Alma House
Location: 37 Folkestone Road, Dover, gb
Star Rating: 6 Stars
Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
About this Property
Central Location in Historical Dover
Hostel Alma, just 100 metres from Dover Priory Railway Station, offers a vibrant stay in the heart of historical Dover. A mere 10-minute walk from the beach and a short 15-minute stroll to Dover Castle, the location is ideal for exploring the city's rich heritage.
Comfortable and Colorful Rooms
The rooms at Hostel Alma are designed for both comfort and style. Enjoy the luxury of fresh linens, Orthopaedic mattresses, private bathrooms, and large flat-screen TVs. The colourful decor adds a lively touch to your stay, making your accommodation experience memorable.
Convenient Amenities
Guests at Hostel Alma have access to a shared kitchen equipped with a microwave, refrigerator, and tea/coffee making facilities. The hostel also offers free Wi-Fi, ensuring you stay connected throughout your visit.
Ready to immerse yourself in the charm of Dover? Book your stay at Hostel Alma today!
Important Information
Later check-in (after 22:00) is available on request. The hostel will provide entrance codes and instructions by e-mail. The PIN code provided by this website is not a hostel entrance code.
Please note that there is no elevator.
Please note that only children 7 years or older can be accommodated at this property. There is no capacity for baby cots in the rooms.
A damage deposit of GBP 50 is required. The property charges this 2 days before arrival. This will be collected by credit card. You should be reimbursed on check-out. Your deposit will be refunded in full via credit card, subject to an inspection of the property.
Policies
Check-in: 03:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Electric bicycle charging station
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Ironing service
- Non-smoking throughout
- Shared kitchen
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Guest rooms disinfected between stays
- Physical distancing rules followed
- Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
- Cashless payment available
- Fire extinguishers
- First aid kit available
- Contactless check-in/check-out
- Smoke alarms
- CCTV outside property
- Free wired internet
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Electric bicycle charging station
Rooms Available
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Double Room with Private Bathroom
The double room offers a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower and a hairdryer. This double room provides a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Reading light
- Privacy curtain
- Hand sanitiser
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Family Room with Private Bathroom
The family room features a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower and a hairdryer. This family room offers a flat-screen TV. The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Reading light
- Privacy curtain
- Hand sanitiser
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Single Room with Private Bathroom
This room features a private bathroom, Freeview LCD flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi. This room cannot accommodate an extra bed/cot.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Reading light
- Privacy curtain
- Hand sanitiser
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Twin Room with Private Bathroom
This room features a private bathroom, Freeview LCD flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi. This room cannot accommodate an extra bed/cot.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Reading light
- Privacy curtain
- Hand sanitiser
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Triple Room with Private Bathroom
This room features a private bathroom, Freeview LCD flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi. This room cannot accommodate an extra bed/cot.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Reading light
- Privacy curtain
- Hand sanitiser
-
Double Room with Private Bathroom
The double room features a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower and a hairdryer. This double room offers a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Reading light
- Privacy curtain
- Hand sanitiser
Guest Reviews
- Wachsmuth (7/5): Gutes Preis Leistungsverhältnis - Nähe zum Hafen Sehr Hellhörig
- Daniel (7/5): - Close to the port
- Hartnup (8/5): -
- silvana (10/5): Good stay. All facilities are in place. - All Nil
- vincent (4/5): on avait juste envie de partir ... - le logement venait juste d'etre repeint, une odeur de peinture juste tres desagréable pour dormir dans la chambre humide et froide ...avec du simple vitrage !!! qui a encore du simple vitrage dans un bien en location en 2026 ?? c est tres humide et lugubre ...
- Dariusz (10/5): Z całą pewnością tam wrócę -
- Fara (9/5): Worth the money - The gentleman was very thorough and polite. 10/10 service would go back and stay there again. I was worried about the fact that I was a single woman travelling but no he was he genuinely lovely and safe. Well not much to be honest I knew the property was a budget hotel nonetheless it was well kept and relatively clean
- Emerich (6/5): -
- Dutton (8/5): -
- Richard (5/5): -
- Tony (8/5): - Small room, clean, and with all the essentials needed for an overnight or short stay.
- Rogério Nunes (9/5): -
- Konstantin (10/5): -
- Damian (7/5): -
- Ion Alexandru (10/5): -
- Michal (10/5): Good location and price. Clean and great for solo traveler. Owner friendly and flexible. - Good location, Price and a comfortable room for a solo traveler. Space clean and managed by a very friendly and flexible person. Thank you!
- Thomas (10/5): -
- Triušys (5/5): - Gerai man svarbu miegoti Nieko
- Wayne (1/5): - Would not entertain this property i checked and checked straight back out highly recommended Premier Inn. 0.5 mile away Everything the beds looked like they had been hammered together that day the manager looked homeless
- Joseph (7/5): -
- andrew (4/5): -
- sandra (3/5): - The smell a damp is really strong, also the noise of the rain coming into the plastic roof for the dining area prevent me to sleep for hours.
- Matthew (10/5): - Everything was OK
- Wendy (1/5): Absolutely terrible customer service - Nothing, the code would not work and was unable to gain access to it The fact I couldn’t get in
- Kieren (4/5): -
- R (7/5): Overall the stay was comfortable. - Close to train station and shops/ town centre. No heating in common areas ( Kitchen and dinning) . Being winter it was noticeable. Otherwise it's okay. The room heater kept the space nice and warm.
- Dylan (10/5): -
- Chloe (1/5): -
- Tony (5/5): You get what you pay for. - Location. Very good kitchen. Helpful non-resident manager. Very steep stairs. Very difficult to entry and exit. Reception only by mobile phone. Water to bathroom intermittent. Unlit eating area.
- Georgia (9/5): Comfortable and affordable stay - True to description. Perfect for one night stay. Comfortable bed. Good kitchen facilities to be able to make breakfast. Clear instructions on available parking. Shown all the facilities and made sure we could use them all. Big step up into bathroom so stubbed tow in dark a few times and no lift. No issue for us just a note.
- Azzeddine (6/5): -
- Leo (1/5): -
- Ivan (10/5): -
- Tyler (7/5): -
- Volodymyr (1/5): - вода в душе выключалась , вечером нельзя было покупатся
- Andrew (1/5): Could not stay there. - Did not stay.Druggies and drinkers outside put me off straight away.The building looked almost derelict.
- Anthony (10/5): Short - Everything. Nothing
- Tyler (5/5): -
- Ottó (8/5): -
- Zuzana (5/5): - Stara zatuchnuta budova. Netesniace okna.
- darren (6/5): - Cheap and cheerful Show was cold
- Juan (2/5): Walked in and walked out. - Smell, of the room and the bedding.
- Tomasz (3/5): -
- bhanlin Satyapriya (5/5): -
- Charles Don (6/5): - Close to the town Centre and the sea front My room is along the road so its a bit noisy but for 1 night not an issue
- Denise (8/5): -
- Elizabeth (5/5): For the price it did the job - Close to town and station Damp smelling and broken door handles
- Krasimira (2/5): Run away - Location There was nothing to like apart from the location. The smallest room and bathroom in the world. No air conditioning, noisy main road so that if you want to open the window, you can't sleep at all. In two words: run away !
- Klaus-Dieter (1/5): großer Mist - never again Wie kann Booking das überhaupt anbieten. - einfach verglastes Metalfenster an Hauptstrasse mit 24h Tankstelle gegenüber - auch nachts extrem laut im Zimmer, sehr klein, teuer, abgewohnt.
- Gabriele (10/5): -
- Ollie (10/5): Decent budget hotel - Not far from the beech cheap budget hotel with microwave fridge and washing machine and communal seating area to eat can’t complain for the price
- James (4/5): - The gentleman who greeted us was attentive and friendly. Cleanliness was good with what they had to work with. The smell of damp was overwhelming, we could smell it on our clothes some hours after leaving. 100% not a 3* venue, 2* on a good day.
- Waldemar (7/5): Ok. - ;)
- Justin (6/5): -
- hewer (10/5): -
- Marius Gardner (7/5): - Easy to find, parking opposite was available near to the all night garage. The host explained everything clearly. It's a cheap no thrills accommodation, which is all I needed. With the window open, it was sometimes noisy from people who were visiting the garage opposite.
- Brenda Jimena (6/5): -
- David (9/5): perfect place to stay before taking an early ferry. - Extraordinarily friendly welcome, showed the facilities. Small kitchen on first floor with everything needed for tea, coffee etc., All very clean and rooms were basic but comfortable. I accidentally left my mobile phone on leaving but the hotel was quick to send this on to my French address. Stairs are a little bit of a challenge for someone with limited mobility (I was with my elderly father) but I would certainly book here again. Very handy for the port, and free street parking was within sight of our room. steep stairs, fairly busy road outside.
- sabrine (5/5): - Literie confortable dans notre chambre, petite coin repas utile, bon rapport qualité/prix. La moquette sent un peu le renfermé, pas de lumière extérieure mais en contre partie pas de bruit dans notre chambre. Car l'auberge est située dans une rue très passante
- Reinhard (10/5): -
- G.J. (7/5): -
- adrien (8/5): -
- Donald (1/5): - Felt damp smelled damp
- Umesh (10/5): -
- ANTONELLA (6/5): -
- Lyudmyla (10/5): -
- Claude (2/5): ein solches Angebot trübt das Vertrauen in booking.com, es schadet der Reputation der Plattform. - es fällt uns nichts ein Haus an viel befahrener Strasse, heruntergekommene Liegenschaft, unfreundlicher Empfang, sehr kleines Zimmer, keine Bewegungsmöglichkeit, zu kurze Betten, Lichtschacht statt Fenster etc.
- Umesh (10/5): - Its is all good.
- Elżbieta (1/5): - Właściciel uprzejmy Zagrzybione pomiszczenia
- John (6/5): -
- Waclaw (1/5): Run away from this property - This is a joke , house looks like drug dealers property, we don’t even bother to go in ,better to lose the money than the life . We go straight in to Premier Inn and book in there Nothing
- Paloma (6/5): Muy guay pero ven duchado - La localización, el personal y la cama, bastante cómoda. La ducha. Un día el agua salía a trompicones. Abrías el grifo y salía agua durante 20 segundos, luego se cortaba durante otros 20 segundos y volvía. Me tuve que duchar así y tarde muchísimo en terminar. Además apenas tenía presión. Al día siguiente no tuvimos agua caliente y nos fuimos sin ducharnos.
- Andrius (9/5): -
- Diego (10/5): - Service was exceptional
- Amy (8/5): - Good value for low budget travelers, I feel comfortable in my double room facing interior coutyard. Walking distance to train station, downtown, beach Not 24 hours front desk reception, but Alma house will provide earlier check in ( with a small amount of money for early check in) if you notify their staff ahead of time
- Oleksandr (1/5): -
- Marek (1/5): - Dirty 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
- Francesc (8/5): Hôtel petit et modeste, mais avec toutes les commodités nécessaires. J’y retournerais sans hésiter. - Le propriétaire était très sympathique. La chambre était propre et la salle de bain était bien. La salle à manger et la cuisine sont jolies aussi. La chambre donnait sur une station-service où des camions passaient toute la nuit. Au début de la soirée, il y avait un peu de bruit, mais une fois la fenêtre fermée, le bruit ne m’a plus dérangé :-)
- Zachary (2/5): -
- Johan, Sverige (7/5): - Dover är en trevlig stad. Mycket fint museum mitt i stan, spännande fort med lång historia, bra pub (White Horse) med god mat. Alma house var prisvärt, mycket enkelt men rent. Mycket litet rum med litet fönster.
- Kevin (10/5): -
- Idris (5/5): Passable for a nightcamp before early morning ferry. - Cheap compared to UK standards. Free roadside parking next to petrol pump after 6 PM. Small rooms. Congested stairways. No lift. Smelly everywhere.
- Yuping (1/5): 楼梯很陡有霉味。员工很坏 - 离火车站近 傍晚7点多到达，入住需要打电话。要求十点退房，我九点多退房，想存放一下行李箱，找不到任何员工，这里没有前台，于是就放在厨房旁边。11点多回酒店取行李，酒店锁着大门，下午要乘轮渡，很着急。别人帮打或我打电话都没人接，求助Booking客服也没用。一直等了三个小时，员工来了恶狠狠说他们的服务只从下午三点到10点，别的时间谁付他钱了
- Richard (10/5): -
- Marcus (10/5): A convenient and comfortable stay in dover. - The location is excellent for a stay in dover. All amenities were present, and the host were kind and attentive. Nothing to dislike.
- Andrius (10/5): -
- Andrew (10/5): - Like everything just needs new TVs
- Urszula (1/5): -
- Martina (8/5): - Buono per una notte di riposo dopo il viaggio in traghetto.
- Dinara (10/5): -
- Paul (7/5): - You probably wouldn't come here for your honeymoon, but for the price there is not much to complain about. It's pretty noisy (gulls, traffic). It didn't bother me too much, but it might if you are a light sleeper. I can't really blame the hotel for the fact that I was stung by a wasp during the night!
- John (10/5): Fast class freshness snd cleanliness - Cleanliness of the room toile and shower excellent.
- Thomas (1/5): -
- Christian Haas (2/5): - Dieses Haus ist eine Zumutung, eigentlich eine Bruchbude... Und man verlangt 5 Pfund extra, um das Fahrrad in eine desolate Werkstatt einzustellen... 👎👎👎
- Amanda (3/5): -
- honorio (6/5): -
- Kane (6/5): Bedding felt slightly damp. Room smelled damp. Mattress was quite uncomfortable - Location to port. Musty smell
- Marcel (6/5): - Close to the center of Dover. The petrol station is on the other side which is open 7*24 hours and creates a lot of noise.
- Brylee (3/5): - Location It smelled like the mold.
- Marc (6/5): -
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