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Reviews of Hostel Dragão do Mar Fortaleza

Rua Rufino De Alencar, número 382 - Centro, Downtown Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CEP 60060-145, Brazil

#42 of 147 hotels in Fortaleza

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Review Score

Based on 53 hostel reviews

8.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.4

  • Comfort

    8.2

  • Location

    9.0

  • Facilities

    8.1

  • Staff

    8.8

  • Value for money

    8.9

  • Free Wifi

    8.4

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  • Reviewed: March 14, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Cold water

    Good location, very nice staff

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: February 20, 2025

    7.0
    Good for a short stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    My backpack that was on the floor in the room was completely soaked with water leaking from a/c (sleeping bag and clothes, all...). I had to travel to Jeri with it and now I'm drying my clothes here... They told me the tap water is not good for drinking, but there's no water filter in the kitchen. They sell water at the reception, though (2x supermarket price). The kitchen could be better equipped (there's no kitchen knife in the kitchen, just small butter knives)... Cold shower. No hammocks. No cats.

    Excellent location, very good WiFi, lockers in the room, a/c during the night, curtins on bunk beds, electric sockets near bed, price

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: December 21, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The shower water is smelly. The fact that you need to rent a towel. Ac i. The rooms is turned on from 7pm untill 7am And there is another place called by the same name so follow the location on booking and not Google maps.

    The staff is kind, present, and available 24/7. There is a kitchen for everyone's use, bathroom and shower which were smelly and kinda lame, plus you need to rent a towel. It's an okay place to stay for a night but no more.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: July 5, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The air conditioning has certain hours and it’s hot when it’s off. The girls in my room had clearly never stayed in a hostel before and were watching videos on their phones late at night and early in the morning on full volume which was quite annoying. The lockers won’t fit a large backpack so you can’t lock up all your stuff.

    The staff was kind. The room was clean and there are 2 bathrooms for women and 2 for men. The shower was spacious. The beds have curtains. The air conditioning is nice.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: January 25, 2024

    9.0
    nice hostel down in town
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Male Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Air conditioning it's a little bit strong in the nigth

    the position end the staff. The kitcen it's ok

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: July 24, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    good vibes, host is sooooo nice Always coming back!

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 1, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Muy bien friendly and lovely

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: April 20, 2023

    9.0
    Cool hostel, good locación!!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    All good, rooms a bit small but ok

    Room with A/C, kitchen with all we needed, next to the center and the Beach. Central market a few meters from there.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: April 14, 2023

    8.0
    good place, value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Male Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Rooms are pretty small for six people, lockers are also pretty small and so there is not much space to store or place your belongings, no privacy curtain in the upper bunk beds. No hot water in the showers

    Good location in the city centre close to a supermarket, Iracema Beach, the Cathedral and public transport (there are frequent and quick buses that take you to Meireles and Beira Mar otherwise it is a 25/30 minute walk), in front of the hostel you can find a couple of museums, a cultural centre and a night market with food stalls. Good Wi-Fi, A/C is on only at night-time, the shared kitchen is decently equipped and the staff are very friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: March 27, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    You have to pay to rent a bed cover and AC is on all night so you're freezing all night!

    Great hostel, friendly staff and cool vibes all together, even though it's not a backpackers hostel. Equipped kitchen, clean toilets and rooms. Comfortable beds with plugs and even curtain! on the bottom one at least. 24h reception, central location and outside "garden" it's also great

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: February 24, 2023

    8.0
    due to unbeatable price, and cleanliness and friendly staff would definitely come back.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    What I didn't like is that the bedsheets never got changed during my one week stay.

    What I did like about the hostel was the cleanliness and friendly staff

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: July 11, 2025

    3.0
    Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very poor facilities, not even hand soap and toilet, very ugly, not a good atmosphere. The location is rough.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: April 28, 2025

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The Hostel is not in front of the Beach and It’s very expensive for what it is. The first day when we arrived the staff and especially the manager they were very rude with us. We can’t reccomend this hostal after our Experience unfortunately!

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: March 9, 2025

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Kitchen was very limited. Not English speaking.

    Close to beach.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: March 6, 2025

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    👺nightmare i used that matress when i was 8 years old the air condition works from 7 pm to 7 am the city is veryyyyyy hot so imagine sleep 6 people in a very small room with no ac is something like animal

    clouse to the beach

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: January 12, 2025

    10
    Exceptional
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very close to town and beach good area staff are very helpful 👍 😀

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: November 13, 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bunk Bed in Male Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It's not a hostel in the sense of a tourist/backpacker hostel. They mostly cater for Brazilian transitory workers. Nobody spoke English or Spanish. There was no information or maps for tourists. The place is small, a kitchen living room and a small outdoor area. The bbq was not in use and the oven did not work. And a bad choice for smokers as you had to ask reception to open the gate each time to go out. The rooms were separated into male and female - not a deal breaker but as a couple, my partner could not enter my room to get something from a bag, even during the day. The air conditioning was turned off from 7am to 7pm which meant that lying on the bed during the day was uncomfortable. Also they had no ventilator in the living, which was too hot night and day for our liking.

    Toilets were clean. And the price was on the cheap side.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: August 10, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Was nice, but I didn’t feel the vibe. To go as a solo traveler. Clean

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: February 13, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Other guests doing loud phone calls on speaker at 6am in the room, while others were sleeping

    Good location

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 30, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Aircon is off at 7AM…

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: June 11, 2023

    5.0
    Ok for a stopover.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The rooms were too squishy. The bottom bunks were private But the top bunks were too exposed to people turning the lights on in the middle of the night. There was not enough seating in the shared areas or dining area. The kitchen was messy and ill equipped.

    The location was good.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 24, 2023

    10
    Great budget hostel close to downtown cultural activities
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Inside the kitchen cabinets could use a deep clean, and the installation of one more countertop (for preparing food) could be a game changer (to make the kitchen more functional). A couple more seat hammocks could be a nice addition to the patio area!

    I thoroughly enjoyed my stay here, mostly thanks to the incredible team of people running the hostel. Jade is a talented, hard working entrepreneur, as are Lucas and his lovely sister (whose name I wrote down but since lost! Thayssa?) The laid back, welcoming staff and the equally friendly guests (all Brazilians while I was here), made the atmosphere quite pleasant. The kitchen was well equipped, everything was kept clean, and the WiFi worked consistently. The space is a bit of a squeeze on the busier nights, but it was nice to have a bed with a curtain, a locker and a consequent sense of privacy. The air conditioner running all night was quite a comfy luxury (a necessity in hot Fortaleza!) Just across the plaza from the hostel, you can visit the cool cultural center Dragao do Mar to catch an artsy film, or go to the library (also mercifully air conditioned: nice to sit and read rather than walk around in the ninety degree afternoon!) You can walk about eighteen more minutes and be at the popular Iracema beach, great for people watching. The area seems to be safe for strolling before it gets really late, I generally felt safe all over Fortaleza but always keeping an eye out. There are many shops, restaurants and other ammenities nearby, and I highly recommend a vegetarian restaurant about fifteen minutes from here called Centro Cultural Annapurna: it is honestly the best restaurant meal I`ve had in Brazil (all you can eat lunch for twenty six reais!)

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: January 27, 2023

    6.0
    too small
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    the room was too small, there was no space at all to put your things. the hostel was not social at all and it looks much bigger in the photos than it really is. there is not really space in the kitchen or to sit. and the room was right next to living area so it was quite loud. that’s not the fault of the hostel but the guests that were in our dorm were quite disrespectful, made a lot of noise, turned on the light when people were sleeping etc.

    location is okay, bathroom works alright

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: January 15, 2023

    6.0
    Good value for money, but its not a place for hangouts!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    A big dislike for me was that the aircondition was only on in the night, so i was impossible to sit inside the hostel during daytime, because of the warm and humid trmperature.

    The hostel was very cheap, and it had some nice international guests. The rooms had lockers for your valuables.

    Stayed in January 2023

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