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Fun hostels for your next city trip

Traveling can be quite expensive. That's why I always check for hostels in the area when I book my accomdations. When I travel alone, it's ideal to get to know other people and/or participate in the many activities that hostels offer. As a couple you can also opt for a private room (with or without private bathroom). And of course it's also useful for a large group of people. For example if you want to book a room with 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12... persons.

Here is a list of cool hostels that I have encountered over the years and/or have booked myself:

 

Dopa hostel Bologna

Dopa hostel

  • Location: Bologna
  • Types of rooms: double room (private bathroom), triple room (shared bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed and female only) and a 8-bed dormitory room (mixed)
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2017 (1 bed in a 6-bed female dormitory room). Booked via Booking.com.

 



Ecomama hostel

  • Location: Amsterdam
  • Types of rooms: double room (private bathroom), double room (shared bathroom), 5-bed dormitory room (mixed), 7-bed dormitory room (female only), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed) and a 12-bed dormitory room (mixed)
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2017 (2 twin rooms shared bathroom & 1 Double Bed Private Ensuite). Booked via Hostelworld, but also available on Booking.com

Free hostels

  • Locations: Barcelona and Rome
  • Types of rooms: single room, double room (private bathroom), triple room (private bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed and female only), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed and female only)
  • Already tested? No, not yet
Generator hostel London

Generator hostel

  • Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Miami, New York, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Venice and Washington DC.
  • Type of rooms: double room (private bathroom), twin room (private bathroom or shared bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared or private bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared or private bathroom), 10-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared bathroom), 12-bed dormitory room (female only & shared bathroom). Varies by location!
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2018 I booked a double room (private bathroom) in their hostel in London via Booking.com.

H.ostel Münster

  • Location: Münster
  • Type of rooms: double room (private bathroom), double room (shared bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed & private bathroom), 5-bed dormitory room (mixed & private bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed & private bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed & private bathroom), 10-bed dormitory room (mixed & private bathroom)
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2022 (8-bed dormitory room, mixed and private bathroom). Booked via Booking.com.

Jo&Joe

  • Locations: Hossegorn, Medellin, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Vienna
  • Type of rooms: single room (private bathroom), double room (private bathroom), triple room (private bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed & private bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed & shard bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (female only & shard bathroom), 10-bed dormitory room (mixed & shard bathroom), 14-bed dormitory room (mixed & shard bathroom). Varies by location!
  • Already tested? No, not yet
Lisb'on Hostel

Lisb'on hostel

  • Location: Lisbon
  • Type of rooms? 
  • double room (private bathroom), double room (shared bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (female only & shared bathroom), 10-bed dormitory room (mixed & shared bathroom
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2012 (double room with shared bathroom). Booked via Hostelworld.
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MEININGER hostels

  • Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Budapest, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dresden, Frankfurt, Genève, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Innsbruck, Leipzig, Lyon, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Zurich
  • Types of rooms? both private rooms as dormitory rooms (but is slightly different in each location).
  • Already tested? Yes, their hostel in London in 2016 (1 bed in a 6-bed dormitory room, female only), their hostel in Copenhagen in 2017 (triple room with private bathroom) and one of their hostels in Berlin in 2020 (double room with private bathroom). Their hostel in London Hyde Park is unfortunately permanently closed.

PILOT Design hostel & bar

  • Location: Porto
  • Types of rooms: triple room (shared bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (female only, shared bathroom) and a 12-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom).
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2016 (1 bed in a 8-bed dormitory room, female only). Booked via Booking.com.

Plus hostels

  • Locations: Florence and Prague
  • Types of rooms: both private rooms as dormitory rooms (but is slightly different in each location)
  • Already tested? No, not yet

The Central House hostels

  • Locations: Barcelona,  Istanbul, Lisbon, Madrid, Marrakech and Porto
  • Types of rooms: double room (private bathroom), quadruple room (private bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed, private bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (female only, shared bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (female only, shared bathroom) and a 10-bed dormitory room (mixed, shared bathroom)
  • Already tested? No, not yet
Toc Hostel Madrid

TOC hostels

  • Locations: Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, Seville, Malaga and Valencia
  • Types of rooms: double room (private bathroom), quadruple room (private bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (private bathroom) and a 8-bed dormitory room (private bathroom). Both mixed and female only.
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2016 in Madrid (1 bed in a 6-bed dormitory room, female only). Booked via Booking.com.
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Urban Youth hostel

  • Location: Valencia
  • Types of rooms: 4-bed dormitory room (mixed), 6-bed dormitory room  (female only), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed) and a 10-bed dormitory room (mixed).
  • Already tested? Yes, in 2016 (1 bed in a 6-bed dormitory room, female only). Booked via Booking.com.

 

 

Wombat's hostels

  • Locations: Budapest, London, Munich and Vienna
  • Types of rooms: single room (private bathroom), twin room (private bathroom), double room (private bathroom), triple room (private bathroom), 4-bed dormitory room (mixed or female only, private bathroom), 5-bed dormitory room (mixed or female only, private bathroom), 6-bed dormitory room (mixed or female only, private bathroom), 7-bed dormitory room (mixed, private bathroom), 8-bed dormitory room (mixed, private bathroom), 10-bed dormitory room (mixed, private bathroom). Varies by location!
  • Already tested? No, not yet
I also tested the hostel Hipstel Hostel in Warsaw (in 2016) and The Cat's Pajamas hostel in Berlin (in 2017). But unfortunately I see that they are both (permanently?) closed.