Lisbon Oeiras Youth Hostel

Lisbon Catalazete Youth Hostel in Oeiras, Portugal

Price: 13 Euro- Dormbed, 11 Euro if you are not a member. Do not buy a membership card!
Note: This place is expensive, you can find a comparably priced room in the Bairro Alto district of Lisbon.

I found this hostel to be almost decent. It is clean and in right on the beach, but it has a male employee who is an absolute penis, and he can make your stay here a little uncomfortable. There is also a really nice woman and another guy who is also extremely amiable, but the rudeness that I was shown by the Penis makes this a place that I will not return to. You can tell who this guy is just by looking at him.

For the full story please read:
Youth Hosteling International Rip-Off

Address:
Lisbon - Catalazete Estrada Marginal (near Inatel) 2780-267
Oeiras, Portugal
Tel. +351 214430638 Fax. +351 214419267
Email: catalazete@movijovem.pt
http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel047006.en.htm

The Catalazete Youth Hostel is located on the beach in a really great location, 30 minutes from Lisbon, but connected with a train service to Cadre de Sodre in the city. This location may seem far from the city center, but is is beautiful.

The wireless internet service that the hostel offers is horridly expensive- 3 Euro an hour. A real rip-off. $4.50 for an hour of internet! But you can go to the funny looking black building, which is a reception center for people who sail in, that is near sea and use their internet for free.

How to get there:

From Lisbon take bus Nos. 17 and 35 to Cais do Sodre station. At Cais do Sodre, take the train to Oeiras (it is easy to tell what train this is) At Oeiras, walk 2km to INATEL (ask directions from the lady at the snack stand outside the station)

From the Hosteling International Website:

A restored 18th century fort, the Youth Hostel of Catalazete is a great option for young people who want to see Lisbon and the Estoril coastline. Oeiras is your host town. Here, you can use the sport and leisure facilities, such as Vale do Jamor sports complex where the National Stadium is located and the seawater public swimming pool, next to the hostel. If you prefer the beach, then Carcavelos is the nearest option, but the railway line along the coast gives you lots of others to choose from. Come and have a drink with us and watch the Tagus River meet the Atlantic Ocean.

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Milfontes Hostel- Casa Amarela

Casa Amarela Guesthouse in Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal

The Casa Amarela Guesthouse is located in the beautiful village of Vila Nova de Milfontes, which is right on the Costa Azul of Portugal. I stayed here for a month in a room in the back. I needed to do some writing and this hostel proved to be a great place for working.

Vila Nova de Milfontes is a truly beautiful place to stay for a while. It sits right where the River Mira meets the Atlantic Ocean. Miles of beaches. Rui, the owner, is also a really wonderful man, and he built the guesthouse with his own two hands. He is a dreamer who has traveled around the world himself, and therefore knows what travelers want in a hostel.

Prices:
15 Euro- Dorm
25-35 Euro- Single room
35-55 Euro- Double room
50- 70 Euro- Triple room

Note: Rui, the owner, is an extremely nice guy and is willing to be a little flexible with these prices if you really cannot afford it (I couldn't).

Services and facilities:
Full kitchen
Bathrooms in rooms
International TV
TV in rooms
Free internet
Private parking
Friendly staff
Great location

Contact information:
Rua d.Luis Castro e Almeida 7645-317
Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal

283 996 632 home phone
93 420 46 10 cellular phone
e-mail:casa.amar@gmail.com

Casa Amarela Website

A description of the Casa Amarela Guesthouse from their website:

"Less than 200 Km to the South of Lisbon, at the plain between the mountains, the sea and the mouth of Mira River, Vila Nova de Milfontes had become the main holidays destination at the South-West coast to Portuguese or other visitors from all over the world and surely one of the most appetizing of all the Portuguese coast. Rarely the Nature was so generous at this frontier between the Earth, the river valley and the Sea creating countless very beautiful beaches of fine sand and crystal waters.

Is at this paradise place that Rui, a traveller that have been travelling around 60 different countries around the world, therefore knowing better the needs of those ones travelling, offers lodgement , at the town centre but in a deep courtyard than extremely quite, in rooms of 2, 3 ,4 and 6 people or special rooms for youth at a cosmopolite, easy going and friendly atmosphere that calls for travelling. All rooms come with private bathroom, T.V., hairdryer. We also have common different kitchens for exclusive use of our guests. Free Internet."

Photographs of the Casa Amarela Guesthouse:

This is one of the common areas where travelers are able to use the internet and watch international TV and movies.

The Casa Amarela Guesthouse is full of paintings that Rui brought back from his travels.

One of the guest kitchens at the Casa Amarela Guesthouse

A double room at the Casa Amarela Guesthouse

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