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Edinburgh Backpackers Hostel

7.4
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May 11, 2025 - May 12, 2025
2 adults, 1 room
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Edinburgh Backpackers Hostel

Overview

  • free wifi
  • non-smoking rooms
  • heating

Intro

Situated nearly 5 minutes' walk from St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh Backpackers hostel offers a shared lounge for guests to unwind. Featuring Wi-Fi in public areas, this Edinburgh hostel is located within walking distance of Canongate Kirk Parish.

Rooms

Some rooms provide a flat-screen TV with satellite channels to enhance guests' leisure time. Offering such amenities as hair dryers and towels, the shared bathrooms at this accommodation have a bathtub and a shower.

Location

The accommodation is nestled right in the centre of Edinburgh, just 150 metres from Edinburgh Old Town. The nearby sports attractions include BT Murrayfield Stadium, 3.3 km away.

Eat

Gurkha Cafe & Restaurant, famous for Asian dishes, is situated merely 150 metres from the Edinburgh hostel. The property comes with a shared kitchen.

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Rooms

Double Room with Private Bathroom
Room size: 8 m2
Max capacity:
Twin Room with Bathroom
Room size: 8 m2
Max capacity:
Double Room with Shared Bathroom
Room size: 8 m2
Max capacity:
Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
Room size: 8 m2
Max capacity:
Twin Room (Bunk bed)
Room size: 8 m2
Max capacity:
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Facitilies

Facilities

  • Flat-screen TV

Rooms

  • Heating

Relax

  • Leisure/ TV room

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Categories

  • Cleanliness 7.5
  • Comfort 7.4
  • Facilities 7.3
  • Free WiFi 9
  • Location 9.5
  • Total 7.4
  • Value for money 7.7
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Location

65 Cockburn Street
Landmarks nearby
Restaurants nearby
Transportation
  • 1. Gladstone's Land 410 m (1345 ft)
  • 2. Edinburgh Old Town 110 m (361 ft)
  • 3. Calton Hill 860 m (2822 ft)
  • 4. Palace of Holyroodhouse 1.06 km (3478 ft)
  • 5. Scottish National Gallery 680 m (2231 ft)
  • 6. Edinburgh Castle 910 m (2986 ft)
  • 7. St Giles' Cathedral 280 m (919 ft)
  • 8. The Real Mary King's Close 210 m (689 ft)
  • 1. Zenobia 190 m (623 ft)
  • 2. The Tron 140 m (459 ft)
  • 3. Starbucks Royal Mile 80 m (262 ft)
  • 4. The Wall Coffee and Design House 60 m (197 ft)
  • 5. Pret A Manger 90 m (295 ft)
  • 6. Belushi's 150 m (492 ft)
  • 7. ClamShell 90 m (295 ft)
  • 1. Jeffrey Street 240 m (787 ft)
  • 2. Museum of Childhood 240 m (787 ft)
  • 3. South Bridge 270 m (886 ft)
  • 4. North Bridge 280 m (919 ft)
  • 5. Bus Station 570 m (1870 ft)
  • 6. Edinburgh 760 m (2493 ft)