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Freedom Traveller Hostel, Rome: 2024 Review & Tips For Staying

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CONSIDERING A STAY AT FREEDOM TRAVELLER HOSTEL?

You’re in the right place, as I spent 4 days in Rome as a solo traveller, and I stayed at the Freedom Traveller Hostel.

Before staying in any hostel, it’s important to read reviews to get an idea of what the hostel is like; whether it is worth staying in or not.

Luckily for you, I have written a full in-depth review of my stay at the hostel. As a full-time traveller, I know what makes or breaks a hostel and my review will tell you everything you need to know.

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Freedom Traveller Hostel Review

Freedom Traveller Hostel is one of the highest-rated, yet affordable, options for hostels in Rome.

With an average rating of 7.6/10 on Hostelworld (the best site for booking hostels), it’s got a pretty good reputation.

There are lots of unique selling points for the hostel too, some of which seem too good to be true for the price. How can a €15 a night hostel afford a free happy hour every night?

I’m not sure but somehow it happens. There are also game nights among other social events where you can meet new people. Not to mention the delicious free croissants at the continental breakfast.

When it comes to the rooms in the hostel, I stayed in a 6-bed mixed dorm room and I think the best way to describe it is as a typical hostel room.

It’s not too small but it’s not huge either. The room was made up of 2 bunk beds and 2 single beds. There are 6 lockers and a table and that’s it.

But what more can you ask for from a hostel? It’s everything you need at the end of the day. The room was clean when I arrived and continued to be clean throughout my trip as it was cleaned daily. Sometimes a difference between a hostel and a hotel is cleanliness, but this isn’t the case for this hostel.

On each floor, there are 3 dorm rooms together which share 3 bathrooms. It’s worth noting that the toilet and shower are in the same bathroom. Again, the bathrooms were clean . Not the fanciest bathroom in the world, but it is a hostel. You’ve got the essential facilities and amenities, everything you need.

And unlike many hostels, the showers were warm! Which was great as I was visiting Rome in December so it wasn’t the warmest.

There’s also a sofa and a few chairs where you can sit outside the 3 dorm rooms. It’s a great way to meet people and a lot less intimidating than a huge common room. I made a really good friend who I met just by having a conversation on that sofa.

Unfortunately, I can’t personally comment on the private rooms as I stayed in a dorm, but I did hear good things from a few people staying in them during my time there.

The staff are also friendly and happy to have conversations and get to know you, which is always good when staying in a hostel. They also provide some very good tips for your time in Rome.

But one of the best things about staying in Freedom Traveller Hostel is the location. Located near Roma Termini, it’s in the perfect location. You are within walking distance of most of the main attractions , which is great for saving money if you are visiting Rome on a budget . It’s about 20 minute’s walk from the Colosseum for example.

All in all, as far as hostels go, this is one of the best options in Rome. Be sure to book Freedom Traveller Hostel if you are visiting Rome, I would recommend it to anyone. It’s a really good hostel.

Freedom Traveller Hostel Room Options

There are plenty of room options at Freedom Traveller Hostel. There are 3 different dorm options as well as 3 different private room options which are particularly convenient if you are staying with children, as you need to be 18 to stay in a dorm.

It’s always good to see a hostel offering different-sized dorms so you can choose which one is right for you. And also if you are female and prefer to have a female-only room , the option is available.

The dorms are really good value for money and the private rooms seem to be too. They look hotel-quality with hostel prices . The perfect combo.

Freedom Traveller Hostel: Tips For Your Stay

As with any hostel, there are some tips and tricks that are worth knowing to make the most of your stay. This is the same with Freedom Traveller Hostel , so here are 5 tips for your stay:

• The hostel can be quite hard to find. There is no sign or anything, it’s not like a huge hotel. If you put the hostel into Google Maps , it’s exactly where it says it is. You will find a metal gate, you need to press the button on the wall on the right for “Freedom Traveller Hostel” and the gate will unlock for you to open.

• Take advantage of the free breakfast. A free breakfast is a great way to save money on a meal. They serve delicious homemade croissants every morning and they are so good. I would go back to the hostel in a heartbeat for the croissants alone.

• Bring a padlock if you are staying in a dorm. Each room has lockers, but you need to have your own padlock. You can purchase one at reception, but having your own is simpler and probably more cost-effective.
• There is a tourist tax in Rome. Rome has a tourist tax and for Freedom Traveller Hostel this is €3.50 per night. This has to be paid in cash upon arrival. Unfortunately, there is no way around it and it will be the same anywhere in Rome.
• The beds and rooms book out in advance. Make sure to book your stay at Freedom Traveller Hostel well in advance as it sells out all the time. As Rome is such a popular destination, the hostel is booked up sometimes months in advance.

Is Freedom Traveller Hostel Safe?

Yes, Freedom Traveller Hostel is a safe hostel. The front door is closed at nighttime (you can buzz to get in, there’s no curfew), there is a metal gate you have to buzz to get in, and there is a 24-hour reception. You can’t get much safer than that.

Of course, it’s impossible to guarantee anyone’s safety anywhere in the world, but from my experience, Rome is a safe city . You likely won’t have any issues during your trip.

But naturally, when people ask if hostels are safe , the answer is that staying in a hostel is less safe than a hotel. You are sharing a room with strangers at the end of the day. This doesn’t mean it’s unsafe, it’s just less safe, but that’s obviously going to be the case.

Rest assured, Freedom Traveller Hostel is safe.

Are there lockers in Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Yes, there are lockers in every dorm room in the hostel. You do need to have your own lock though. Alternatively, you can loan one from reception but this is at a price. Generally, if you are a budget traveller, it’s best practice to always have a padlock for any hostel.

When it comes to luggage storage before check-in and after check-out, there is a shed out the back of the hostel where you can leave your bag in a baggage storage room. There aren’t lockers but you need a key to open the room and you have to get it from reception so your bags will be pretty safe anyway.

Is Freedom Traveller Hostel Clean?

This is probably the area where reviews for the hostel are most mixed. But in my opinion, Freedom Traveller Hostel is clean.

You have to remember that you are staying in a hostel. You get what you pay for kind of thing.

The hostel isn’t dirty in the sense of the rooms are unclean, or the bathrooms are mouldy. But there are some stains on the roof in the kitchen for example.

I don’t think this really affects the cleanliness whatsoever, so I think that yes, the hostel is clean. I had no issues during my stay at all.

Is Freedom Traveller Hostel In A Good Location?

Yes, it’s in a v ery good location . In fact, it’s in the area of Rome which I always recommend staying in: near Roma Termini, the central station.

The address of the hostel is: Via Gaeta, 23, 00185 Roma RM, Italy. You can also find it on Google Maps easily.

The central station is about a 3-minute walk away from the hostel, meaning it’s really easy to get to and from the airport, as the best way to get from Rome Fiumicino to central Rome is by train.

By staying near the Termini, you are also in an incredible location when it comes to sightseeing. You are within walking distance of all of Rome’s main sights . The Trevi Fountain is 20 minutes away, the Colosseum is 20 minutes away; everything is really close. Walking is the best way to get around Rome , so the hostel couldn’t be in a better location.

What Is The Atmosphere Like In Freedom Traveller Hostel?

The atmosphere in Freedom Traveller Hostel is a really positive one for meeting new people and making new friends.

Free drink happy hours along with games nights, free breakfasts and the sofa areas make it a really good hostel for socialising.

I made some really great friends during my stay at Freedom Traveller whom I sat for hours talking to outside the Colosseum at night . I would encourage anyone visiting Rome, particularly as a solo traveller, to stay at this hostel.

Is The Free Breakfast In Freedom Traveller Hostel Good?

Words can’t explain the deliciousness of the croissants offered at breakfast at Freedom Traveller Hostel .

Genuinely, some of the nicest croissants I have ever had. Arguably better than the ones I had in Paris!

It’s a really nice gesture to include a free breakfast with any booking, and you should definitely take advantage of it. The croissants are so tasty.

Freedom Traveller Hostel: Conclusion

And there you have it, a full in-depth review of Freedom Traveller Hostel along with tips for your stay.

If you are visiting Rome, it’s definitely one of the best hostels in the city . It’s over 40 years old and it’s been tried and tested.

It’s a typical hostel with everything you need in a great location with a good atmosphere for meeting new people.

Visiting Rome? Book your stay at the Freedom Traveller Hostel !

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Overview of Freedom Traveller Hostel

Popular amenities.

• Breakfast included Breakfast included Breakfast included
• Free WiFi Free WiFi Free WiFi
• Air conditioning Air conditioning Air conditioning
• 24/7 front desk 24/7 front desk 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

• Popular Location Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) 5 min walk
• Popular Location Rome Termini Station 6 min walk
• Popular Location Piazza della Repubblica 7 min walk
• Airport Rome (CIA-Ciampino) 35 min drive

Room options

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Basic Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 4 Twin Beds

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Triple Room, Private Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Twin Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Twin Beds

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Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Shared Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed

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Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Shared Dormitory, Women only

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Basic Triple Room

• 3 Twin Beds

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• 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood, what's nearby.

• Spanish Steps - 4 min drive
• Piazza di Spagna - 4 min drive
• Colosseum - 4 min drive
• Trevi Fountain - 5 min drive
• Villa Borghese - 7 min drive

Getting around

• Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) - 5 min walk
• Castro Pretorio Station - 6 min walk
• Ciampino Airport (CIA) - 35 min drive

Restaurants

• Rifugio Romano - 1 min walk
• La Famiglia - 1 min walk
• Caffè Niagara - 2 min walk
• Africa - 2 min walk
• Culinaria - 1 min walk

About this property

• Tour/ticket assistance, an elevator, and smoke-free premises
• Multilingual staff, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage
• Guest reviews speak well of the helpful staff and location
• Rainfall showers, tubs or showers, and hair dryers
• Wardrobes/closets, separate sitting areas, and separate dining areas

Property amenities

• Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
• Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

• Free local cuisine breakfast available daily 8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Family friendly

• Separate in-room dining area

Conveniences

• 24-hour front desk
• Luggage storage

Guest services

• Multilingual staff
• No housekeeping
• Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

• Hardwood flooring in room
• Smoke-free property

Room amenities

• Bedsheets provided
• Bathtub or shower
• Rainfall showerhead

Entertainment

• Flat-screen TV
• Separate dining area
• Access via exterior corridors
• Air conditioning
• Separate sitting area
• Shared accommodations

Special check-in instructions

Access methods, children and extra beds, property payment types, important information.

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

• A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 6.00 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

We should mention, property is also known as, frequently asked questions.

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

As of Apr 3, 2024, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Freedom Traveller Hostel on Apr 4, 2024 start from $96.25, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

Check-out is at 10 AM.

Located in Rome City Centre, this townhouse accommodation is within a 10-minute walk of Via Marsala, Via Nazionale, and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Via Veneto and Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore are also within 15 minutes. Castro Pretorio Station is 6 minutes by foot and Termini Tram Stop is 8 minutes.

Freedom Traveller Hostel Reviews

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Overview of Freedom Traveller Hostel

Property highlights.

• Free breakfast
• Air conditioning
• 24/7 front desk
• Non-smoking

Main amenities

• 24-hour front desk
• Multilingual staff
• Luggage storage
• Tour/ticket assistance

Feel at home

• Separate dining area
• Separate sitting area
• Bathtub or shower

Check out the area

• Popular Location Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) 5 min walk
• Popular Location Rome Termini Station 6 min walk
• Popular Location Colosseo Station 4 min drive
• Popular Location Rome Trastevere Station 9 min drive

Room options

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Basic Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 4 Twin Beds

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Room, Mixed Dorm

View all photos for triple room, private bathroom.

Triple Room, Private Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Twin Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Twin Beds

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Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Shared Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed

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Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Shared Dormitory, Women only

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Basic Triple Room

• 3 Twin Beds

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Shared dormitory, mixed dorm, view all photos for basic double room, 1 double bed.

Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed

View all photos for comfort shared dormitory, mixed dorm, comfort shared dormitory, mixed dorm, view all photos for standard double room.

Standard Double Room

• 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood, what's nearby.

• Spanish Steps - 4 min drive
• Piazza di Spagna - 4 min drive
• Colosseum - 4 min drive
• Trevi Fountain - 5 min drive
• Villa Borghese - 7 min drive

Getting around

• Ciampino Airport (CIA) - 35 min drive
• Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl. Airport (FCO) - 40 min drive
• Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) - 5 min walk
• Rome Euclide Station - 5 min drive
• Rome Termini Station - 6 min walk
• Castro Pretorio Station - 6 min walk
• Termini Tram Stop - 8 min walk
• Repubblica - Opera House Station - 8 min walk

Restaurants

• Rifugio Romano - 1 min walk
• La Famiglia - 1 min walk
• Caffè Niagara - 2 min walk
• Africa - 2 min walk
• Culinaria - 1 min walk

About this property

At a glance, arriving/leaving.

• Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
• Minimum check-in age: 18
• Check-out time is 10 AM

Restrictions related to your trip

• Check COVID-19 restrictions.

Special check-in instructions

• Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Required at check-in

• Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
• Government-issued photo ID may be required
• Minimum check-in age is 18
• No cribs (infant beds)
• Pets not allowed
• Free WiFi in public areas
• Free WiFi in rooms

Other information

• Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink.

• Free local cuisine breakfast each morning 8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Accessibility

• Hardwood flooring in room

Room amenities

Be entertained.

• Flat-screen television

Home comfort

• Air conditioning and heating
• Bed sheets provided

What to enjoy

• Rainfall showerhead

Stay connected

• Access via exterior corridors
• Shared accommodations

Fees & policies

Mandatory fees.

• A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 6.00 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.

Children & extra beds

• All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport

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Freedom Traveller Hostel

Get your trip off to a great start with a stay at this property, which offers free Wi-Fi in all rooms. Strategically situated in Termini Central Station, allowing you access and proximity to local attractions and sights. Don't leave before paying a visit to the famous Colosseum. As an added bonus, restaurant is provided on-site to conveniently serve your needs.

Located in heart of Rome

• Front desk [24-hour]

Airport transfer

Newly renovated

290 meters to public transportation

Free Wi-Fi in all rooms!

• Luggage storage
• Breakfast [free]
• Breakfast [buffet]
• Restaurants

Rooms available at Freedom Traveller Hostel

• Room size: 14 m²/151 ft²
• Non-smoking
• 1 double bed
• Room size: 20 m²/215 ft²
• 1 single bed and 1 bunk bed
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• Room size: 12 m²/129 ft²
• Room size: 19 m²/205 ft²
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Frequently asked questions

Does Freedom Traveller Hostel have bars on the premises?

Delight in your trip the finest way with a drink in your hand at Freedom Traveller Hostel's bar available right in front of your doorstep for when you need a drink or two.

What types of entertainment are available at Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Freedom Traveller Hostel offers games room while you stay at this property, offering guests with entertainment value throughout your remain here.

Is car parking available at Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Freedom Traveller Hostel has car park nearby with charges applied for customers traveling with vehicles to take full advantage when staying at this property. Please contact the property for more information, or log into your Agoda account and contact the property through Agoda's direct message chatbox.

What public parks are in close proximty of Freedom Traveller Hostel?

While residing at Freedom Traveller Hostel, enjoy your morning or evening stroll at nearby park which include Piazza dei Siculi, Campo da Tornei, and Parco dei Daini.

What are the property's policies for children's bedding at Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Freedom Traveller Hostel's policy relating to children's bedding considers guests age 11 years and older as adults, and therefore requires an extra bed which will incur an additional cost. You can find additional information about specific child policy and age range for this property, by checking the "Property policies" section located in the property page for more details.

What was the average room rate for Freedom Traveller Hostel been in the past month?

The typical room rate for Freedom Traveller Hostel in the past month is 33.51 EUR, compared to city's average of 135.72 EUR.

In which languages can Freedom Traveller Hostel's employees communicate?

Freedom Traveller Hostel can converse in 4 languages and supports widely used languages such as English and Spanish for guest visitors traveling to this property. Please refer to the 'Amenities and facilities' section and in the 'Languages spoken' category to find out what other languages this property supports.

What is the typical rating that past Couples' have given to Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Verified couple travelers that have stayed at this property have given Freedom Traveller Hostel an average rating of 6.1. You can look up on more in depth customer assessments, and feedback by filtering for a specific type of verified guest travelers down in the review section.

What is the typical rating that verified Group travelers have given to Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Past group travelers that have stayed at this property have given Freedom Traveller Hostel an average rating of 6.3. You can check out more specific customer reviews and remarks by filtering for a specific type of verified travelers down in the review section.

What dining places are nearby Freedom Traveller Hostel?

Freedom Traveller Hostel’s local community is Termini Central Station which includes well-liked restaurants such as Pinsere and Trieste Pizza.

More about Freedom Traveller Hostel

Stay Active at Freedom Traveller Hostel 's Sports Facilities At Freedom Traveller Hostel , we believe that staying active while exploring Rome is essential. That's why we offer a range of sports facilities to keep you energized and fit during your stay. Our hostel is conveniently located near several hiking trails, allowing you to immerse yourself in the breathtaking natural beauty of Rome's surrounding areas. Embark on an adventure and explore the stunning landscapes that Rome has to offer. Lace up your hiking boots and head out to discover the hidden gems of the city. Our friendly staff will be more than happy to provide you with maps and recommendations for the best hiking trails suited to your preferences and fitness level. Whether you're a seasoned hiker or a beginner, there's a trail for everyone. From gentle strolls through picturesque vineyards to challenging climbs up rugged hills, you'll find a trail that suits your taste. As you hike, you'll be rewarded with awe-inspiring views of rolling hills, ancient ruins, and lush forests. So, grab your backpack and get ready to embark on a memorable hiking experience at Freedom Traveller Hostel . Reasons to stay here Find rooms here that are cheaper than 99% of all other options in the city. Compared to the city's accommodation options, this hostel scored higher than 96% of them for food and dining. According to guests who stayed here, this hostel's room comfort is rated higher than 96% of other accommodations in Rome. Convenient Transport Facilities at Freedom Traveller Hostel At Freedom Traveller Hostel , we understand the importance of convenient transport options for our guests. Whether you are exploring the historic sights of Rome or planning day trips to nearby attractions, our hostel provides a range of transport facilities to make your journey hassle-free. To help you navigate the city, we offer tours and a ticket service, allowing you to easily book and arrange your sightseeing adventures. Our knowledgeable staff can provide recommendations and assist you in planning your itinerary, ensuring you make the most of your time in Rome. For those traveling by car, we have a car park available. Please note that charges are applied for using the car park. This secure facility offers peace of mind, allowing you to explore the city without worrying about finding parking spaces or navigating unfamiliar streets. Whether you are arriving by car or renting one during your stay, our car park provides a convenient option for parking. Convenient Airport Transfers to Freedom Traveller Hostel in Rome When it comes to traveling to Freedom Traveller Hostel in Rome, Italy, you'll find several convenient options to get from the nearest airports to this vibrant accommodation located in Termini Central Station. Whether you're arriving at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport or Ciampino Airport, you'll have a smooth journey to your destination. If you're flying into Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, the most common choice for international travelers, you can easily reach Freedom Traveller Hostel by taking the Leonardo Express train. This direct train service operates every 15 minutes and takes approximately 30 minutes to reach Termini Central Station. Once you arrive at Termini, it's just a short walk to the hostel, allowing you to quickly settle in and start exploring the city. For those arriving at Ciampino Airport, you have the option of taking a shuttle bus to Termini Central Station. Several shuttle services operate between the airport and the city center, offering a convenient and affordable way to reach your accommodation. The journey typically takes around 40 minutes, depending on traffic conditions. From Termini, Freedom Traveller Hostel is within walking distance, making it a hassle-free option for travelers. No matter which airport you arrive at, the journey to Freedom Traveller Hostel is straightforward and hassle-free. With convenient train and shuttle bus options, you can easily reach this vibrant accommodation in Termini Central Station, allowing you to make the most of your time in Rome. Explore Rome's Historic Landmarks near Freedom Traveller Hostel Located in the heart of Rome, Freedom Traveller Hostel offers easy access to several iconic landmarks and attractions. Just a short walk away is the magnificent Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the oldest and most important churches in the city. Its stunning architecture and rich history make it a must-visit for any traveler. For those interested in Roman history, the nearby Palazzo Massimo alle Terme is a treasure trove of ancient artifacts and artworks. This museum houses a vast collection of Roman sculptures, frescoes, and mosaics, providing a fascinating glimpse into the city's past. Another notable landmark in the vicinity is the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. Originally built as the Baths of Diocletian, this grand basilica showcases a harmonious blend of ancient Roman and Renaissance architecture. With its central location, Freedom Traveller Hostel also offers easy access to transportation hubs like Stazione Roma Termini, making it convenient for guests to explore other parts of the city. Whether you're interested in history, art, or simply soaking in the vibrant atmosphere of Rome, this hostel's surroundings provide a perfect starting point for your adventures. A Friendly and Convenient Stay at Freedom Traveller Hostel At Freedom Traveller Hostel in Rome, Italy, guests can expect a warm and welcoming atmosphere from the moment they arrive. Numerous customer reviews highlight the friendly and helpful staff, who go above and beyond to ensure a pleasant stay. Visitors have praised the hostel's team for their genuine hospitality and willingness to assist with any queries or concerns. Whether it's recommending the best local attractions or providing valuable travel tips, the staff at Freedom Traveller Hostel are always ready to lend a helping hand. In addition to the excellent service, guests have raved about the fantastic tours offered by the hostel. With a range of options available, including city tours and day trips, visitors can easily explore Rome and its surrounding areas. These tours have received high praise for their knowledgeable guides and well-organized itineraries, ensuring an enriching and memorable experience for all. Another highlight of staying at Freedom Traveller Hostel is the delicious breakfast. According to numerous customer reviews, the breakfast served at the hostel is nothing short of superb. Guests can enjoy a variety of tasty options, including fresh pastries, fruits, cereals, and more. The breakfast has been described as a great way to start the day, providing the perfect fuel for exploring the city. With such a delightful morning spread, guests can rest assured that they will be well taken care of at Freedom Traveller Hostel . A Memorable Stay at Freedom Traveller Hostel Freedom Traveller Hostel in Rome, Italy has garnered positive customer ratings, making it a popular choice for travelers seeking an unforgettable stay. With an overall rating of 6.9, this hostel offers a budget-friendly option without compromising on quality. One of the standout features of Freedom Traveller Hostel is its exceptional location, which has earned it a remarkable rating of 8.1. Situated in the heart of Rome, guests have easy access to the city's iconic landmarks, such as the Colosseum and Roman Forum. Exploring the city becomes a breeze as major attractions, vibrant markets, and delicious dining options are just a stone's throw away from the hostel. In addition to its prime location, Freedom Traveller Hostel boasts a dedicated and friendly staff, receiving a commendable rating of 7.3 for their exceptional performance. The staff members go above and beyond to ensure that guests have a comfortable and memorable stay. From providing valuable local tips to assisting with travel arrangements, their warm hospitality creates a welcoming atmosphere that guests appreciate.

Amenities and facilities

Languages spoken, internet access.

• Wi-Fi in public areas

Things to do, ways to relax

• Ticket services

Cleanliness and safety

• Daily disinfection in all rooms
• Daily disinfection in common areas
• Face coverings on staff
• First aid kit
• Hand sanitizer
• Hot water linen and laundry washing
• Hygiene certification
• Physical distancing of at least 1 meter
• Protective screens in common areas

Dining, drinking, and snacking

• Fruits/snacks
• Shared kitchen
• Vending machine

Services and conveniences

• Air conditioning in public area
• Daily housekeeping
• Heating in public area
• Safety deposit boxes
• Smoke-free property
• Smoking area

For the kids

• Family room
• CCTV in common areas
• Exterior corridor
• Non-smoking rooms
• Pets allowed
• Security [24-hour]

Getting around

• Car park [charges apply]
• Car park [nearby]
• Taxi service

Food and dining

• Ciampino-G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA) 13.9 km 31 min drive
• Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) 24.0 km 1.0 hour drive

Public transportation

• Leonardo Express 290 m
• Termini Subway Station 360 m 6 min walk

Hospital or clinic

• Farmacia Indipendenza 290 m
• Via del Corso 1.8 km

Convenience store

• Coop 490 m 9 min drive

Cash withdrawal

• ATM 110 m 2 min walk

What's nearby

Popular landmarks.

• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 850 m
• Galleria Borghese 1.3 km
• Trevi Fountain 1.5 km
• Spanish Steps (Piazza di Spagna) 1.5 km
• Colosseum 1.8 km
• Roman Forum 1.8 km
• Palatine Hill 1.8 km
• Pantheon 2.1 km
• Piazza Navona 2.4 km
• Santa Maria in Trastevere 3.0 km

Nearby landmarks

• Sviluppo roma supermercati 120 m
• Fratelli Ghezzi 120 m
• Trimani - vinai in Roma dal 1821 170 m
• Monumento a Quintino Sella 180 m
• Museo Nazionale Romano: Terme di Diocleziano 200 m
• National Roman Museum - The Baths of Diocletian 200 m
• Terminal Park 210 m
• Diocletian Bath and the Octagonal Hall 240 m
• Basilica Del Sacro Cuore Di Gesu 280 m

Property policies

Children and extra beds.

Extra beds are dependent on the room you choose. Please check the individual room capacity for more details.

All children are welcome.

• When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Some helpful facts

Check-in/check-out.

• Check-in from :  15:00
• Check-out until :  10:00
• Reception open until :  00:00
• Distance from city center :  2 km
• Travel time to airport (minutes) :  50

The property

• Non-smoking rooms/floors :  yes
• Number of bars/lounges :  0
• Number of floors :  4
• Number of restaurants :  0
• Number of rooms :  20
• Room voltage :  220
• Year property opened :  1998
• Most recent renovation :  2024

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Convenient location”

Convenient location, close to Rome train station, easy access to attractions, good room facilities, and very helpful front desk staff.

Perfect location and Friendly Staff”

The only thing I didnt like was the late check in. It just wasted my time coming back and forth to get my bed. Yet, they allow to leave luggage in storage. They have so many activities and I met amazing people there. The manager was super kind too.

Good Hostel”

The location of the hostel is very convenient yet a bit hard to find at first since the sign is very small. The reception staff is very helpful and welcoming, he took me to the room and explain all the necessary issues in the first place. The only thing I am a bit skeptical of is it is required to pay the city tax hereby cash while all the other hostels I have stayed in Italy never asked the same. The room and facility here are a bit old however it is kept neat and clean so I did not mind it that much. Overall I had a great stay!

Perfect location but it's not a very clean hostel (especially if you are assigned with male travellers...)

The staff were friendly and kind!”

Breakfast was a buffet style where you could choose as much coffee and bread as you liked.

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Services & amenities.

Comfort Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Shared Bathroom

Twin Room with Private Bathroom

Triple Room with Private Bathroom

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Shared Dormitory, Women Only

Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom

Room, Mixed Dorm

Single Room with Shared Bathroom

Basic Triple Room

One Bed in 4 Bed Mixed Dormitory Suite

Basic Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom

Basic Double Room with Double Bed

Standard Double Room

Guest reviews (93).

• Cleanliness 3.3
• Amenities 3.2
• Location 3.9
• Service 3.6

Property Policies

Front desk hours: 24/7

Property Description

• Opened: 1998
• Renovated: 2024
• Number of Rooms: 22

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Popular amenities.

• Breakfast included Breakfast included Breakfast included
• Free WiFi Free WiFi Free WiFi
• Air conditioning Air conditioning Air conditioning
• 24/7 front desk 24/7 front desk 24/7 front desk
• Non-smoking Non-smoking Non-smoking

Main amenities

• 24-hour front desk
• Air conditioning
• Multilingual staff
• Luggage storage
• Tour/ticket assistance

Feel at home

• Separate dining area
• Separate sitting area
• Bath or shower

Check out the area

• Popular Location Spanish Steps 4 min drive
• Popular Location Colosseum 4 min drive
• Popular Location Trevi Fountain 5 min drive
• Airport Rome (CIA-Ciampino) 35 min drive

Room options

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Basic Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 4 Single Beds

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Room, Mixed Dorm

• 1 Single Bed

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Triple Room, Private Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Twin Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Single Beds

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Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Shared Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed

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Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Single Beds and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Shared Dormitory, Women only

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Basic Triple Room

• 3 Single Beds

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Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed

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• 1 Queen Bed

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About the area, what's nearby.

• Spanish Steps - 4 min drive
• Piazza di Spagna - 4 min drive
• Colosseum - 4 min drive
• Trevi Fountain - 5 min drive
• Villa Borghese - 7 min drive

Getting around

• Ciampino Airport (CIA) - 35 min drive
• Rome (FCO-Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl.) - 40 min drive
• Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) - 5 min walk
• Rome Euclide Station - 5 min drive
• Rome Termini Station - 6 min walk
• Castro Pretorio Station - 6 min walk
• Termini Tram Stop - 8 min walk
• Repubblica - Opera House Station - 8 min walk

Restaurants

• Rifugio Romano - 1 min walk
• La Famiglia - 1 min walk
• Caffè Niagara - 2 min walk
• Africa - 2 min walk
• Culinaria - 1 min walk

About this property

At a glance, arriving/leaving.

• Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: anytime
• Minimum check-in age – 18
• Check-out time is 10 AM

Restrictions related to your trip

• Check COVID-19 restrictions

Special check-in instructions

• Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Required at check-in

• Credit card, debit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
• Government-issued photo ID may be required
• Minimum check-in age is 18
• No cots (infant beds)
• Pets not allowed
• Free WiFi in public areas
• Free WiFi in rooms

Other information

• Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink.

• Free local cuisine breakfast each morning 8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Accessibility

• Hardwood flooring in room

Room amenities

Be entertained.

• Flat-screen television

Home comfort

• Air conditioning and heating
• Bed sheets provided

What to enjoy

• Rainfall shower heads

Stay connected

• Access via exterior corridors
• Shared accommodations

Fees & policies

Mandatory fees.

• A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 6.00 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.

Children & extra beds

• All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport

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Overview of Freedom Traveller Hostel

Popular amenities.

• Breakfast included Breakfast included Breakfast included
• Free WiFi Free WiFi Free WiFi
• Air conditioning Air conditioning Air conditioning
• 24/7 front desk 24/7 front desk 24/7 front desk
• Non-smoking Non-smoking Non-smoking

Main amenities

• 24-hour front desk
• Air conditioning
• Multilingual staff
• Luggage storage
• Tour/ticket assistance

Feel at home

• Separate dining area
• Separate sitting area
• Bathtub or shower

Check out the area

• Popular Location Spanish Steps 4 min drive
• Popular Location Colosseum 4 min drive
• Popular Location Trevi Fountain 5 min drive
• Airport Rome (CIA-Ciampino) 35 min drive

Room options

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Basic Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 4 Twin Beds

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Room, Mixed Dorm

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Triple Room, Private Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Twin Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Twin Beds

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Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Shared Bathroom

• 1 Double Bed

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Quadruple Room, Private Bathroom

• 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Shared Dormitory, Women only

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Basic Triple Room

• 3 Twin Beds

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Basic Double Room, 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double Room

• 1 Queen Bed

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About the area, what's nearby.

• Spanish Steps - 4 min drive
• Piazza di Spagna - 4 min drive
• Colosseum - 4 min drive
• Trevi Fountain - 5 min drive
• Villa Borghese - 7 min drive

Getting around

• Ciampino Airport (CIA) - 35 min drive
• Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl. Airport (FCO) - 40 min drive
• Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) - 5 min walk
• Rome Euclide Station - 5 min drive
• Rome Termini Station - 6 min walk
• Castro Pretorio Station - 6 min walk
• Termini Tram Stop - 8 min walk
• Repubblica - Opera House Station - 8 min walk

Restaurants

• Rifugio Romano - 1 min walk
• La Famiglia - 1 min walk
• Caffè Niagara - 2 min walk
• Africa - 2 min walk
• Culinaria - 1 min walk

About this property

At a glance, arriving/leaving.

• Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
• Minimum check-in age: 18
• Check-out time is 10 AM

Restrictions related to your trip

• Check COVID-19 restrictions

Special check-in instructions

• Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Required at check-in

• Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
• Government-issued photo ID may be required
• Minimum check-in age is 18
• No cribs (infant beds)
• Pets not allowed
• Free WiFi in public areas
• Free WiFi in rooms

Other information

• Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink.

• Free local cuisine breakfast each morning 8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Accessibility

• Hardwood flooring in room

Room amenities

Be entertained.

• Flat-screen television

Home comfort

• Air conditioning and heating
• Bed sheets provided

What to enjoy

• Rainfall showerhead

Stay connected

• Access via exterior corridors
• Shared accommodations

Fees & policies

Mandatory fees.

• A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 6.00 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.

Children & extra beds

• All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport

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Frequently asked questions.

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8/10 very good, cathy yanlei, malaka akhtar, most popular destinations.

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" O quarto privativo te dá uma ótima privacidade. "

" Mesmo os quartos com banheiro compartilhado são bons. "

" Os quartos privados ficam em um prédio e os compartilhado e a recepção ficam em um outro. "

" Tente buscar um quarto no 1ª ou 2º andar, pois subir muitas escadas depois de um dia de passeio é muito cansativo! "

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" Do not come here unless you want a group room "

" Book early to get individual rooms or choose a dorm "

" For shared rooms consider your needs, space, quiet, shower. "

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Set within a 10-minute walk of Repubblica, Freedom Traveller Hostel is a budget venue.

The property lies about 10 minutes' walk from Rome city centre. Santa Pudenziana Basilica is only 550 metres away. Guests can try Italian, Mediterranean, Romana and Lazio meals in the La Famiglia located 100 metres away. The refined 18th-century square "Piazza di Spagna" is set within a few minutes' drive from Freedom Traveller Hostel.

At this hostel you will find climate control, a TV and a safe in the rooms. The units with views of the terrace are decorated with marble floor. A hair dryer and showers are provided. They are complete with a bath and a shower.

A buffet breakfast option is available every morning at the accommodation. The property has a shared kitchen with a microwave and a refrigerator. The venue is set within a 5-minute walk from Termini underground station. A shared living room offers free WiFi and Wi-Fi.

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Main Features

• 24-hour services
• Child-friendly
• 24-hour reception
• Room service
• Flat-screen TV
• Children and extra beds
• One child under the age of 11 may stay free of charge when using existing beds.
• There are no cots provided in a room.

Local Attractions

Attractions

• Embassy of the Russian Federation (400 m)
• Collections of the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (450 m)
• Monumento a Quintino Sella (200 m)
• Roma Termini railway (450 m)
• Diocletian Bath and the Octagonal Hall (200 m)
• Bay of Naples (450 m)
• Museo Nazionale Romano (400 m)
• Baths of Diocletian (250 m)
• Ciampino (17 km)

Train stations

• Roma Termini (400 m)
• ❓ Which landmarks are close to the comfortable Freedom Traveller Hostel? Landmarks close to the comfortable Freedom Traveller Hostel include Roma Termini railway and Gardens of Sallust.
• ❓ What is the distance between the comfortable Freedom Traveller Hostel and Ciampino airport? A 20-km distance separates the comfortable Freedom Traveller Hostel from the Ciampino airport.
• ❓ When is check-in time and check-out time at the property? Guests can check-in at the property from 15:00, and check out until 10:00.
• ❓ What is the price for a night's stay at this Rome hostel? At this Rome hostel prices start at €39.
• ❓ Is there a breakfast option in the comfortable Freedom Traveller Hostel? Yes, the comfortable Freedom Traveller Hostel offers buffet breakfast.
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" No aconsejo ir. Es peo que una casa de colonias. "

" No elegir la del primer piso, y a ser posible una con ventana hacia el patio trasero, que es más silencioso. "

" ATENCION si tienes problemas de movilidad o algún impedimento físico consulta, tuve segundo piso por escalera "

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• Air conditioning
• Multilingual staff
• Luggage storage
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• Separate dining area
• Separate sitting area
• Bath or shower

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• Popular Location Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) 5 min walk
• Popular Location Piazza della Repubblica 7 min walk
• Airport Rome (CIA-Ciampino) 35 min drive
• Airport Rome (FCO-Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl.) 40 min drive

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About the area, what's nearby.

• Spanish Steps - 4 min drive
• Piazza di Spagna - 4 min drive
• Colosseum - 4 min drive
• Trevi Fountain - 5 min drive
• Villa Borghese - 7 min drive

Getting around

• Ciampino Airport (CIA) - 35 min drive
• Rome (FCO-Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Intl.) - 40 min drive
• Rome (XRJ-Termini Rail Station) - 5 min walk
• Rome Euclide Station - 5 min drive
• Rome Termini Station - 6 min walk
• Castro Pretorio Station - 6 min walk
• Termini Tram Stop - 8 min walk
• Repubblica - Opera House Station - 8 min walk

Restaurants

• Rifugio Romano - 1 min walk
• La Famiglia - 1 min walk
• Caffè Niagara - 2 min walk
• Africa - 2 min walk
• Culinaria - 1 min walk

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• Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: anytime
• Minimum check-in age – 18
• Check-out time is 10 AM

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• Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

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• Credit card, debit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
• Government-issued photo ID may be required
• Minimum check-in age is 18
• No cots (infant beds)
• Pets not allowed
• Free WiFi in public areas
• Free WiFi in rooms

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• Smoke-free property

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Food and drink.

• Free local cuisine breakfast each morning 8:00 AM–10:00 AM

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• Hardwood flooring in room

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• Flat-screen television

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• Air conditioning and heating
• Bed sheets provided

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• Rainfall shower heads

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• Access via exterior corridors
• Shared accommodations

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• A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 6.00 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.

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• All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport

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Freedom Traveller Hostel

23 Gaeta Street , Rome, 00185, Italy

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• 24 hour front desk
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This bed in dormitory features air conditioning and tile/marble floor

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Bed linens are included. Towels can be rented on site.

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This twin room has a flat-screen TV and air conditioning.

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Rooms are 15 square yards.

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About Freedom Traveller Hostel

Ideally located in the prime touristic area of Termini Central Station, Freedom Traveller Hostel promises a relaxing and wonderful visit. Featuring a complete list of amenities, guests will find their stay at the property a comfortable one. Free Wi-Fi in all rooms, 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, Wi-Fi in public areas, elevator are just some of the facilities on offer. Television LCD/plasma screen, linens, locker, mirror, wooden/parqueted flooring can be found in selected guestrooms. Entertain the hotel's recreational facilities, including garden. Freedom Traveller Hostel is an excellent choice from which to explore Rome or to simply relax and rejuvenate.

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The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave

Mickey Barreto’s five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom.

Mickey Barreto first checked into the New Yorker Hotel in 2018. Credit... John Taggart for The New York Times

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By Matthew Haag

Matthew Haag interviewed Mickey Barreto a half-dozen times and spent a night at the New Yorker Hotel.

• Published March 24, 2024 Updated March 27, 2024

On a June afternoon in 2018, a man named Mickey Barreto checked into the New Yorker Hotel. He was assigned Room 2565, a double-bed accommodation with a view of Midtown Manhattan almost entirely obscured by an exterior wall. For a one-night stay, he paid $200.57.

But he did not check out the next morning. Instead, he made the once-grand hotel his full-time residence for the next five years, without ever paying another cent.

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In a city where every inch of real estate is picked over and priced out, and where affordable apartments are among the rarest of commodities, Mr. Barreto had perhaps the best housing deal in New York City history.

Now, that deal could land him in prison.

The story of how Mr. Barreto, a California transplant with a taste for wild conspiracy theories and a sometimes tenuous grip on reality, gained and then lost the rights to Room 2565 might sound implausible — another tale from a man who claims without evidence to be the first cousin, 11 times removed, of Christopher Columbus’s oldest son.

But it’s true.

Whatever his far-fetched beliefs, Mr. Barreto, now 49, was right about one thing: an obscure New York City rent law that provided him with many a New Yorker’s dream.

The First Night

On that summer afternoon nearly six years ago, Mr. Barreto walked through the hotel’s revolving door on Eighth Avenue and entered a lobby centered by a 20-foot Art Deco chandelier, a nod to the hotel’s geometric architecture.

When it opened in 1930, to great fanfare, the New Yorker Hotel was not just the largest in the city but also the second largest in the world. It was an opulent hotel of the future, with 92 telephone operators, a power generating plant and a radio with four channels in each room.

Today, the mystique has faded, though the property still attracts tourists with its central location. Less than half the rooms are open to guests, and the hallway carpet is tattered and lined with brightly lit vending machines of sodas and snacks. Most of the building is occupied by followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah who bought the hotel in 1976 and made it his organization’s headquarters.

Even by New York City standards, the room to which Mr. Barreto was assigned was small, just under 200 square feet. The beds consumed most of the maroon and gold carpeted space. A tiny closet could fit a handful of garments. There was also a 42-inch TV with free HBO.

Over the course of several recent interviews, Mr. Barreto described what happened next — events that led to a yearslong ordeal for the hotel.

In conversation, Mr. Barreto vacillates between lucid and unstable. He said he experiences panic attacks and seizures but insisted he had never been diagnosed with a mental illness — even as he claimed to be the chief of an Indian tribe he founded in Brazil.

Much of Mr. Barreto’s story is corroborated by years of court records, but one crucial moment comes from only his account: On that first night, he settled into his room, high above Midtown, along with his partner, Matthew Hannan. Before that night, Mr. Barreto says, Mr. Hannan had mentioned, in passing, a peculiar fact about affordable housing rules that pertain to New York City hotels.

With their laptops open, he claimed, they explored whether the New Yorker Hotel was subject to the rule, a little-known section of a state housing law, the Rent Stabilization Act.

Passed in 1969, the law created a system of rent regulation across the city. But also subject to the law was a swath of hotel rooms, specifically those in large hotels built before 1969, whose rooms could be rented for less than $88 a week in May 1968.

According to the law, a hotel guest could become a permanent resident by requesting a lease at a discounted rate. And any guest-turned-resident also had to be allowed access to the same services as a nightly guest, including room service, housekeeping and the use of facilities, like the gym.

The room becomes, essentially, a rent-subsidized apartment inside a hotel.

Despite the reasonable assumption that what he was undertaking had been orchestrated from the start, Mr. Barreto claimed the idea only took shape when his and Mr. Hannan’s online search stumbled upon the 27th line of a 295-page spreadsheet titled “List of Manhattan Buildings Containing Stabilized Units.”

According to court documents, Mr. Barreto left his room the next morning, rode the elevator to the lobby and greeted a hotel employee at the front desk. He handed over a letter addressed to the manager: He wanted a six-month lease.

The employee dialed the manager, and after a brief exchange, Mr. Barreto was told there was no such thing as a lease at the hotel and that without booking another night, he would have to vacate the room by noon. The couple did not remove their belongings, so the bellhops did — and Mr. Barreto headed to New York City Housing Court in Lower Manhattan and sued the hotel.

In a three-page, handwritten affidavit dated June 22, 2018, Mr. Barreto cited state laws, local codes and a past court case in arguing that his request for a lease made him a “permanent resident of the hotel.” Removal of his items amounted to an illegal eviction, he said.

At a hearing on July 10, in the absence of any hotel representatives to oppose the lawsuit, the judge, Jack Stoller, ruled in Mr. Barreto’s favor. Judge Stoller not only agreed with his arguments; he even cited the same case law as Mr. Barreto and ordered the hotel “to restore petitioner to possession of the subject premises forthwith by providing him with a key.”

Mr. Barreto returned to Room 2565 within days, now as a resident of the hotel — and soon, as its new owner.

The Finance Department

Back in their room days after the ruling, the couple read Judge Stoller’s ruling over and over. In it, there was no order that the hotel provide a lease, no limit on their stay, no suggestion that rent was due.

But one word was mentioned throughout: possession. Mr. Barreto was given “final judgment of possession.”

Mr. Barreto said he called the court to ask someone to explain what exactly that meant.

“You have possession,” Mr. Barreto — sharply and slowly stressing every syllable of the final word — said he was told. “You’re not a renter. You have possession of a building.”

And how is possession of real estate recorded? In New York City, it is at the Department of Finance.

With the judge’s order in hand, Mr. Barreto and Mr. Hannan visited the department’s Lower Manhattan offices. Mr. Barreto said he asked a clerk about putting Room 2565 in his name — as a new homeowner would — but was told that would be impossible because the hotel, unlike apartments, was not split up in city records by rooms.

The property had one entity on file, the hotel itself, identified in city records as Block 758, Lot 37. So, citing the judge’s order, Mr. Barreto filled out paperwork declaring his ownership of that.

“If I have the right to register it all,” Mr. Barreto recalled thinking, “then I will register it all.”

In New York City, a change of ownership is recorded in the voluminous Automated City Register Information System, or ACRIS, which holds the real estate records for every property. Thousands of documents like deeds and mortgages are received and published daily, too many for the city’s Department of Finance employees to scrutinize before posting online.

Mr. Barreto tried repeatedly to file for a deed, but was rejected over various technicalities. After his sixth attempt, a clerk told him he needed to contact the sheriff’s office. (In New York City, the sheriff’s office is a division of the Finance Department.)

Mr. Barreto said he spoke to a sheriff’s deputy, an investigator in the department, who asked why he was filing so many times. He said he responded that he had been given possession of the property but was having technical difficulties.

At the same time, the hotel’s owners had filed their own lawsuit to evict Mr. Barreto, claiming the hotel was exempt from the housing law’s hotel provision. Ultimately, the lawyers could not produce documentation from May 1968 to prove the hotel’s weekly rate was at the time more than $88 a week. The judge dismissed the suit.

Meanwhile, Mr. Barreto filed for a deed for a seventh time. It was accepted.

On the afternoon of May 17, 2019, nearly a year after Mr. Barreto booked his one-night stay, he was identified in ACRIS as the owner of the New Yorker Hotel, a 1.2 million-square-foot building.

Rent Demands

Mr. Barreto now had a recorded deed showing he had ownership of the hotel, but the true and only owner since 1976 was still the Unification Church.

Mr. Barreto’s next moves went far beyond the rights of a now permanent guest.

He immediately fired off an email to a lawyer for the hotel, demanding to know about the property’s recent finances, and included a claim that he was owed $15 million in profits.

“That payment is past due,” he wrote, “and is due immediately.”

A few days later, another demand: The 38th floor needed to be cleared of guests. “I need to do an inspection of the building with my architect ASAP,” he said.

The lawyer quickly responded, “What are you referring to?”

“I have ownership rights in that building,” Mr. Barreto replied. “That’s what I’m referring to.”

He also wrote about wanting to make upgrades, including to the revolving door at the hotel’s entrance on Eighth Avenue between West 34th and West 35th Streets. “That area looks like a war zone,” he said.

While the lawyer scrambled to file a lawsuit to revert ownership of the hotel, Mr. Barreto sent off an email to Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, which manages the property, notifying it that he now owned it. A Wyndham representative asked for a litany of legal and sales documents to be sent as proof. (They were not.)

Mr. Barreto also sent a memo to M&T Bank, the hotel’s lender, and asked for all accounts to be put into his name. (They were not.)

Next, Mr. Barreto walked into the Tick Tock Diner, which is connected to the lobby by double doors. He dropped off a letter addressed to the owners. Monthly rent checks, he wrote, should be sent to a new address: Room 2565.

One of the diner’s owners, Alex Sgourgos, recognized Mr. Barreto. Since he had moved into the hotel, Mr. Barreto, along with Mr. Hannan, frequently ate at the Tick Tock, a ’round-the-clock restaurant styled as a 1950s diner with neon lights, red booths and a laminated menu. The two men often ordered breakfast, sandwiches and chicken entrees, Mr. Sgourgos said, and always paid in cash.

“They looked like strange guys,” he added.

After reading the letter, Mr. Sgourgos called the Unification Church, which told him to ignore Mr. Barreto’s demand. The couple continued to eat at the restaurant, he said, and never mentioned the rent payments again.

Two days after Mr. Barreto walked into the Tick Tock, the lawyer for the hotel was in court, explaining the situation and pleading with a judge to issue an order to stop Mr. Barreto from representing himself as the owner.

The lawyer, Matthew B. Meisel, said his law firm partners had “never seen such an egregious set of circumstances.”

In court, Mr. Meisel said he believed that Mr. Barreto was under investigation by prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, though he did not specify for what.

Across the country, it is not uncommon for overworked municipal recorders to accept property filings under the assumption that they are legitimate, and for real estate speculators to take advantage of the system.

But Bill Lienhard, a lawyer who has represented many victims of deed theft in New York City, said he was stunned by the apparent ease with which Mr. Barreto transferred a 41-story Manhattan hotel into his name.

“Boy,” he said, “this takes the cake for the city’s record department not paying attention.”

Representing himself in court, Mr. Barreto insisted he had done nothing wrong. “As for me proclaiming to people I was the owner, I only did that after I had the deed,” he said in court.

A few months later, the judge issued a ruling: “The subject deed is a forged deed by all accounts,” he wrote. Mr. Barreto did not own the property.

But that was not the end.

In Room 2565

Despite the judge’s ruling about ownership, Mr. Barreto was still a legal resident of the hotel.

His home, Room 2565, is near the end of a long narrow hallway that zigs and zags from the elevators. Around the corner is Room 2549, where Muhammad Ali spent the night in 1971 after losing the so-called Fight of the Century to Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden.

With no job, Mr. Barreto said, he spent hours in his room every day, researching his family’s history in Brazil, where he was born and raised in the southern river town of Uruguaiana. He has an angular, youthful face and military-style haircut and fidgets with his clothes as he talks.

A relative said that he had excelled in school in Brazil, had never gotten into trouble and moved to the United States in 1990s. As a teenager, he was considered particularly gifted — the smartest child in the family.

But in recent years, he developed an obsession with his genealogy, claiming to have uncovered a direct connection to Christopher Columbus through Portuguese royalty. In Civil Court, he started to invoke the explorer’s name — “My family name ‘Muniz Barreto Columbus,’” he wrote in a 2021 filing.

Mr. Barreto also delved into the Unification Church’s origins on the Korean Peninsula, its expanding economic interests on other continents and its business connections with North Korea . He started to believe that leaders of the church were sending its income, including from the hotel, to North Korea in violation of sanctions imposed by the United States.

In an interview, Mr. Barreto said that his concerns about the finances of the religious organization became the main driver for staying in the hotel. He called it his patriotic duty as an American citizen, likening his efforts to someone having been able to stop one of the hijackers before the Sept. 11 attacks.

“I’m sorry I disrupted your attempt to finance weapons of mass destruction,” Mr. Barreto said. “It’s Mickey Barreto versus North Korea.”

While Mr. Moon, who died in 2012, was born in what is now North Korea, his church’s current ties to that country are unclear; it once operated factories and a hotel there. The church came under intense scrutiny in Japan after the 2022 assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister. The alleged killer believed Mr. Abe had ties to the church, which has long been accused of preying on vulnerable people for donations, in Japan and elsewhere.

Mr. Barreto voiced similar claims to relatives, about both the church and his family’s genealogy, leaving them confused about whether his statements were tethered to reality.

“It was something that was just hard to believe,” said the relative, who asked to remain anonymous because of sensitivity within the family. “I was thinking maybe it’s true, I don’t know. With Mickey, it’s hard to say.”

A spokeswoman at the Unification Church declined to comment about Mr. Barreto’s allegations, his residency or the lawsuits.

A Knock at the Door

Mr. Barreto had prevailed in two separate court proceedings; he had a right to a rent-stabilized lease for a room at the New Yorker Hotel. He had access to room service, housekeeping and all the hotel’s facilities.

But he refused to sign a lease — or pay rent.

The hotel’s first offer of a lease, according to him, exceeded the legal rent for a rent-stabilized room. He also declined additional offers over the years, claiming he was concerned about the church’s finances.

Finally, last year, the hotel’s owner succeeded in court against him. A judge ruled in the hotel’s favor, citing Mr. Barreto’s refusal to pay or sign a lease. He was evicted in July.

Even while that second eviction case had been working its way through Housing Court, Mr. Barreto had not stopped portraying himself as the property owner. In September, he submitted another deed showing that the hotel had been transferred once again into his name, and that the city had accepted it.

The transfer caused the hotel to lose a property tax exemption, resulting in a $2.9 million increase on its property tax bill.

Back in court, the hotel’s lawyers urged a judge to hold Mr. Barreto in contempt, and a judge signaled on Feb. 7 that there would be another hearing in the case.

A week later, police officers showed up before sunrise at the apartment on the Upper West Side where Mr. Barreto had been staying with Mr. Hannan.

Mr. Barreto was arrested and arraigned later that morning in a Manhattan court on 24 counts — including 14 felony fraud counts — in what prosecutors said was a criminal scheme to claim ownership of the hotel. Mr. Hannan, who Mr. Barreto said was not involved beyond staying with him at the hotel for much of five years, was not charged or accused of any crime.

Mr. Barreto is now awaiting trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan and facing several years in prison if convicted. In jail before he was released on his own recognizance, Mr. Barreto said he used his one phone call to dial the White House, leaving a message about his whereabouts.

There was no reason to believe the White House had any interest in the case or any idea who Mickey Barreto was. But you could never quite tell with Mickey — he’d been right once before.

Kirsten Noyes contributed research.

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Audio produced by Kate Winslett .

Matthew Haag writes about the intersection of real estate and politics in the New York region. He has been a journalist for two decades. More about Matthew Haag

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