Wisby Jernvägshotell

The reception is open only from 8 am to 4 pm, and if you come later you need to pick the keys from a locked box. However, we never received the email with the information about picking up the keys, and as our booking confirmation said that check-in is possible from 3 pm to 12 pm, we were quite surprised when we arrived at 6 pm and all the doors were locked and no one answered the phone. We had even tried to reach the hotel beforehand but they didn't return to our calls, text or voice mail. We managed to get our keyes with the help of other guests staying in the hostel but all in all, it was difficult to get in contact with the staff with such limited opening hours, and the information we received was lacking. Due to not getting the info email we also had to sleep the first night without bedsheets, as we didn't know we should have had to reserve them beforehand, (even though the confirmation email stated they were a mandatory cost, so we understood there's no possibility to bring our own) and since reception was closed when we arrived we had to do without. The walls of the hostel are paper thin, so if you're a light sleeper or sensitive to noise, I can't recommend this place. We happened to have noisy neighbours so it was quite annoying to wake up early every day due to noise. Otherwise the place was ok, an affordable option to stay in Visby and the location is good.

Great hostel in the heart of Visby. Great if you want to explore the historic sites the city has to offer. The staff are friendly and quite helpful. The rooms are well kept and clean. The kitchen is spacious with adequate seating. It is also quiet which is great for resting. The airport is a short distance away

Fantastic central location, amidst bars restaurants etc. The hostel was very clean and there was a great balcony area in the kitchen. The rooms had locks on doors which was a bonus for a hostel and the breakfast next door at the neighbouring hotel was a great extra. Would recommend!

My Husband and I stayed at this hostel for two nights when we were in Gotland. We loved it. Our room was a good size with a comfortable, bed. The kitchen had everything in it you could need to cook a meal. Our room, the kitchen, and the bathrooms were all very clean. The only bad thing about the hostel was the check in process. It took about 45 minutes and a phone call, from a pay phone, to figure out how to check in. The hotel has limited check in hours during the off season.|

This was the first time I stayed in a hostel since I was a student. However accommodation in July in Wisby is very expensive and we wanted to spend money on enjoying the destination instead so we decided to give it a try. We booked a family room with 2 sets of bunkbeds and this was pretty much the only furniture except for a small table and a chest of drawers. You should also bring your own bedlinen and towels.||The check-in for us was very easy, just collected the key from the hotel next door. ||The hostel is located on a pedestrianized shopping street. As a guest you are allowed to drive on this road however in order to access the parking area at the back of the building. This was very convenient as we never had to search for parking or pay parking fees. ||||The location of the hostel is really fantastic on the main shopping street inside the ringwall. There are numerous restaurants at your very doorstep as well. The only drawback of the central location, at least if you have a room facing the street like ours, is that during the early hours of the morning the street gets quite noisy as people leave the various nightspots with no thoughts to those already asleep. It can also get noisy inside the hostel when people get home late, however only one set of guests cam home late, the rest seemed to be mature adults or families. ||||The hostel consists of one corridor on the second floor on top of a shop with approx 8 rooms, showers and toilets on the corridor, and at the end of the corridor a nice spacious and well equipped kitchen where most guest have breakfast. There is also a small roof terrace. The toilets, showers and kitchen were clean so it was not as bad as I had expected having to share facilities. I guess it's better in a small hostel like this one. ||||Considering we paid approx 120 euros per night for 4 pax I think it was really ok, we certainly saved a lot of money compared to the rates at a proper hotel and the location was excellent as well as the arrangements for parking.

When we planned our trip, all the hotels in Visby were booked, as there was a very important festival in the city that week. We ended up looking for guesthouses instead, and we booked this one for 3 nights. So, since it's a guesthouse, you gotta take for granted that almost nothing is included. There is a kitchen, which helps, and there is an ICA 5 minutes from there if you need to buy food to cook. Showers and toilets are shared on the floor. Some people leave shampoo bottles in the showers because they won't use it afterwards, but don't count on it. Sheets for the beds and towels are not included, but you can pay an extra fee to have some. The rooms are ok. You'll be sleeping in bunk beds, and they aren't too comfortable. I'm a big guy, and I could feel the metal pipe under my back. The curtains are VERY thin and if you're there in summer, you'll have the sun shining in your face at 4AM. We were unlucky enough to have neighbours who went out for many drinks, and came back in the middle of the night, screaming in the corridor and not paying attention for all the noise they were making. We had to dress up and go tell them to shut up and go to bed. I know it can happen anywhere, but they would probably have been warned, or more careful, in a hotel... So the experience was OK. Nothing perfect. But Visby is such a nice city, I would have slept anywhere.

Easy to access hotel at any time. Clean, with comfortable beds. Central in the city centrum. Good room for kitchen activity and meals for several persons. City worth visiting same as the whole island.

Very clean, great location and value, and the staff at the associated hotel (Hotel Villa Borgen) are very nice and helpful.|Walls are thin, so cross yr fingers there aren't any very young children staying next door to you, but we had a great window, and there's a very nice veranda/seating area off of the kitchen room.|Really a great deal - we'd stay there again in a second, very clos to wonderful food and sights, but not close enough to get the noise. |