Jugendherberge Basel

This seemed to be the best place to stay during a course I was taking part in. It's about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the city centre from here. The hostel was extremely clean and I enjoyed the breakfast that was included. The rooms are simplistic as you'd expect, but the beds were comfortable. Everything in Basel costs a lot (for someone from the UK at least) but this was a cheaper option than the main hotels would've been.

First, we paid 190 for a 4-bed room without a bathroom, which seemed like a good deal. Later(at check in, 23h30), because my friend was feeling sick, we decided to upgrade to a 4-bed room with a bathroom. Since it was late, we didn’t really think it through — but the upgrade cost an extra 169, bringing the total to 359 for one night, for a room with one bunk bed and one regular bed. This is honestly crazy. For that price, you can get two bedrooms in a 4-star hotel in the city. The breakfast is a joke. Nothing there and bad quality. To make things worse, when we moved into our room at 23h30, the toilet was dirty, with poop still in it. We complained the next morning and only received a simple “sorry.” Don’t bother staying there.

The hostel is great. I had lost my jewellery there. I had emailed to the reception & they responded. The cleaning staff found the jewellery. They held it for me & I found someone to pick it for me. So grateful to them. Thank you so much.