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Museum Backpackers; Budapest, Hungary:
HI Thesoloniki; Greece:


Located above a museum in Budapest, the action in this hostel is basically centred around a the kitchen table and the fridge.
When you have drunk your fill, you and your drunken rabble can spill onto the street of Pest to party till the early hours.
TRUTH: I was offered sex, for less than the price of Bigmac Meal.
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Toilet area reminiscent of the Aushwitz death camp, shower chamber, complete with zyclon B, rusty push bike AND open flow 'view as you poo' sewage pipe installation.

Far Out Camping; Ios, Greece:
Arlington; Chicago, USA:


"I think it's going to be far out" (Sons of a loop de loop era circa '92). Chances are if you're staying here, it will be.
TRUTH: I have stayed in a doggy kennel; it gets hot there are lots of ants.
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This place brings you down; the paint is flaking off the walls, the beds are broken and sagging. Lumberjacks, tramps and pissed micks everywhere.
The toilets I wouldn't go into (literally).
Kind of reminiscent of the Overlook Hotel on spacecakes.
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TreeHouse; Mission Beach, Australia:
Hersonnisos, Crete, Greece:


Wow what a chilled out vibe. Mission beach man, wow, hammocks too man. I kinda dig this stereo and cool selection of Dylan LP's. They even have a swimming pool and a smelly donkey living under the stairs.
TRUTH: Don't touch the donkey.
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Brochure should read - "Positioned on busy motorway intersection 4km walk from town. Enjoy shopping at the mini market located just outside your window, rub shoulders with the Secret Police and illegal European immigrants in the non-existent communal areas. Dorm rooms come complete with en-suite freezing cold showers."
How can you resist?.

Globalvillage; Vancouver, Canada:
HI Chicago, USA:


When i got here i had absolutely NO CASH. I managed to live off the 'free' shelf in the hostel fridge, get free drinks and entry to bars due to my cool demeanor.
TRUTH: There is a very large hole in the ozone layer above Vancouver.
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This place reminds me of when I used to work at the psychiatric wing at my local hospital, the only thing different is the smell.
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HI Lagos; Lagos, Portugal:
Happy Holiday; Barcelona, Spain:


This hostel is just cool. The people in it are cool, the staff are cool, the rooms are cool. The toilets even smell nice.
Lagos is great destination.
TRUTH: Portuguese are the best lovers in the world.
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On arrival, I was duly and generously situated in the building site area. As you can imagine, brick dust, newspaper bedding and hairy arsed builders at 8.30 in the morning don't make for a Happy Holiday.
Don't bother