Crianlarich Youth Hostel
Location: Station Road, Crianlarich, gb
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
About this Property
Modern Bungalow-Style Building: Crianlarich Youth Hostel is a 4-star modern bungalow-style building located below a picturesque forest in Strathfillan Glen.
Convenient Amenities: The hostel offers a variety of accommodations including private rooms and dorms, along with a self-catering kitchen, lounge, dining area, drying room, wheelchair access, and ample parking.
Ideal Location for Outdoor Enthusiasts: Situated in the village of Crianlarich, a pivotal point on the West Highland Way, the hostel provides easy access to explore the stunning landscapes of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. With twenty Munros dominating the surroundings, including Ben More and Ben Lui, and woodland walks and fishing opportunities nearby, outdoor enthusiasts will find plenty to explore and enjoy during their stay.
Book now for an unforgettable stay at Crianlarich Youth Hostel!
Important Information
Full payment for all bookings will be charged at the time of booking. All major credit and debit cards are accepted, excluding American Express.
All bookings will include a temporary membership fee per person per night. Full existing members of Hosteling Scotland and HI using these channels are not entitled to a membership refund.
Individual reservations up to 9 people can be canceled free of charge until 3 days before the arrival date. If canceled within the 3 days before the arrival, 100% of the total price will be charged.
When booking for 10 people or more, different policies and additional supplements may apply. For stays of more than 8 weeks (57 days or more) 20% of total cost, for stays of 8–4 weeks (56–29 days) 55% of total cost, and for stays of 4–0 weeks (28–0 day) 100% of total cost.
Should guests be entitled to a refund or partial refund, please note that these are processed by Hosteling Scotland National Office, Stirling. It may take 7 to 10 working days from the date of the cancelation request for the refund to be processed back onto the original card used.
Guests traveling with children must inform the property at the time of booking.
Please note that guests aged 12–15 years old are not allowed in shared dormitories without a parent or guardian of the same gender.
Please note that guests under 12 years old are not allowed in shared dormitories and must book a private room.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.
Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
Policies
Check-in: 04:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Terrace
- Family rooms
- Pets allowed
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Packed lunches
- Non-smoking throughout
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Board games/puzzles
- Wheelchair accessible
- Shared kitchen
- Outdoor furniture
- Pet bowls
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Guest rooms disinfected between stays
- Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
- 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
- Key access
- Security alarm
- Key card access
- Free wired internet
- Snack bar/deli
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Private picnics
- Wine release events
- Japanese garden
- Secured parking
- Fishing nearby
- Vegetarian menu options available
Rooms Available
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Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
The quadruple room features a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a shared bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 4 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
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Triple Room with Private Bathroom
The triple room offers a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a private bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
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Room, Shared Bathroom (6 Person)
6 Twin Beds
Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, towels, and toilet paper
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 6 (6 Adults)
- Shower
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Heating
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Toilet paper
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Bedsheets provided
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
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Family Room with Shared Bathroom
The family room offers a carpeted floor and heating, as well as a shared bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 6 beds.
Max Occupancy: 6 (6 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
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Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
This triple room has bunk beds and use of a shared bathroom.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Trash cans
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
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Bunk Bed in Female Dormitory Room
Rooms are 2 square yards.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Trash cans
- Lockers
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
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Bed in Male Dormitory Room
Rooms are 2 square yards.
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Trash cans
- Lockers
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
-
Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
The quadruple room provides a carpeted floor and heating, as well as a shared bathroom featuring a shower. The unit offers 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
-
Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom
The quadruple room features a carpeted floor and heating, as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Linen
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Smoke alarm
- Key card access
- Carbon monoxide detector
Guest Reviews
- Remy (8/5): -
- Rebecca (10/5): - Great, we had our own room as there were 3 of us. Good kitchen nice big common area and comfy couches. Drying room was handy too.
- Hansen (10/5): -
- Annemariek (10/5): Calm, social and welcoming place - This place has the most warm and welcoming feel and Sian was the best host I could have wished for. Blew my mind to see how she handled checking in so many people every day and being so super kind and social with every one, helping them with all their daily business. Would highly recommend and I will definitely return someday :) -
- Murphy (8/5): - The dining room & sitting area fabulous Bedroom a bit tight for space
No tea or coffee on arrival
- Kateřina (9/5): -
- Rob (10/5): I'll be back - This was my 1st ever experience of a Youth Hostel @ 68 years of age and I would certainly recommend this particular Hostel to anyone
I am returning next month and really looking forward to it N/A
- John (9/5): -
- Benson (10/5): - Very friendly and comfortable!
- James (9/5): A welcome stay while walking the WHW - Friendly and spacious.
- Thomas (8/5): Perfect as a base for hiking - Lovely location, nice facilities
- Fratantuono (10/5): - Lieu calme, personnel sympathique. Super rapport qualité prix
- Doreen (9/5): -
- Karoline Florentine (8/5): - - Nettes Personal
- Angebot an Fertiggerichten, die man sich selbst zubereiten konnte und preislich in Ordnung waren
- Zimmer waren geräumig und wir hatten zu dritt ein Zimmer für uns
- genug Platz im Essbereich
- Sauberkeit war ok Alles etwas in die Jahre gekommen
- Adelia Enza (7/5): -
- Colin (6/5): - The staff were helpful and friendly N/A
- Maite (7/5): - Sehr sauber, nettes Personal, alles vorhanden, was man braucht.
Gemütliche Sitzecke Betten etwas klapprig, aber das ist wohl normal, wenn man in einem Hostel mit Hochbetten schläft.
USB- Anschlüsse zum Laden der elektr. Geräte hat nicht funktioniert.
- isabelle (9/5): -
- Fiona (10/5): Walking west highland way - Excellent accommodation Nothing
- Krystof (8/5): -
- Jaap (7/5): - The shower was really really weak and not fit for purpose
- Heather (9/5): -
- Nicola (8/5): -
- kim (9/5): - The staff were fantastic
Kind generous and very helpful Nothing
- Sharon (8/5): Had a lovely stay in April and already booked to go back. Great location, very clean and great staff - Great location for the west highland way and close to other facilities Wish I stayed before, lovely lady at reception, very helpful
- Theresia (7/5): -
- Franca (9/5): Great place with great staff!! - Sian was very helpful and always cheerful. Makes this place run like a dream! We lived our stay WiFi access poor but you can sit in the dining room and get what you need.
- nick (8/5): - Location easy return via train. Beds have an annoying shelf on the headboard watch out else you will crack your head in it in the night. Slept down the feet end to avoid it.
- AnnaJ (10/5): - Central location Bed mattress and pillow could be softer
- Laura (10/5): -
- Joana (9/5): -
- Andrea (7/5): -
- Martina (10/5): -
- Bärbel (8/5): Tolles Hostel - Sehr freundlich war der Empfang 🍀🍀🍀
- Blazej (8/5): -
- Lukasz (7/5): -
- Toni (8/5): very good generally - Excellent staff, very helpful, went above and beyond to assist us, coming out to find us on the road in. We were late arriving and the warden called us to check on us. She also helped provide us with food as we were too late for local restaurants. The next day the warden kindly let us store bags in the hostel while we went out to get breakfast. Plenty of hot water and clean showers. Kitchen furnishings were rather old and tired, marked worktops. One oven barely heated.
- Marius (7/5): -
- elilmbt (10/5): Great stay - Great hostel, comfy common areas, lots of amenities.
Great room, quite large, lots of room for everyone's luggage. Comfy bed.
Nice pub less than a ten minute walk away for dinner !
There's also lots of great things to see less than an hour driver away from the hostel to see, walks, hikes etc. Nice location.
- Warren (8/5): A fair way away from WHW. - Wonderful staff. Pub and shop close by. Hostel is what you’d expect. They lied about the location. WHW. It is not 15 minutes from the kissing gate but 25. All down hill so a hard slog in the morning. At least tell us the truth.
Also washing machines weren’t available.
- Stephanie (6/5): Sehr freundliches, hilfsbereites Personal. Gutes Frühstück. Sauber. - Sehr freundliches, hilfsbereites Personal. Es war sauber und ruhig in der Nacht. Das Frühstück war gut, richtiges Müsli, Haferflocken, Joghurt, Obst. Die extrem dicken Bettdecken. Das Notausgangslicht im Zimmer, wodurch es nachts nicht richtig dunkel war im Zimmer.
- Daniel (3/5): - There wasn't any hot water to have a shower when you been wild camping for 7 days you need a shower that's why we booked this hostel,wasn't impressed with no hot water at all
- Halley (8/5): Cute and cozy place with wonderful staff - Super wonderful staff, cozy and cute hostel, nice vibe Very loud other guests dominating the communal areas
- emilie (7/5): Agréable - Le staff est très sympathique. L'ambiance est chaleureuse. Le petite déjeuner très bien. Bon emplacement près de la gare Un peu de bruit
- Jeremy (5/5): Overall the stay was ok. - The facilities were adequate for our needs for a single night stay. However, we did remark that the property is dated & would benefit from refurbishment. When in the dormitory room there was a lot extraneous noise coming from elsewhere in the hostel & every time a person walked past the door it sounded like they were entering the room.
- Louise (7/5): Cheap and cheerful - Friendly and good value Noisy
Showers and toilets could have been cleaner
- Nigel (7/5): -
- Susanna (8/5): -
- Emmanuel (7/5): Bien - Très correct pour une auberge de jeunesse
- Mira (6/5): - Hostelli on melko vanha, mutta aivan siisti. 3-henkinen seurueemme majoittui ohikulkumatkalla ja sai ostettua aamiaisen paikanpäällä.
- Jenny (9/5): A very friendly comfortable and spacious hostel. - I was very relieved to find that there was not a single dog in sight but just a large group of students - the latter I expected but I was shocked to find there may be dogs about.
a terrific welcome by the receptionist and lovely relaxed atmosphere in the kitchen which was very well stocked.
Clean, comfortable and perfect location - would love to have time to walk from the hostel. Given that there were no dogs I have no criticism - but as I really do not relax around dogs, I would never have booked the place had I known upon booking - so I feel this should have been clearer in the beginning part of the booking process. It popped up much later. I could have cancelled at that point but chose not too and so very glad I did not because the location was perfect for our journey.
- Kumar (9/5): - Everything Nothing
- Angelika (9/5): - Nice fully stacked kitchen, nice area with couches to hang out. Free tea and coffee. Rooms a nice and spacious. There is a little supermarket around the corner. Staff is nice and helpful
- Niall (10/5): Excellent youth hostel. - Good showers, good facilities for cooking, shed for storage of bikes, nice communal area to dine in. Woken up during night by inconsiderate noisy backpackers slamming doors at 2-3am.
Should also mention the green light on 24hrs in our room, this could have been dimmer but still functional. Obviously there to illuminate fire exit but too bright.
- Marco (10/5): - Cucina pulita e ben dotata, letto comodo Nulla
- Corentine (10/5): -
- Aurélia (10/5): -
- Alexandra (10/5): -
- 11924662J (8/5): -
- Stella (10/5): - Das Personal war so toll, herausragend! Sie haben sich wirklich um mich gekümmert, ich habe mich dort sehr wohl & willkommen gefühlt! Vielen Dank! Wirklich ein besonderer Ort! Hostel & Einrichtung etc. Auch alles super ausgestattet, neu und sauber. Es gibt immer Kaffee und Tee und gratis Parkplätze.
- Shane (9/5): -
- Heather (10/5): WHW Walk Accommodation - Great place to stay. Clean room and friendly staff. Breakfast was perfect for what I needed and nice and early. Nothing
- Ela (8/5): -
- Dan (9/5): -
- Jessica (10/5): Velice příjemné prostředí, skvělé zázemí na tůry po okolí. -
- Filip (10/5): -
- Scheel (9/5): It was a very good experience at a hostel. - Very friendly and informative staff. It was clean and everything was well organized.
- Grant (9/5): -
- Leticia (8/5): - Es muy tranquilo, cómodo todo muy limpio y puedes hacer rutas desde allí mismo
- Simone (9/5): - Sehr freundliches und hilfsbereites Personal! Top Preis -Leistungsverhältnis
- Eleonora (9/5): -
- clemens (8/5): - Friendliest receptionist I ever met!! Give her a raise🕊️ The laundry machine was broken 💔
- Niall (10/5): -
- William craig (10/5): Definitely a must if your doing the WHY - Beautiful location. Just off the WHY by about a mile but will worth it Had a huge private room for four loads of space. Fantastic and well needed drying room!!!
- Mak (7/5): -
- Victoria (8/5): -
- Jonne (8/5): -
- Kamila (9/5): - Super location, most wonderful staff running the place Wifi weaker in more distant corner of the hostel
- Flower (8/5): It was a stop over. - Crianlarich is a kind of cross road type of location. Yha is perfectly good, but little else in the small town. But on main rail and road network. Nothing really.
- Alina (9/5): -
- Constanze (10/5): -
- Joy (8/5): - A little noisy and the bed wasn’t great but it was clean and safe
- 1damien (8/5): -
- Mark (8/5): - Great countryside location and friendly staff.
- Laura (9/5): -
- Corinne (8/5): Une bonne nuit au calme - Arrivée tardive après une grosse journée de randonnée sur le WHW sous la pluie et l accueil ÉTAIT SUPER . J ai pu laver mon linge et repartir au top le lendemain. Propreté dans les sanitaires
- Lyubava_Karelina (7/5): -
- Weronika (10/5): Comfortable stay in a great location. - Staff very friendly, room comfortable, bathrooms super clean, parking on property and a nice breakfast available with both sweet and savory options. There is a grocery store within a short walking distance (3 minutes) Everything was excellent
- Wendy (10/5): -
- Alessandro (7/5): -
- Carole (9/5): Logement comfortable avec un bon qualité-prix - Auberge calme avec des chambres familiales. Les douches étaient propres, et le petit déjeuner offert bien fourni. La chambre manquait de prises (une prise a côté du lit et une à cote du lavabo pour 4 couchages)
- Hana (7/5): Za tu cenu OK - Moc milý personál. Úklid by mohl být o dost lepší, nečistoty na podlahách, celkově vypadalo všude ušmudlaně. Sprchy postrádaly dostatek prostoru na oblečení a převlečení.
- Madeleine (8/5): -
- Sam (10/5): Loved Crianlarich, a beautiful location, perfect for an overnight en route to our destination : ) - The room was clean and we were able to easily prepare our own meals and have everything we needed to do this.
- Adrian (5/5): Too noisey. - Good location, good facilities. Stay ruined by noisy guests.
- Petra (6/5): - Freundliches Personal Man musste sein Frühstücksgeschirr selbst abspülen.
Es wurde weder Abendessen noch Lunchpaket angeboten.
In der Nacht ging mehrmals (zum Glück) grundlos der Feueralarm los.
- Louis (10/5): -
- AXELLE (8/5): - Auberge très propre et personnel très accueillant.
Cuisine fort bien équipée et également très propre.
- Yi (8/5): 徒步路上方便的落脚点 - 地理位置非常好,离火车站步行两分钟。厨房很大,设施齐全,餐厅也很大,对自炊很友好。工作人员很帮忙,drying room很大并且暖风够足,很有用。 设施稍微陈旧了一点点,房间里的灯不太亮,淋浴间也是。
- Olga (7/5): - Velmi ochotný a vstřícný personál na recepci, velmi dobře vybavená kuchyně není možnost dostatečně vyvětrat v pokoji pro šest osob, v noci vedro
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