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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.
It was absolutely amazing.
It was absolutely amazing. They have a cute rooms, a nice kitchen and a laundry service for £3.50.
Really nice friendly welcome
Cycled here from Inverness along national route 7. Really nice friendly welcome, safe bike lock up area, beds were great as they’re simple design with no ends to them meaning I could stretch my long… Read more “Really nice friendly welcome”
A youth hostel, with all its advantages
A youth hostel, with all its advantages (chiefly, incredibly low price and a social experience if meeting new, different people is something you’d enjoy) and disadvantages (very difficult to find privacy). The space is tight… Read more “A youth hostel, with all its advantages”
Great friendly hostel
Great friendly hostel, well kept. Breakfast for £2 is a bargain. Only issue was the bed didn’t have a proper mattres, just two layers of foam. Not sure if this was just our room or… Read more “Great friendly hostel”
Cool hostel in the centre of Edinburgh. Loved it
Cool hostel in the centre of Edinburgh. Loved it. Relaxed atmosphere, pool table, decent internet and kitchen. Rooms were a little on the stuffy side without the windows ope but that is my only slight… Read more “Cool hostel in the centre of Edinburgh. Loved it”
Very friendly service
Very friendly service. Really helpfull people and i enjoyed spending time there. Also a very good location and not expensive.