South of the island · Florianópolis
Smart stop.
Shared dorms, private rooms and studios across two buildings on Rodovia Francisco Magno Vieira. No reception: you come in with your own code, at any hour.
- Close to the airport and the bus terminal
- Access to the south and east island beaches
- Next to the bus stop
- On the busiest bar avenue
Prices by length of stay
The longer you stay, the cheaper the night
This table is the most valuable thing on the Smart Hostel site, and today it is a static list. Drag the nights and watch the rate fall. Past 29 nights in a shared dorm it goes from R$ 70,00 to R$ 33,00.
3nights
| Type | 1st band | 2nd band | 3rd band | Long stay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared dorms | R$ 70,00up to 6 nights | R$ 60,007 to 14 nights-14% | R$ 45,0015 to 28 nights-36% | R$ 33,0029 nights or more-53% |
| Private rooms | R$ 140,00up to 7 nights | R$ 120,008 to 14 nights-14% | R$ 90,0015 to 29 nights-36% | R$ 66,0030 nights or more-53% |
| Private ensuite | R$ 175,00up to 7 nights | R$ 150,008 to 14 nights-14% | R$ 112,0015 to 29 nights-36% | R$ 82,0030 nights or more-53% |
| Campeche studios | R$ 210,00up to 7 nights | R$ 180,008 to 14 nights-14% | R$ 135,0015 to 29 nights-36% | R$ 99,0030 nights or more-53% |
“Rates subject to change on special dates, high season and public holidays.” — Smart Hostel's own wording, kept here beside the table rather than in a footnote. The displayed rate must match what the booking engine charges [CONFIRM].
Note that the bands are not uniform: the shared tier breaks at 6 / 7–14 / 15–28 / 29+, while the three private tiers break at 7 / 8–14 / 15–29 / 30+. That is theirs and it has been preserved exactly, not tidied into a uniform grid. [CONFIRM whether the asymmetry is deliberate]
Self check-in
There is no reception — and that is the point
In their words: “With your own access code you can come and go at any time without meeting a member of staff.” Landed at 2am from Buenos Aires? Not a problem.
Book
Pick the room and the dates. Check-in from 14:00, check-out until 12:00.
Get your code
The access code arrives before you do [CONFIRM by which channel and how far ahead].
Come and go whenever
No reception hours and no queue. The lockable locker key is handed over at check-in.
A building with no reception needs to publish an emergency contact and a 24h channel. It is a duty-of-care matter and, framed well, it is also a trust asset. [CONFIRM the emergency contact and the after-hours process]
Location
South of the island, with a way out to everything
The four lines are theirs. The distances are not yet — and they are exactly what an international guest wants to know before booking.
- Close to the airport and the bus terminal
- Access to the south and east island beaches
- Next to the bus stop
- On the busiest bar avenue
FLN airport
[CONFIRM]
Bus terminal
[CONFIRM]
Campeche
[CONFIRM]
Armacao
[CONFIRM]
Joaquina
[CONFIRM]
Praia Mole
[CONFIRM]
[CONFIRM — distance in km and travel time to each point]
Shared dorms
Three dorms, one of them female-only
Beds per room [CONFIRM] — no number has been invented. What is confirmed is what comes with the bed: a lockable locker, air conditioning with clean filters and linen made up every day.
Mixed dorm
Campeche
Beds [CONFIRM]
Mixed dorm
Armação
Beds [CONFIRM]
Female-only dorm
Joaquina
Beds [CONFIRM]
Joaquina — female-only dorm
A women-only room, and that matters to a large part of this market. Who may book it, how it is enforced and whether it has its own bathroom: [CONFIRM the exact policy] — nothing has been assumed here.
Private rooms
Ten rooms, ten beaches
Every private room is named after a beach in the south or east of the island — beaches you can actually reach from here. It is a lovely idea that currently does no work at all on the site.
Room 43 is published today as “MOCAMBIUE” — the Q is missing. Corrected here to Mocambique, and flagged rather than quietly swapped.
Long stay · digital nomads
Past 29 nights this stops being a hostel and becomes housing
R$ 33 a night in a shared bed and R$ 99 in a studio, with coworking, fibre Wi-Fi, a full kitchen and five bathrooms. That does not compete with hostels — it competes with rentals. And an OTA does not know how to sell 30 nights.
- A coworking space with fibre internet
- A large kitchen — cooking daily changes the monthly maths
- Barbecue and social area
- Self check-in: come and go on whatever time zone you are on
- Five spacious, accessible bathrooms
- A lockable locker and linen made up daily
Ask for a long-stay quote
The form stores nothing and emails nothing with your details in the URL: it composes a WhatsApp message that you send yourself. Payment methods accepted, including Pix, [CONFIRM] — for a monthly booking that matters more than card.
Kitchen and BBQ
The kitchen and the barbecue are the hostel
It is what separates a hostel people recommend from one they merely sleep in. Today it is a bullet point.
Facilities
What is included
Self check-in
There is no reception. With your own access code you can come and go at any time without meeting a member of staff.
Air conditioning
Every room has a current-generation unit, and all the filters are kept clean.
Bed linen
Every bed is carefully made each day.
Lockable locker
At check-in you get a key for a secure, private space for your things.
Fibre Wi-Fi
A current-generation fibre broadband system.
Kitchen and BBQ
A large kitchen and an outdoor space for barbecue and hanging out.
Coworking space
A space to work in peace, with good internet.
Five spacious bathrooms
Five bathrooms described as comfortable and accessible.
360° tour
See the room before you book
Smart Hostel already has a 360-degree virtual tour — and it is buried in a photo submenu. At hostel tier, letting someone see the actual dorm before booking is the single biggest removal of hesitation there is.
Guest reviews
What guests wrote
Smart Hostel publishes testimonials from guests in Brazil, Argentina and Portugal — two of them written in Spanish. That is the proof the site needs ES and EN, which is why they stay in their original language.
“[CONFIRM — verbatim text of the public review]”“[CONFIRM — verbatim text of the public review]”“[CONFIRM — verbatim text of the public review]”Each quote stays [CONFIRM] until the source platform is named — none is cited today. The staff names that appear in the current testimonials go in only with written consent, and no rating, average or review count appears here because they publish none.
Floripa
What to do in the south of the island
South and east beaches
Campeche, Armacao, Mocambique, Joaquina, Praia Mole, Pantano do Sul — the same ones the rooms are named after.
Surf and trails
Lagoinha do Leste and Naufragados can only be reached on foot, and they are the two walks everybody remembers afterwards.
The bar avenue
The phrase is theirs: they are on the busiest bar avenue. Walking out and coming back with your own code at 3am is exactly what self check-in solves.
FAQ
The FAQ that currently 404s
The frequently-asked-questions link on the live site returns “Pagina nao encontrada!”. This is the rebuilt FAQ — and the old address needs a 301 on migration day.
What time is check-in and check-out?
Check-in from 14:00, check-out until 12:00. Since there is no reception, you let yourself in with your code whenever you arrive after that.
How does the access code work?
Every guest gets their own code. Which channel it is sent through and how far ahead [CONFIRM].
Are there lockers?
Yes. At check-in you get a key for an individual, private space for your things. Locker size and whether a large backpack fits [CONFIRM].
Do I need to bring a towel?
[CONFIRM]
Is there parking?
[CONFIRM]
What is the minimum age?
[CONFIRM] — hostels usually have one, and it is not published today.
What is the cancellation policy?
[CONFIRM] — and it needs to appear before payment, not after.
Do the two buildings work the same way?
Shared dorms are at 2826 and private rooms at 2616, on the same road. Whether access, the code and the times are identical at both [CONFIRM].
Is the female dorm really women-only?
Joaquina is the female-only dorm. Who may book it, how that is enforced in practice and whether it has its own bathroom [CONFIRM the written policy].
What payment methods do you take?
Pix, card and others [CONFIRM]. All figures in Brazilian reais (R$), including on the Spanish and English versions — no conversion.
Does R$ 33 a night apply to any stay?
No. R$ 33 is the shared-dorm rate at 29 nights or more. Each figure in the table applies only inside its own band, and Smart Hostel's own caveat says special dates, high season and public holidays may change it.
Getting here
There are two buildings, and that has to be clear before arrival
Shared dorms at 2826, private rooms at 2616, on the same road. Today that is a footnote — and someone arriving at 23:00 with a code and no reception needs to know which door to type it into.
Shared dorms
- What is here
- Rodovia Francisco Magno Vieira, 2826
- Postcode
- 88063-700
- Access
- [CONFIRM]
Private rooms
- What is here
- Rodovia Francisco Magno Vieira, 2616
- Postcode
- 88063-700
- Access
- [CONFIRM]
[CONFIRM — whether access and the code work the same way at both buildings]
My Bookings
The guest area that already exists
Smart Hostel already runs a guest login, and it is hidden in a utility link. An account area holds personal data, so it needs a lawful basis, a stated retention period and a deletion path that works — it belongs in the Privacy Policy. [CONFIRM all three]
Open My Bookings [CONFIRM — the booking system URL]