People before rooms
Every stay has different needs. We listen to them before proposing anything.
About us
Four places. One shared idea of hospitality.
Behind the four hostels there is no hotel group. There is Società Cooperativa Ballarò, founded in 2005 by a students' association at the University of Palermo. It is a workers' cooperative: the members are the people who work there.
Places, not backdrops
The destination is part of the stay: this site helps you pick the right one.
Organisation is hospitality
For groups and schools, meals, timings, rooms and specific needs are settled before arrival.
A direct relationship
Individual bookings are completed on the hostels' own sites; complex enquiries reach real people.
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How the network works.
Four pages to understand who is behind the four hostels, and on what terms they work.
Manifesto
Why the network exists, and why it does not compete on price.
Read →How we work
What is decided before you arrive, and what can still change afterwards.
Read →The people
Who opens the door when you get there, with names and faces.
Read →Cooperative and responsibility
A workers' cooperative since 2005, certified on gender equality.
Read →Want to see the four destinations?
Compare character, surroundings and type of stay before going to a hostel's own site.