Copa Hostel

I had a good experience at this Hostel, mostly because of the people I´ve met. The hostel has private apartments and I´ve stood over there. The apartaments are new and mine was in a building next to the beach. The only thing that I consider very important is that they don´t have a kitchen. So we had to go to the hostel to make our own food. In a way it was good because you socialize with people staying there, but we would like to have a place to cook in our own apartment.
Also we had some issues with payment so I recommend that you´d pay attention to that.

this hostel is located near one of the most popular beaches in the world, they have such a high demand that they don’t need to offer a quality place. everything is the bare minimum. i stayed in a private room, which was in a different building. so i had to walk one block just to talk to the reception. the room smelled, the bathroom was super tiny and the shower was really beat up. the kitchen was almost always messy. the atmosphere of the hostel was mediocre, there were no social events and very little and poor common space to hang out.
the bottom line is if you want more than just a bed, a shower and an easy access to the beach, stay somewhere else.
and honestly, the location is not that great either. yes it’s really close to Copacabana, but it’s really hectic with so much traffic, noise and crowd. you won’t feel relaxed at all at this location.

As member of Hostelling International the quality of the rooms and all the other stuff is okay. And of course the hostel’s location right next to Copacabana is great. But when I arrived at the hostel after booking it on the website of Hostelling International, the guys at the reception wanted to charge about 150% of the price published on the HI website. (As I stayed for a couple of days and the prices in general are high range, this was quite a lot of money). After about 2 hours of fighting we agreed that I was allowed to pay the original price (NB: I showed them a printout of the booking confirmation!!), but only if I paid in US Dollars. Therefore I had to excange money etc. etc. So if you don’t worry about stuff like this or you’re willing to pay a lot more than you agreed online, Copa Hostel is definetely a nice place to stay. Otherwise there are better choices.