Zostel Manali, Vashisht

The location

6 bed dorm with a balcony seemed conjusted

Excellent location and beautiful spacious well furnished rooms overlooking the mountains and river.

The access is a bit too narrow and extremely steep climb. Parking is also a big challenge. Restaurant serving hours could be extended upto 11 pm as toursits at times get late from trips and seek to eat something late at night.

The property ambience was good,food was satisfactory. View from the balcony was good. Water filter had hot and normal water provision. They allowed having alcohol at the property, so you can chill there.

Very first thing, this Location is very hard to reach. If you have airport bags you'll have to lift them up and carry them to property for almost 100 meters, as the property is located far from main road and you'll have to walk through narrow lanes(Gullies) to reach there. Those lanes are dirty AF, smell like urine all the time. When I asked zostel person about why this is such a difficult location , he said aisa hi hota hai yaha ! Which brings me to my next point - staff was rude and it almost felt like we were unwanted. No polite talks ever, throughout my 4 night stays. Hot water was not continuous. Toilet papers were not sufficiently provided. I lived in 6 bed dorm and only 1 toilet paper given each day.

The staff was very friendly, rooms were very cosy and the view is amazing from the property