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ACCOMMODATION PRICES
All accommodation prices listed are for high season. For hostels, it is the price of the cheapest dorm
bed; for other accommodation, it is the price of the cheapest double room.
Hostels
ThecheapestplacestostayaroundEuropearetheinnumerablehostelsthatcovertheContin-
ent. There are plenty of good-quality independent hostels in most major cities, while many
establishments are members of Hostelling International (HI), which incorporates the nation-
al youth hostel associations of every country in the world. Most are clean, well-run places,
always offering dormitory accommodation, and often a range of private single and double
rooms, or rooms with four to six beds. Many hostels also either have self-catering facilities
or provide low-cost meals, and the larger ones have a range of other facilities - a swimming
poolandagamesroom,forexample.Thereisusuallynoagelimit,butwherethereislimited
space priority is sometimes given to those under 26. The best rates are usually available on
the hostel website or through booking engines such as Hostelworld (
hostelworld.com
)
or
Hostelbookers (
hostelbookers.com
). Strictly speaking, to use a HI hostel you have to have
membership, although if there's room you can stay at most hostels by simply paying a bit
extra. If you do plan to stay in hostels, however, it's certainly worth joining, which you can
do through your home country's hostelling association. HI hostels can usually be booked
through their country's hostelling association website, almost always over the counter at
other hostels in the same country, and often through the international HI website
hihos-
tels.com
.
