Nathan's Villa Hostel Warsaw

Our Hostel is situated in the city centre, yet stands in a beautiful,quiet courtyard, just 15 minutes walk from Warszawa Centralna( the main train station). Cheap and friendly bars and restaurants await you in our neighbourhood. For those inclined, Warsaw's legendary alternative nightclub PUNKT is just 1,5 minutes away =).Up for a bit of fun with fellow travellers? Join our PUB CRAWL and discover Warsaw by night ! Nathan's Villa Hostel Warsaw is the city's first backpacker friendly hostel. NO curfew, NO lockout and NO checkout time.We are open year round, and we're NOT a big dorm summer hostel.The third Nathan's Villa is truly a masterpiece. Opened April 2004 Hostel is a haven for the budget traveller. There are 19 rooms spread over three floors. 95 beds can accommodate groups as well as single travellers. We offer private double and twin rooms as well as dorms with 4, 5 ,6 ,8, 10 and 12 beds. There is a full kitchen with 2 full sized stoves, 2 refrigerators, plenty of work top and all the pots, pans, utensils, bowls and plates you would ever need. Even a Wok! Everything you need to cook a simple meal or a feast. We also offer you 24 hour FREE COFFEE and TEA and a simple but FREE BREAKFAST in the morning. Four common rooms insure that you will be able to socialize or read a book in private without a problem. There is FREE high speed INTERNET ACCESS with new PC's equipped with firewire / USB connections and CD burners for easy storage of your digital pictures. Also for those traveling with laptops we offer FREE WIFI in the reception common area. Digital cable TV with a couple of hundred channels broadcasted all in the original language; HBO, Euro sports, BBC, CNN, and numerous more..........A FREE LAUNDRY service is provided. Give us your dirty clothes and we give them back the next dayauml#133;..clean and folded!!!Our bathrooms are spacious and private. Each of them has individual modern shower cubicle, toilet and a sink. Twenty first century facilities for the benefit of our guests.All the furnishings are brand new with thick comfortable mattresses and couches in the common rooms. There are FREE LOCKERS in the dormitories and the private rooms are fully furnished to make you feel more at home. We have 24 hour reception.On your check in day:- arrival- any time- check in to the room from 3 pm.In the meantime you can keep your luggage in our storage room and use all the facilities.We provide you with excellent quality for the low price, but please remember WE'RE NOT A HOTEL. This is a Hostel with many people meeting and socialising together and that means that they can make noise sometimes =) The hostel is located in a fully restored building, built in 1883 and now a registered historical landmark. Walk through an old gate into a beautiful courtyard and the hostel is on the right. We are located just off the main street in Warsaw but it's really quiet because of the surrounding courtyard.IMPORTANT: We accept auml#60;b>cancelations made though e-mail auml#60;/b>ONLY. NO Curfew NO Lockout NO Checkout time!'Much more than just a hostel at a hostel price'Travelling around? Check out the other Nathans Villas:Krakow and Wroclaw in Poland and Sighisoara in Romania.Also: Zakopane Hostel (Poland) coming autumn 2007 !

DIRECTIONS, HOW TO FIND US?? BY TRAINTo those coming to the hostel from the Central Train Station (Warszawa Centralna) we recommend a short walk. It should not take you more than 15 minutes and will allow you to see some of the city in the first minutes of your stay. If you checked our website you must have seen a map there. Just print itout and then after leaving the train station (Warszawa Centralna) make sure that you have the Palace of Science and Culture (huge, weird looking building with a clock tower on the top- it's on our map) on your left side and thatyou're on Aleje Jerozolimskie Street. Keep walking; you have to passthe Polonia Palace Hotel (on your right, on the other side of the street). Whenyou see the big main crossing of Aleje Jerozolimskie and MarszalkowskaStreet, go through underground passage: straight as far as you can goand then right. After coming out from underground passage you have tofind yourself standing at the bottom of the Novotel Hotel. Make surethat youhave this hotel on your left and that you're onMarszaauml#179;kowska street. Keep walking straight along the street.After passing Wilcza street (a side street from Marszalkowska) turnleft on Piekna Street and keep walking along it. We're located in alight pink building with a huge Nathan's Villa Hostel banner on it. If you decide to use public transportation,take one of these buses:- #525, 502, 505, 514 from the bus loop behind the main hall of Centralna Station and get out on the second stop called 'Pl. Konstytucji' OR- #405, 501 from bus stop opposite Centralna Station, just next to Marriott Hotel and get out on second stop called 'Pl. Konstytucji' ( but please consider that bus # 405 runs from Monday to Friday from 5.30 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. and from 1.50 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., and doesn't run in July and August)Once you are on Pl. Konstytucji locate the KFC restaurant on corner of Marszalkowska and Piekna streets. Walk along Piekna about 50 meters, you should see a facade of a light pink building with Nathan's Villa Hostel billboard on it. Our hostel is in the courtyard of that building. BY BUSTourists who comes to Warsaw by bus are almost sure to be dropped off at the Dworzec Zachodni International Bus Station. To reach us from there take- bus # 405 / from bus stop called : '01. Al. Jerozolimskie' / and get out on 'Pl. Konstytucji' bus stop.(but please consider that bus # 405 runs from Monday to Friday from 5.30 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. and from 1.50 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. . in school year, and doesn't run in July and August)- bus # 517 going towards City Center, get of on a stop called auml#34;Dworzec Centralnyauml#34; (opposite Central Railway Station) and take a bus # 501 from the same stop. Get out on 'Pl. Konstytucji' bus stop.Once you are on Pl. Konstytucji locate the KFC restaurant on corner of Marszalkowska and Piekna streets. Walk along Piekna about 50 meters, you should see a facade of a light pink building with Nathan's Villa Hostel billboard on it. Our hostel is in the courtyard of that building. BY AIRGetting from the Airport is also not difficult. Just take bus:- #175 , get out on Pl. Zawiszy- bus stop is called '03. Al. Jerozolimskie' and change to bus # 405 or 505. Get our on third stop called ' 01. Pl. Konstytucji'OR - #188 to 'Al. Armii Ludowej' bus stop on Metro Politechnika, then change to busses #101, 405, 501, 502, 505, 514, 515, 519, 520, 522, 524 or 525 (on the opposite side of the street crossing, next to the subway station; bus stop is called 'Warynskiego'), get out at the next stop called 'Plac Konstytucji' Once you are on Pl. Konstytucji locate the KFC restaurant on corner of Marszalkowska and Piekna streets. Walk along Piekna about 50 meters, you should see a facade of a light pink building with Nathan's Villa Hostel billboard on it. Our hostel is in the courtyard of that building. TAXIA taxi ride Central Station should not be expensive, not more than 15 Zloty / about 4-5 euros / However taking a taxi from the airport and Dworzec Zachodni will be around 25-30 zloty. Each taxi has prices displayed on passengers' doors. Regular prices should be between 1,40- 2,00 zloty per kilometer. Do not trust more expensive ones, you can end up paying a small fortune for a ride! We do suggest you take public transport. It is very convenient and much cheaper. But if you want to take a taxi the best way is to call- # +48 22 6923 - that's HALO TAXI, all their drivers know where the Hostel is situated =)BUS & TRAM TICKETSA bus or tram ticket for a single ride costs 2,40 Zloty per person. If you are a holder of an ISIC card proving that you are a foreign student under 26 y.o. you are entitled to a 48% discount for your ticket. A single ride ticket will than cost you 1,25 Zloty.An additional ticket is not required for large backpacks, but just in Warsaw.