Hostel Survey-The good, the bad and the ugly.

[Kim]

For those of you that have been to Europe before, here's a hostel survey to help those that are heading  that way.

Copy and paste then add your own answers. Feel free to add or delete categories.

These are my answers:

Hostel with best showers: Wicklow Bay Hostel, Wicklow Bay, Ireland

Hostel with best atmosphere: Salmon Weir Hostel, Galway, Ireland

Hostel most like a hotel: Liverpool HI hostel, Liverpool, England

Hostel with best view: Villa Sonnehof, Interlaken, Switzerland

Most Unique Hostel: Af Chapman, Stockholm, Sweden

Friendliest hostel staff: tie: Lucerne Backpacker, Lucerne, Switerland and Globetrotters Nest, Antwerp, Belgium

Overall best hostel: the Circus, Berlin, Germany

Hostel with worst atmosphere: Hostel Standart, Prague, Czech. Republic

Hostel with most screaming school kids: SYHA Vondelpark-Amsterdam, Netherlands

Worst Overall Hostel: Hostel Standart, Prague, Czech. Republic

[Cat]

Hostel with best showers: YHA Napoli (IT)

Hostel with best atmosphere: independent hostel on the Isle of Sky (Scotland) don't remember the name  

Hostel most like a hotel: Fawlty Towers (Rome)

Hostel with best view: YHA Loch Lomond (Scotland)

Most Unique Hostel: YHA Loch Lomond (Scotland) It's a castle!!!!

Friendliest hostel staff: all the hostels I visited in the UK (espeaccially in Scotland) and YHA hostel in Pompei (IT)

Overall best hostel: Loch Lomond (again!)

Hostel with worst atmosphere: YHA Napoli (IT)

Hostel with most screaming school kids: dunno, never go in the peak season.

Worst Overall Hostel: YHA Napoli, rude staff, no flexibility, don't stick to agreements you make with them. They do have nice rooms and good showers, though.

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Best hostel: Salmon Weir.

Most unique: SYHA Carbisdale Castle (a bigger castle!)

Best view: Too many to count in Scotland alone.

Best ultra-modern hostel: YHA Oxford.

Most like a hotel: SYHA Glasgow, SYHA Lerwick

Worst atmos: Windermere Backpackers (dominant TV, always on)

Most screaming school kids: YHA Canterbury

Blandest: Eurohostel, Glasgow

Oh this is hard! For most categories I can think of at least half a dozen!

Countries with the most sterile hostels: Norway and Sweden

Country with most rule-bound hostels: Germany

Best kitchens: Scotland

Worst kitchens: Netherlands, Germany (they don't have any!)

Peter
www.uktrail.com

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Cat: I'd appreciate knowing which Skye hostel you chose as having the best atmosphere. Can you describe how to get there, whether in a town, etc? My first guess is: Flodigarry, at the far north on the east coast.

[snorkelman]

Istanbul -  the Orient - it is a dirty and poorly-maintained hostel.

London has 2 dumps - the Euro Tower was a dump. I also hear that the Grenada Hostel is a dump – no hot water, some lights not working, toilet paper not replaced, and smells pretty bad.  

['Guest']

i definitely agree that the oriente in istanbul is a dump.  but hey, who cares how the hostel is like in a a city like istanbul.  get out there and explore!!!  


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