Hostel Quintal do Maracanã - Tijuca — Hotel in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

Cons: rats, cockroaches, tiny rooms with too many beds in them (a normal hostel would put four beds where they put eight), no air con, just a fan in the ceiling (so you can imagine how hot the room was), they almost gave us a broken bed, and would've succeeded if not for one of the girls in our room who told us about it. When we asked for a solution they sugested we try the broken bed. The solution was one of the girls from out room volunteering her bed for the night because she went to sleep with her boyfriend. Over all the place is dirty and poorly managed.||Pros: only had to stay here one night.||Honestly i have no idea how almost all the reviews on this place are quite good. Went and double-checked that i didnt just order the first thing i could find. This is not a good place, or an okay one. There shouldn't be any RATS at all. This place is awfall. Do yourself a favor and go...

Nice and well-equipped(large kitchen,swimming pool ) hostel next to the stadium with a friendly and helpful staff, especially Michelle, who was always very kind, available and prompt to answer patiently all our queries.It's located in the lively and safe Tijuca neighborhood ,although a bit far from the famous beaches and downtown Rio.However, it's walking distance from the closest tube station and well connected transportwise....

Made a booking via Hostelworld. After two weeks or so, suddenly got a message, that our booking was unable to honor our booking. I guess it was because it was Carnivaltime and they wanted to sell their rooms even more expensive. That...