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Scotland's Top Hostels
We offer you a one-stop budget traveller's website including award winning hostels, transport to and around Scotland and award-winning Backpackers tours for your perfect Scottish holiday.
Our Hostels around Scotland
Scotland's Top Hostels offers nine welcoming hostels throughout Scotland. With the original (High Street Hostel) opening up in Edinburgh in 1985, followed by Castle Rock Hostel(located beside the castle), as well as Royal Mile Backpackers(located on the famous Royal Mile). We also offer six Hostels in the Scottish Highlands. Whether you're hiking the Great Glen Way from Fort William, wanting to spend some time on the bonnie banks of Loch Ness, or visiting the Highlands biggest city(Inverness) we have your Hostel needs sorted.
Skye Backpackers
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Pitlochry Backpackers Hotel
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Oban Backpackers
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Lochside Hostel Loch Ness
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Inverness Student Hotel
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Fort William Backpackers
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Royal Mile Backpackers
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High Street Hostel
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Castle Rock Hostel
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Multi Award Winning Tours of Scotland
MacBackpackers has run fun filled, fully guided adventures around Scotland for over 15 years. Created for young independent travellers aged between 18 and 40, our tours give an entertaining, informative and utterly unique view of Scotland.
Our guides, patriotic and passionate, will open up our amazing country to you, weaving together the rich fabric of Scottish history and culture as we travel along some of the most picturesque routes in Scotland.
What our guests have to say
Hear from our guests from all across the world in what they thought about our Hostels.
Nice enough place and not too expensive.
Nice enough place and not too expensive. The location is great and the staff are helpful. The facilities are surprisingly good including cosy lounge and kitchen area. The rooms were pretty sparse but that is… Read more “Nice enough place and not too expensive.”
Rooms are small but cozy
Rooms are small but cozy, staff was very nice and helped where they could (unfortunately no locals so knowledge on hiking routes was not extensive), kitchen and bathroom were clean and well maintained, and the… Read more “Rooms are small but cozy”
Love love love this place!
Love love love this place! Staff is great. Beds are super comfy. Bathrooms are clean. Great value! I can’t recommend it enough. I hope to come back and stay longer.
This was one of the best European hostels I went to!
This was one of the best European hostels I went to! It was a huge facility, themed rooms, wonderful 24/7 reception, great breakfast, perfect location.. overall I was so happy I stayed here!! Will absolutely… Read more “This was one of the best European hostels I went to!”
Such a nice place. Friendly staff.
Such a nice place. Friendly staff. Free coffee, tea and got chocolate 24/7. 5 minutes walk to the Fort William train station. Views from outside the hostel are great too. Great value for money. Highly… Read more “Such a nice place. Friendly staff.”
However for the location, friendly staff and low price it was worth it
Stayed during my UK trip. I was in the 8 bed dorm which was spacious and had two cosy sofa chairs in the room. Breakfast was only two pounds and you get cereal, milk, juice,… Read more “However for the location, friendly staff and low price it was worth it”