Fortel Hostel

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This host receives a lot of worldpackers and has a high average rating.

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Boutique Hostel in the heart of Old San Juan, PR

Administration Cleaning Housekeeping Reception

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Volunteer at our hostel and enjoy Old San Juan / beach

Night Shift Cleaning Housekeeping Reception

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Reviews

5.0
(11 reviews)11

Staff & Host

5.0

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

5.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

United States

5

Volunteering at Fortel Hostel was an absolute delight! The fair workload and fantastic location made it a truly enjoyable experience. This hostel is by far the nicest I've ever visited, offering a serene and calming environment. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow travelers. Carlos's warm invitations to volunteers and Angelica's prompt responses to any queries added to the positive experience. Overall, my time at Fortel Hostel through Worldpackers was exceptional, and I highly recommend it, especially for first-timers.

3 days ago

United States

5

I absolutely loved my experience at Fortel. The location of the hostel is perfect and I felt very safe walking around Old San Juan every day. The housekeeping shift and the reception shift are both easy and a fair amount of work. Carlos is very friendly, helpful, and quick to respond any time I had a question! It was my first World Packers experience and I’d recommend staying at Fortel to anyone!!

about 2 months ago

Canada

4

Great first experience visiting Puerto Rico! The hostel was very nice and work/hours was easy and flexible. Hostel isn't very social and there's only one volunteer that stays at a time but Carlos did a wonderful job of connecting me with other volunteers from another hostel!

4 months ago

United States

5

I had a great experience at Fortel! The location in old San Juan is perfect and in walking distance to a couple beaches, restaurants, and my favorite spot, the cat sanctuary! The work in the hostel is super easy and fair. I worked 4 mornings a week and had 3 days off. Everyone I met at the hostel was super nice and welcoming, especially Carlos. Since I was the only volunteer at fortel, Carlos went out of his way to make me feel included and always invited me when he was going out to different spots around the island.

5 months ago

United States

5

I absolutely fell in love with PR I’m already planning my trip back in January! But I met some of the best people at this hostel, it isn’t necessarily the most social but if you yourself put yourself out there and talk to people you’ll make friends so easily. Calle San Sebastian is like a 10 minute walk away so I made a bunch of local friends there too. Originally I was supposed to stay in a private room above the laundry room but I personally didn’t feel the best having to go up and down the ladder carrying all of my stuff but Angelica was super understanding and accommodating. 10/10!!

6 months ago