Urban Central Backpackers

Quoted by backpacker guides as 'the perfect package', our award winning venue is central to Melbourne city, beach and St Kilda. Urban Central Backpackers is second to none for service, facilities and hygiene.
-FREE Breakfast
-FREE Tea, Coffee and Milk
-FREE Rice and Pasta
-FREE Weekly Meal
-FREE Towel and Linen

With the option of female, male or mixed sex, all dormitories sleep a maximum of 4 guests. All dormitories offer a free personal locker with your own power point enabling you to charge your phone, ipod, camera, etc knowing it will be secure. Each bed has clean, fresh linen and a towel along with a personal reading light. All mattresses are fully sprung (no foam rubber in sight!). The room has individual air conditioning or heating and access is through top of the range security cards.

Our popular in house Urban Bar has the cheapest drinks in town and offers daily happy hour with $6 jugs of Beer and glasses of wine and bubbly for $2.50. There’s free entertainment every night including quizzes, competitions, live music and stand up comedy; there are pool tables, table football and a plasma and big screen for movies and televised events.

Urban Central is ideally located in Melbourne’s vibrant Southbank adjacent to the famous Crown Casino. The city is a 5 minute walk and with public transport on our doorstep, St Kilda is only a 10 minute tram ride. Shopping around UC is excellent and with the city just a 5 to 10 minute walk, Southbank ‘chic’ shopping across the road, South Melbourne shopping strip and market only seconds away, Port Melbourne shopping strip a 15 minute walk (on the way to the beach) and a Direct Factory Outlet about a 10 minute walk, you’re bound to find what you need!!!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS -
**Please note that we require ID from ALL guests. ID must either be a passport, drivers license or keypass. A $10 Cash key deposit will also be needed from all guests also**
** Check in time is after 2pm. If you arrive early you are welcome to store your bags.If booking for more than one person please note that you will have to arrive at the same time and pay together.**
** Please also note that while we always try to fit group bookings into the same rooms, we do not guarantee this. **

Accommodation Information

Since opening late 2005 Urban Central has achieved the following awards from various industry organisations:
• Best backpacker award finalist 2010
• 7th best hostel Australia 2010
• Best backpacker night finalist 2010
• Best backpacker award winner 2009
• Best value award in 2009
• Best backpacker night finalist 2009
• Best backpacker award finalist 2008
• Best backpacker night finalist 2008
• Best cleanliness award in 2008
• Top 10 rated hostel for facilities in 2007
• RACV 4 star rated
• Top 3 hostels in Oceania 2006
• Top rated for friendliness in 2006
• Top rated recommended hostel 2006