The Hostels

We used our dear Internet to help us find some hostels, of course! I love the Booking website (www.booking.com) but it's better to search for hotels rather than hostels. So this time we used Hostel World (www.hostelworld.com).

Of course we wanted to stay in cheap hostels during our trip, specially because it would be only for one night, but with the minimal conditions to sleep! By this I mean, clean! That's about the only thing I really want in a cheap hostel!

Unfortunately that was not the case in Valencia... The hostel (Center Valencia), was in a very good location, practically in the city centre, but it didn't smell that good and you could see the toilets were not the cleanest thing in the world. I'm sorry, but I'm a bit picky about that! In conclusion, I don't intend to ever go back there, even though the guy at the reception was very friendly (and Italian by the way!) and I will not recommend you to go there.

                            

Despite all this, the positive sides of it was that they have big lockers for you to put your bags at the rooms and free wifi everywhere at the hostel.

We were also lucky to have nobody else sharing the room, which consisted of 3 bunks in quite a small room. 

Also, they did have a place were you could cook (or at least a microwave to heat your food) and a common room to chill out. However we did not had the chance to use much of it, since we only stayed one night.

The second night was in Avignon.

By the time we got there we were already quite tired from driving (I will tell you all about it in another post), but the first sight we had once we got there was absolutely breathtaking! It was certainly one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in my life! 

We arrived at sunset and immediately saw a beautiful walled city, much similar to a castle, just standing on the other side of the river, reflecting the "orangeness" of a summer sunset.

                  

The hostel (Auberge Bagatelle) was on the opposite side of the river and we found out once we got there that it was on a camping park, very quiet and also very beautiful. 

The rooms and toilets were much better than the first one and were tidy and clean. We stayed in a shared room with a Japanese girl, also consisting of 3 bunks but much bigger than the one in Valencia.

                                

Unfortunately the wifi was not as easy to find as in Valencia. You had to go to one of the two restaurants in the camping park and have a drink or eat something before you could have access to the internet password.

Anyway, it was a nice experience and a hostel I would definitely recommend you to visit!