Derry City Independent Hostel

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Our super-friendly staff are guaranteed to give you an amazing welcome and introduction to our fair city. Our hostel situated in Great James Street has the best possible location directly in the city center: 7 minutes walk from the bus station, 2 minutes from the Bogside, 1 minute from restaurants and shops, 50 steps from a very inviting local pub and 5 steps from the chemist for aspirin in the morning...

Our HostelBookers customers seem to think we are doing a good job as they rate it as the best hostel in Northern Ireland.

TOP CITY HOSTEL IN IRELAND
With an average HostelBookers rating of 90%, you, our HostelBookers customers, have voted us as your top rated hostel in Derry. Have a look at some of the reasons why...

STAFF
Our staff are totally committed to ensuring you have the best time possible in Derry. They are all backpackers who have fallen in love with this great city and will do their utmost to see that you love it too. Everything from taking you out to the pub to doing your laundry...

From the very start the 'Steves Backpackers' team have justifiably earned the reputation as being some of the friendliest staff in any hostel around. You can be sure that you will receive the best welcome possible. We'll provide you with a free map and show you all the hotspots, ie murals, pubs, city walls etc. (everything is literally around the corner from us.)

FREE STUFF
Free tea and coffee comes as standard in most hostels in the North of Ireland, we offer that gladly.

However, being travelers ourselves we realized the advantage of free broadband internet many years ago and we were the first hostel in Ireland to offer this facility. Since then a couple of others have copied us, but not many! Our hostel also offers free WiFi connection.

Free breakfast for us has always been another standard - we realize the hassle of carrying a pint of milk and a spoonful of sugar in your backpack.

OUR WORLD FAMOUS ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BARBEQUES
Most nights during summer we offer 'all you can eat' barbeques (burgers, sausages, chicken wings, veggie burgers, bread, sauces, etc). Cost is just 3 pounds and of course the craic is mighty. These usually lead onto our organized pub crawls. Fun. Fun. Fun.

PUB CRAWLS
Most nights a member of staff will round up those who are interested and take them out on a rollicking Irish pub crawl. We usually head for the pubs offering the best cheap drinks promotions, then head onto the live music pubs or clubs. This is a great way to get out and meet the locals. Derry people are renowned for being very friendly and this is a great way to meet them or hang out with other backpackers.


FREE DERRY TOURS
Every day organized tours of the Bogside, run by the acclaimed Free Derry Tours, leave from our hostel. These are tours conducted by local people from the Bogside, giving you a unique first-hand insight into the sad events of Bloody Sunday, the Battle of the Bogside, the many political murals and life in Derry during the troubles.

'Free Derry Tours.....recommended.' Lonely Planet Europe 2005

ALADIN'S CAVE
Over the last few years we traveled to many exotic places, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey , Morocco, Syria, Egypt, to name but a few, and from these travels we have brought back lots of bits and pieces to decorate our hostels.. We have transformed our dining room into a virtual Aladdin’s Cave with low tables and low seats, lots of beautiful hangings, and many amazing artifacts scattered around the room. You will be transported to another time and another place.
This after all, if you are a traveler is where you want to be.

SO WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Come and stay with us and you will fall in love with Derry.
Who says so? Well for a start you do. You have consistently voted us as the top hostel in Northern Ireland, but other people also agree. You will find our hostels highly acclaimed in every major guide book: Lonely Planet, Lets Go, Rough Guide, Routarde etc.

Importantly, our hostels are Northern Ireland Tourist Board approved hostels and also the only I.H.H members in Derry. So you can be sure that we are not the only people who think we have a great hostel. A lot of other people think so too.

See you soon!

PLEASE NOTE: LATEST CHECK-IN TIME IS 10pm. This hostel is not suitable for stag/hen parties. Please do not book these groups into the hostel as these bookings will not be honored.

Any group of more than 5 people must contact the hostel directly. Group bookings will not be honored unless you do this.

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