We were booked into the sun hostel in Rio for carnival last year and when we got there we realised we couldn't stay there. It was filthy, the dorms were tiny, it was massively overpriced and there was no airconditioning.
We found the Benidorm Palace by chance and for the same price as the hostel we got a triple room with sauna, a pool on the roof and a fantastic breakfast buffet. They even sent a car to pick us up from the hostel from hell. It couldn't have been better!










