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Hyve Hostel Basel

2.0 star property

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Interior
Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Bathtub
Interior
Front of property
Family Room, 2 Bedrooms, Bathtub | Terrace/patio

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Kitchen
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Gempenstrasse 64, Basel, 4053
  • Basel Zoo
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Basler Muenster
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Congress Center Basel
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Basel (BSL-EuroAirport)
    ‪24 min drive‬

Room options

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Reception

B&B Hotel Basel

  • Pet-friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Breakfast available
4.0 out of 5, Very good, (192)
The price is €193
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
4 Apr - 5 Apr
B&B Hotel Basel

About this property

Hyve Hostel Basel

Hostel in Basel with a bar
This hostel features a bar/lounge, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a meeting room, concierge services, and laundry facilities. Bathrooms are shared and limited housekeeping is available.
Hyve Hostel Basel offers 31 accommodations with hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at Hyve Hostel Basel, you're just a quick walk from Via Gottardo. You'll find features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a bar and a business center.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge
  • Buffet breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include a concierge, tour or ticket assistance, and luggage storage
  • Onsite recreation includes bike rentals
  • Within a 15-minute walk of Via Gottardo and BIS Tower
A computer station is on site, and both WiFi and wired Internet are free in public spaces. A business center and a meeting room are available. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. A library, a terrace, and barbecue grills are also featured at Hyve Hostel Basel.
For a fee, guests can enjoy buffet breakfast daily from 7:00 AM to noon.

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:00 AM to noon for a fee: CHF 5 to 35 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Library
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Computer station
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 shared bathrooms (in-room sinks)
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), key retrieval, private entrance

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: CHF 4.20 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately CHF 5 to 35 per person

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Cashless transactions are available
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
To arrange for check-in, guests must contact the property in advance of arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests arriving after 10:00 PM must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email before arrival with check-in information and key retrieval information. Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance.

Property is also known as

Hyve Hostel
YMCA Hostel
YMCA Basel
Ymca Hostel Basel Hotel Basel
Generation YMCA Hostel
Generation YMCA Basel
Hyve Basel
Hyve Hostel Basel Basel
Hyve Hostel Basel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Hyve Hostel Basel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Basel

Hyve Hostel Basel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 84 out of 186 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 74 out of 186 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 186 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 186 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 186 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Moulay

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Location - Don’t Stay in Room 25
Returned from full day of sightseeing, FOB didn’t work (10:30 PM). No one answered call via call button. Thankfully, fellow guest let me in. WiFi is complete rubbish in common areas. Groceries were discarded prior to my departure (staff gave me complimentary salad-yum!). No electrical outlets/USB by beds. And, yes beds are RIGHT next to each other-bit weird. Pros? Place is clean, good location, nice vibe and staff are helpful. Free metro pass. Skip overpriced breakfast! (Hopefully, you won’t get room 25. Long stay resident with ticking clock-you’ll feel like you’re in Peter Pan’s Neverland.)
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Modern, clean, staff were helpful and kind, and moderately inexpensive. The only negative was the walls were thin which we had loud neighbors the first night but it was a great place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Adrienne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cho

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

KLWONG, MALAYSIA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good nice hostel. Just 200m from the train station and tram stop. Very convenient. Like the Basel tourist card. Nice hostel lobby and free coffee and communal kitchen. Will definitely come back to stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellently equipped kitchen, super easy to get to from train station, beautifully decorated common areas, good value on good variety breakfast if you want to purchase it (optional). If you have never stayed in a hostel, stay in this one and you will not be disappointed, promise. I've been budgeting traveling for three decades and I've seen just about everything. I really hated to leave Basel, and leaving this hostel was one of the reasons.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Howie, Berkeley CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, nice hostel with great service, location, and perks. My only issue..none of the bunk beds have individual outlets (which is quite important to me and usually a standard amenity). Otherwise, lovely experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Single Room
Nice and quiet neighborhood, reasonable price for a breakfast buffet, convenient location as close to train station. Just the front desk didn't bother to tell me how to operate the blinds, luckily I figured that out by myself.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, new and comfort hostel
Everything is perfect. The room is very nice. This hostel is the best I have ever stayed. Staffs are very kind and helpful. However only one girl staff is not friendly compared with the others.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Phil.p, Oxford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location,price,breakfast,all staff pretty relaxed and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Aidy, UK

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
muggy and hot, toilets and showers weren’t clean enough
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Price for accommodations -- WiFi, laundry , kitchen -- shared bath
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Kathleen, North Carolina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very happy for this hostel experience in an urban environment -- when we arrived the bathrooms needed cleaning and this may have been due to the federal holiday -- later, all bathrooms were cleaner -- rest of the facilities very clean --- nice, private room for our family, helpful staff, kitchen and laundry available -- reasonably priced breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alina, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clotse to the train station, very clean, comfortable room and good mattress. Very good quality for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
The staff was great. The city I'd beautiful, the hostel is well thought out, clean, and pleasant. Only complaint, not enough electrical outlets in the dorms. Overall a great experience, though. I would absolutely recommend generation ymca!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect if you need to get some work done!
No AC, but it's not really necessary. Staff is extra helpful and the location is only a 5 minute walk from the main train station. The kitchen facilities and other common areas are incredible-- stylish and spacious. They really thought of everything.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Decent enough place to stay
Check in was good. The dorm was ok, was a room with a bunk bed and one single bed, but would have liked a double. Showers were ok. Kitchen was nice as was the social area. Good wi-fi. The main downside was it was very noisy from 5 am which woke us up. Close to main railway station.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good place to stay, Staff so friendly and good location.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Jen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fun communal space and super helpful staff!
This was our first time staying in a hostel, and it was really fun! The community spaces are stylish and inviting, and the staff helped us whenever we asked for anything. The room was a bit sparse and there is no air conditioning, so we were thankful for cooler weather. Room came with a Basel Card that would have given us free public transportation and discounts on area museums... this would be good to let travelers know beforehand, as it is a nice amenity.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

KA FAI KEVIN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Consistently good hostel.
This is the second time I've stayed at this hostel and its nice to know my last good experience wasn't a one off. Again the staff were very friendly and helpful, the common area chilled and the kitchen well equipped. The cleanliness of the room and bathrooms couldn't be faulted and the breakfast is good value for money. If back in Basel I'll use this place again.