Basel Youth Hostel
Location: Maja Sacher-Platz 10, Basel, ch
Star Rating: 8.5 Stars
Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
About this Property
Historic Architecture Meets Contemporary Interiors
Located by the River Rhine, St. Alban Youth Hostel seamlessly blends historic charm with modern design. The open reception, lounge, and dining area create a welcoming atmosphere for guests to relax and socialize.
Comfortable Accommodation Options
Choose between private rooms with bathrooms or shared dormitories, all featuring a minimalist yet cozy design. The abundance of wood furniture and large windows add a touch of warmth to the sleek interiors.
Convenient Location with Free Mobility Ticket
Situated in the heart of Basel, the hostel is steps away from Basel Paper Mill and transportation options like the ferry dock and tram stop. Guests also enjoy complimentary WiFi and a Mobility Ticket for easy exploration of the city.
Ready to experience the perfect blend of history and modernity at St. Alban Youth Hostel? Book your stay now!
Important Information
Please note that the public transfer (2nd class) from EuroAirport or Basel main train stations to the hotel on the day of your arrival is free of charge with your booking confirmation.
Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
For bookings of more than 10 people, different policies and additional supplements may apply.Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Policies
Check-in: 03:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Restaurant
- Terrace
- Family rooms
- Pets allowed
- Lift / Elevator
- Luggage storage
- Fax/photocopying
- Tour desk
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Packed lunches
- Table tennis
- Non-smoking throughout
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Board games/puzzles
- Wheelchair accessible
- Kid meals
- Public transport tickets
- Outdoor furniture
- Coffee Shop on site
- Fruits
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Guest rooms disinfected between stays
- Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
- Physical distancing rules followed
- Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
- Cashless payment available
- Fire extinguishers
- First aid kit available
- Sanitized tableware & silverware
- Contactless check-in/check-out
- Invoice provided
- Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
- Smoke alarms
- Physical distancing in dining areas
- Access to health care professionals
- Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
- Face masks for guests available
- 24-hour security
- Thermometers for guests provided by property
- Key card access
- Broadcast Live sport events
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free wired internet
- Snack bar/deli
- Internet access
- Games
- Wine release events
- Reception hall
- Free bus station shuttle
- Hosted evening meal (reserve)
- Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
- Vegetarian menu options available
- Bulk dispenser for toiletries
- Accessible train station shuttle
- No accessible train station shuttle
Rooms Available
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Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
Please inform the property about the gender of the arriving guests in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
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Sextuple Room with Shared Bathroom
The dormitory room provides heating, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a shower. Rooms on the upper floors are reachable by elevator. The unit offers 6 beds.
Max Occupancy: 6 (6 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
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Standard Single Room, Private Bathroom
1 Twin Bed
129 sq feet
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower
Practical - Desk; cribs (free) available on request
Comfort - Heating
Accessibility - Grab bar near toilet
Need to Know - Limited housekeeping, no rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking, pet friendly
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Private or shared bathroom
- Bedsheets provided
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Twin Room with Bunk Beds and Shared Bathroom
Rooms are 20 square yards and have bunk beds.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
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Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
The quadruple room features heating, as well as a shared bathroom boasting a shower. Rooms on the upper floors are reachable by elevator. The unit has 4 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
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Double Room with Shower
This double room features a private bathroom.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
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Single Bed in Quadruple Room
Please inform the property about the gender of the arriving guests in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
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Single Room with Shared Bathroom
This is a 66 ft² twin room with bunk beds for single use.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
-
Single Room with Shower
This single room features a private bathroom.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
-
Quadruple Room with Shower
The quadruple room offers heating, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 4 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by elevator
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Shampoo
- Body soap
- Socket near the bed
- Accessible by lift
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Reading light
Guest Reviews
- Nicole (9/5): -
- Helen (10/5): Perfect - Beautifully designed, perfect location and excellent staff. Nothing
- Leo (10/5): -
- Igor (5/5): -
- simon (8/5): -
- Jonas (8/5): -
- Lugert (9/5): -
- Anne King Berlin (9/5): Wohlfühlort - Lage Ruhe Frühstück Etagen Bett - eng, schmal
- Susanne (10/5): -
- Sabine (8/5): -
- Julia (8/5): Super Hostel! - Super freundliches Personal, sehr sauber, gutes Frühstück! Es hätte ruhig ein paar Ablageflächen geben können aber ansonsten alles top!
- Herbert (10/5): -
- Sibylle (8/5): - Tolle Lage
- Rebekka (7/5): Energy Stars night - Frühstück
Lage
ÖV Nutzung optimal
- Thomas (7/5): - Zentral und trotzdem Ruhig. Sehr einfache Gestaltung
- Monika (7/5): gut für 1 Nacht - schöner moderner Style Zimmer 122 war dunkel und laut von der Strasse
- Melisa (9/5): - Las instalaciones y el desayuno El colchon podia ser mas comodo
- João (9/5): -
- Jose (10/5): -
- natalia (10/5): -
- Birgit (10/5): -
- Zafer (7/5): - Tarihi yanlışlıkla 1 ay sonrasına almışım sorun cıkartmadan yardımcı oldular Konumu karısıktı yatakların kenarında priz olmaması
- Lionel (10/5): -
- Claudine-Maria (8/5): - Les WC ils étaient un peu bouchés. Tout le reste était OK
- Thomas (9/5): - Ausgangspunkt für Konzert im Münster und optimal als Pilgerstartpunkt für unseren Drei-Seen-Weg.
- Lea (10/5): -
- Edith (8/5): - Doppelzimmer: Sauberkeit, modernes Ambiente, sehr gute Lage. Abendessen
- Claudia (9/5): -
- Ian (9/5): - The design and the beds were very comfortable. No complaints besides being there on a busy weekend. The hostel itself was incredible.
- Meltem Yaprak (10/5): Basel için çok uygun bir seçimdi, tavsiye ediyorum - Yeri çok merkezi, odalar konforlu, kahvaltı güzel
- Petra (8/5): -
- Marc (9/5): -
- Alexander Dotel (10/5): El hotel esta céntrico muy limpio precio y calidad excelente - Muy céntrico muy limpio buen desayuno Las duchas separadas con los toilet
- S. (8/5): -
- Martina (9/5): Preis-Leistung flop, ansonsten Top! - Feines Frühstück, sehr freundliche Staff, gute Location, tiptop sauber. Für 6er Zimmer gemischt war der Preis meines Erachtens sehr hoch.. und ich reise oft!
- Hans GEORG (9/5): - Vor allem die Lage, gab sogar (über Nacht) freie Parkplätze. Mit wenigen Schritten kann man sich frühs im Rhein erfrischen und nebenan die Papiermühle besuchen. Sehr gutes Frühstücksbuffet, mit Joghurt und Müsli, regionalem Käse, gekochtem Ei, feine Teesorten und Kakaopulver. Zimmer mit Glaseinsatz zum Gang, dadurch einsehbar
- Thierry (10/5): - La belle chambre, l’emplacement et le petit déjeuner Il manque un sèche cheveux
- Aldo (7/5): -
- chiara (10/5): -
- yan (8/5): -
- De Micheli (8/5): -
- Ellen (9/5): Für einen Baselaufenthalt sehr zu empfehlen! - Sehr freundlich, auch die Küche. Essen lecker. Die Lage top. Matratzen...
- Hanf (9/5): - Es reicht für mich vollkommen aus einen einfachen und praktischen Komfort zu haben. Kein Luxus nötig. Quadratisch, praktisch, gut! Nix
- Ayça (8/5): İki yıl üst üste aynı otelde konakladım kahvaltısını ve konumunu kuş seslerine ambiyansını çok beğeniyorum fakat odalar - Konumu harika. Atmosferini ve kahvaltilarini çok beğendim ikinci kez kalıyorum Sadece vücut havlusu konmuş 100 ve saç havlusu istediğimde benden ücret talep ettiler ayrıca çift kişilik odada kaldık fakat yataklar tek kişilik birleştirilmiş haldeydi içine çökmüştü aşırı konforsuzdu
- Norma (9/5): -
- Michela (9/5): Ottimo soggiorno, a un prezzo più alto della media ma giustificato - Bella struttura, bagni e servizi molto puliti, personale gentile Il prezzo è sopra la media per essere un ostello, ma la vicinanza giustifica in parte
- Batuhan (9/5): -
- Orhan Metin (10/5): Harika - Tesis çok düzenli idi. Hiç bir karışıklık yok. Temizdi. Personel ilgili ve yardımseverdi. Yataklar rahattı. 4 kişilik odada kaldım, yeterince gemişti. Hiçbirşey.
- Ann Ash (9/5): -
- Irénée (10/5): -
- Irénée (10/5): -
- Irénée (10/5): -
- Irénée (10/5): -
- Irénée (10/5): -
- Christophe (10/5): rapport qualité / prix/ propreté / emplacement imbattable - un coin lecture serait bienvenu
- Sébastien (9/5): - Le calme (malgré une insonorisation perfectible), le bon petit déjeuner, la propreté, le joli design.
La proximité du Kunstmuseum , de la gare SBB, du centre de Bâle. L'absence de restauration à proximité.
- Marco Sauerwein (9/5): -
- Erik Paul (8/5): -
- Monika (8/5): - Sehr entspannter Aufenthalt in schöner, zentraler Gegend. Anschluss zur Straßenbahn und basel-card war genial. Danke! Zimmerausrichtung war ohne Sichtschutz nach außen etwas befremdlich. Fußgänger konnten beim Vorbeispazieren sehr gut in die Zimmer sehen.
- Manfred (8/5): Perfekte Lage in der Altstadt am Rheinufer -
- Eda (5/5): - During our stay, a large group of students came as part of an event. Until around 10 PM, they kept knocking on our door and repeatedly disturbed us. Even after informing the reception, we were told that since quiet hours start at a certain time, no action would be taken. This was very uncomfortable and frustrating because it wasn’t only noise; we were personally disturbed in our room multiple times, and no measures were taken to prevent it.
- Fabrice (10/5): - bon emplacement pendant le carnaval , 3 stations de la gare, idem pour les défilés . Rien
- Eleanor (8/5): -
- Johannes (3/5): -
- Taciana (10/5): -
- Maud (8/5): - C'est un super lieu, avec un bon accueil et une qualité de services. Je recommande!
- Isabelle (8/5): - Emplacement proche de la vieille ville et tram. Seulement l'accueil d'un monsieur au desk qui n'a fait aucun effort pour me comprendre, je parle français et un peu l'allemand. Il a été arrogant et hautain avec le sourire, je ne me suis pas sentie à l'aise.
- Christoph (10/5): -
- Yeelen (10/5): -
- Mark (7/5): -
- Jerome (9/5): - The hostel was clean, the included breakfast was a nice change from what I usually eat, and my bed was comfy.
- Anastasiia (10/5): Good - Location, personal, not far from the station
- Sylvie Dumain (7/5): - L'emplacement est top. Les lieux sont propres La personne de l'acceuil le matin n'etait pas du tout sympa, alors qu'à l'arrivée la veille le jeune homme etait très bien.
- Maria (9/5): -
- Grace (10/5): -
- Jerome (8/5): tres agréable séjour mais je ne reprendrai pas avec le petit déjeuner . - L'architecture du lieux est excellente. La chambre super bien, le lit très confortable et la salle de bain parfaite.
le chauffage au sol est très agréable quand on se promène à pied nu. Le petit n'était pas à la hauteur de nos attentes vu le prix demandé et décevant. Pas grand choix de pain , ou du pain blanc en tranche, salade fruit sans gout et juste le minimum au niveau fromage ,céréale etc.
- Rui (7/5): -
- Andrew (9/5): Wonderful, peaceful, wish I could have stayed longer in Basel - Location is excellent , very close to the Kunstmuseum and Cathedral, you can walk along the Rhine, and cross it by boat , not many shops nearby but that's what Googleaps are for . Basel is a lovely city to explore. Breakfast by 5he way is fabulous! They should provide towels for free, it's a bit mean to charge €3 euros
- RENATA (8/5): -
- MARTA (10/5): -
- Nguyen Thu (7/5): - It's clean and they serve breakfast and dinner. The entrance to the hostel is little bit dark and long so it's make me feel scared when I arrive late in the evening. The food is poor.
- Maria (9/5): Breve ma suggestivo! - L’accogliente struttura e la gentilezza del personale nel poetico quartiere di Sant Alban. La bellissima passeggiata lungo il Reno per arrivare nel centro storico!
- Liziane (9/5): Fabuloso -
- Christophe (8/5): Nous avons passé un excellent moment avec ma famille :-) - Accueil, ambiance, calme du site, organisation, simplicité mais confort intéressant pour le prix L'hygiène des douches communes n'était pas au top. Mais cela relève des utilisateurs et non du staff d'entretien !
Certaines personnes ne font pas attention à faire moins de bruit pour les autres résidents (portes qui claquent, pas bruyants dans les couloirs. Mais de nouveau, cela relève du manque de savoir-vivre de certaines personnes.
- Susanne (10/5): -
- Manon (9/5): Une parenthèse très agréable - L'emplacement, le charme du lieu, l'ambiance du réfectoire L'aspect assez sommaire, peu confort, assez rudimentaire
- Annik (8/5): Sehr empfehlenswert - Es war sehr ruhig, trotz vielen Schulklassen, die Betten waren sehr bequem! Frühstück sehr vielfältig und gut. Der weg zum Hostel war etwas sehr dunkel.
- Ida (9/5): -
- Margitta (8/5): -
- Witold (10/5): - Sehr Nette Rezeptionistin - Petra. 🙂 Sie ist mir wirklich stark geholfen. Im Ubrigens - eine tolle Aufenthalt. Danke vielmal! :*
- Martina (10/5): -
- Anne-Aimée (9/5): A great place to get the feel of the city with its past and the present - Breakfast perfectly simple. Beautiful, large, spacious building with solid and excellent quality materials… and gorgeous architecture Poor water pressure in the room, cold/warm water didn’t work
- Richa (7/5): - Breakfast (included in the stay cost) was wholesome and of good quality. Pre-check-in information was useful. The directions to the hostel could be a little more precise, especially the last part of the walk from Tram Stop 2 to the hostel.
- Rahel (8/5): Tolle Möglichkeit, Basel günstig und mit dem Gewissen Extra zu erkunden. - Schönes Haus mit Bach, großzügig designed und modern. Sehr freundliches Personal. Fotos wecken große Erwartungen. Mein Zimmer war etwas kleiner als erwartet. Frühstück war solide, aber nichts Besonderes.
- Wanda (10/5): Bester Ort - Eine wunderschöne Lage am Fluss, ruhig und doch zentral gelegen, ästhetische und gepflegte Inneneinrichtung mit dem gewissen Schweizer Charme Da es eine Jugendherberge ist gab es doch ein paar Stimmen im Flur, die dem ganzen jedoch einen authentischen Charackter verliehen.
- Herman (8/5): Mooi gebouw op een geweldige locatie! -
- Martino (10/5): -
- Lehmann (8/5): 快適でした - 中心地から近く、ロケーションが最高でした 隣人の物音が聞こえましたが、ユースホステルなので当然といえば当然かと思います。
- Sofia (10/5): - Loved the location right in the city yet still in nature, spacious rooms so you still feel comfortable even with strangers.
- Johanna (9/5): -
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