Bantianju Hostel

Amazing place with super friendly staff. The lady’s who worked here helped us with putting our laundry inside when we where away and it was raining. We really appreciate that! The room was spacious en the garden and vieuw where also awesome 😁

The hotel owners are extremely nice and very helpful, they would help us with any hiking trip we wanted to go on and let us leave our suitcases when we had already checked out but were waiting on our flight. As hosts, they are truly welcoming. But I personally wouldn't stay here again, as there are a couple things that were less optimal: - because the hotel is very close to the airport, it will get very loud when the planes fly over the house (they fly until around 1am. To deter birds, they also play extremely loud banging sounds during those times, in random intervals) - for the price of the hotel, I expected pristine conditions, which we didn't find it in. The room seemed rundown and even though cockroaches are not the worst, for the price of the panorama room I'd expect no dead ones in my bathtub. - the restaurant of the hotel is very tasty, but it's not ok to have to wait 20 mins between each dish. Also it's not ok to have the owner's children's friends come up and stare and scream at us while we eat, just because we are foreigners - when I put the do not disturb sign, because we want to sleep in, I would prefer to not be disturbed Again, the owners were nothing but wonderful, but I personally wouldn't come here again for above reasons. Had the price been in the same range as other hotels, I could've accepted things as they were, but because we paid triple the amount I expect no less and more than what we got from other hotels in lesser price ranges.

Our host was friendly and surprisingly picked us up from the train station! She was most helpful in planning the rest of our trip, helping source tickets and just general advice. The room was on the top floor had a stunning view of the mountians, fields and the airport runway. It was a very pleasant stay.