, provide to change this questions and give the possibiliti to pay in other way not only with bank transfer! In the bathroom on the first floor there was always no soap to wash your hands. The courtyard is very nice, but to bad that the chairs and the plastic tables outside were probably never washed, they were very dirty. The central courtyard needs cleaning.

    The location of the hostel is great, very convenient and cheap for Visby. Close to the ferry. There is a supermarket nearby. This is the historical structure and charm of the former prison.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 August 2024

    7.0
    Good for the night near the harbour
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Studio with shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The shower

    Location

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 July 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • One-Bedroom Apartment
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bed Quality

    Location

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 June 2024

    7.0
    Not bad considering the price and the location! Very good for people travelling alone.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    One thing I didn't like is the toilet 😬 the shower is not working

    The best part is the location!

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Slow online reply

    Location, staff's friendliness, and price against value of money

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 May 2024

    6.0
    Great facility that doesn't meet its potential
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    This place has soooo much potential, it just seems poorly managed.

    Great location, awesome facility, nice and quiet when I was there.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 August 2023

    5.0
    OK but with some caveats.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Hard to take your baggage to the upper floors. The soap to wash your hands in the bathroom felt extremely diluted and when I told reception I was told "that's the one they buy, unfortunately I have no choice". There was one common bathroom per floor, and the two showers were in the same room as the bathroom, meaning if one of these was in use, it blocked all the rest. The baggage room is not safe, it's outside the building and it just has a code.

    The room was as advertised, a jail cell pretty much. I actually liked it as I expected it to be somewhat of an experience. The bed was OK and the location is great.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 July 2023

    5.0
    Staff was almost impossible to reach – which is a real pity, as the place itself is quite OK.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Really difficult to get in touch with the staff. Took three-four days for them to reply to a message. I asked for a confirmation on towels and linnen, which one has to order extra at a small cost. As the message was not read in time, I had to spend the first night in a small, not very comfortable sleeping bag that I brought with me in fear of this bad follow-up from the hotel. Also very difficult to get a hold of the staff during the stay, as the reception was not manned at the times it should have been, and staff most of the time was not reachable by phone. This really ruined my experience.

    The location is perfect. Rooms are OK. Shared bathroom and toilet works nice, not to many rooms sharing.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 June 2023

    7.0
    Value for money and best location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio with shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was no one at reception at late night when we arrived so it was extremely difficult to find our room as there are cell, stuga and one more area with same room numbers. Our was stuga 5 and I was trying to find it in the hostel cell 5. There was no one to show direction to stuga 5. We were roaming around the hostel to find our place. There should be more clear direction to the room in the key envelope if someone is arriving late in night.

    Location and the crowd in stuga!

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 June 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Quite dirty

    Historical features

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 November 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 11 nights

    The wifi was so bad, I had to buy extra data for 200 kr to be able to do my work. I think that's false advertisement and should change it to "no wifi". The room is cold in the autumn, the airflow was bad and there were no curtains so it got too bright if you need a nap during the day. Too many people sharing one fridge, I don't recommend for a longer stay. The doors always slammed really loudly which could be heard from inside the rooms. The bathrooms were booths, so you can hear everything...

    I think the floors and bathrooms were cleaned everyday and it was nice that no cleaning was required before leaving (I think).

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 November 2022

    7.0
    dont go on weekends
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the noise, on weekends teenagers party there

    the kitchen

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 13 October 2022

    7.0
    satisfied, i hope they maintain the one person per room for solo travelers specially for a more the three days stay in v
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    at my second night there was a group of people that checked in and the noise was barely tolerable. the noise only stoped when they left the hostel after two days.

    a historic building that is well maintained, minor renovations is needed for aesthetics such as the kitchen area and sound proofing of rooms.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 October 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very convenient location, it was clean, perfect for short stays.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2022

    7.0
    If you are short on budget or want to try a theme hostel, you should definitely consider this place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights

    The noise canceling is awful, and I can clearly hear people talking outside the building as well as road traffics. The room is quite dark and somewhat humid, even at noon. Because this hostel is originally a prison, so room/cell doors are quite small. I won't recommend this hostel to anyone taller than183 cm or 6'.

    The price is very fair for what it offers. It takes only 7 min walk to reach this hostel from the ferry harbor. The custodian is quite responsible and the shared restroom is usually clean. No social activities and most guests are surprisingly seniors.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 2 September 2022

    6.0
    a bed for a short night
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    too few sanitary facilities

    perfectly situated for spending the night before catching an early ferry

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 14 August 2022

    7.0
    This is a good example that you get what you pay for. Cheap cosy hostel in the heart of Visby.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Some of the very few parkingspots outside were turned into some kind storage-place for old caravans and porta pottis. Unnecessary when there where so poorly with parkingspots in the city.

    Great location and fun how they had saved the prison-feeling. Nice restaurant and bar outside with a different band playing almost every night.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 11 August 2022

    7.0
    4 days in Visby
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • One-Bedroom Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Quite old and not very clean. The ventilation was not great, it felt like no air circulated at all inside.

    Good value for money and well placed. It was also nice to sit outside in the garden.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 4 August 2022

    7.0
    Great location
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not that comfortable or well maintenance, but it’s the expected from a former prison

    Location is absolutely perfect and great value for money

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 16 July 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Very convenient location near the ferry port and the old town.

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 29 June 2022

    7.0
    Good hostel stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It seemed like the kitchen and bathrooms aren’t the newest. But it was everything there that you would need

    Older hostel very close to the ferry terminal and city center. Has a kitchen, backyard and small rooms

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 23 June 2022

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Basic Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beds were not comfortable at all and toilets were not clean

    Location was just close to harbor and pretty easy to find

    Stayed in June 2022

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