Name: Banff International Hostel
Address: 449 Banff Avenue, T1L 1A6 Banff, Canada, 449 Banff Avenue, Alberta, T1L 1A6, Canada
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $26 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.1

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Hostel Banff International Hostel

449 Banff Avenue, T1L 1A6 Banff, Canada –

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Excellent value for price. Have stayed here twice now and its always been great. Staff are awesome, very friendly and knowledgable. Breakfast is great. Facilities always clean and tidy.

Dana, New Zealand

Room is comfortable and warm, clean bathroom. 5 minutes walk to downtown center.

Dan, China

Love this place, rooms are spacious and well designed. Free breakfast is great. Workers are very friendly and helpful. Happy to spend a couple of months here.

Dl, New Zealand

Bed extra confortables, hot shower and great staff!

Jessica, United States of America

Staff was cool with storing luggage after checkout

Sean, United States of America

Nice layout of the 6-bed room. Felt big. The curtains at the bed are just great!!! Good mattresses. Nice ensuite bathroom with extra sink. Practical storage. Good kitchen with kind a basic, nice breakfast.

Sigrid, Germany

The guy at the front desk when I arrived was very cherry and friendly. Was chatty but in a genuine way, was a very nice way to be welcomed.

Hannah, New Zealand

Located in downtown Banff Kitchen has everything.

Peter, Canada

Clean, comfortable, free breakfast, walking distance to major bars/restaurants.

Kristen, United States of America

Loved the four bed dorm with the private washroom. Breakfast was good and location was great. Very clean and beds were comfy.

Jessica, Canada

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What guests loved the most:
“Excellent value for price. Have stayed here twice now and its always been great. Staff are awesome, very friendly and knowledgable. Breakfast is great. Facilities always clean and tidy.”

Dana New Zealand
“Room is comfortable and warm, clean bathroom. 5 minutes walk to downtown center. ”

Dan China
“Love this place, rooms are spacious and well designed. Free breakfast is great. Workers are very friendly and helpful. Happy to spend a couple of months here.”

Dl New Zealand
“Bed extra confortables, hot shower and great staff!”

Jessica United States of America
“Staff was cool with storing luggage after checkout”

Sean United States of America
“Nice layout of the 6-bed room. Felt big. The curtains at the bed are just great!!! Good mattresses. Nice ensuite bathroom with extra sink. Practical storage. ”

Sigrid Germany
“The guy at the front desk when I arrived was very cherry and friendly. Was chatty but in a genuine way, was a very nice way to be welcomed.”

Hannah New Zealand
“Located in downtown Banff Kitchen has everything. ”

Peter Canada
“Clean, comfortable, free breakfast, walking distance to major bars/restaurants.”

Kristen United States of America
“Loved the four bed dorm with the private washroom. Breakfast was good and location was great. Very clean and beds were comfy.”

Jessica Canada

Located in Banff center, this hostel provides free WiFi in all rooms. Mount Norquay Ski Resort is 15 minutes’ drive away.

All shared dormitory rooms at Banff International Hostel feature shared bathroom facilities and lockers. Select rooms feature a private bathroom. Linen is provided for guests to make their own beds.

A fully equipped kitchen is featured for guests of Banff International Hostel. A computer with internet access is provided for added convenience. A 24-hour reception is offered. High speed WiFi allows guests to stream movies and video conference.

Lake Minnewanka is located 5.6 mi from this hostel. Silvertip Golf Course is 25 minutes’ drive away.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.4 for a two-person trip.

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	Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom 1 bunk bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content This bunk bed is in a female dormitory room. Guests of this room have use of a connecting shared bathroom. Free Wi-Fi and linens are included. Room Facilities: • Refrigerator • Heating • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Bed in 6 or 8 Bed Male Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom 1 bunk bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content This bunk bed is in a male dormitory room. Guests of this room have use of a connecting shared bathroom. Free Wi-Fi and linens are included. Room Facilities: • Refrigerator • Heating • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Towels • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Bed in 6 to 9 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom 1 bunk bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content This bunk bed is in a mixed dormitory room. Guests in this room have use of a connecting shared bathroom. Free Wi-Fi and linens are included. Room Facilities: • Refrigerator • Heating • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom 2 bunk beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content This room features a private bathroom. Free Wi-Fi and linens are included. Room Facilities: • TV • Refrigerator • Desk • Heating • Satellite channels • Cable channels • Flat-screen TV • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom 1 bunk bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content This bunk bed is in a mixed dormitory room. Guests in this room have use of a connecting shared bathroom. Free Wi-Fi and linens are included. Room Facilities: • Refrigerator • Desk • Heating • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Towels • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Dormitory Room (6 Adults) with Ensuite Bathroom 3 twin beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content Free Wi-Fi and linens are included in this mixed dormitory room. A private bathroom is also available. Room Facilities: • Refrigerator • Heating • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Towels • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom and Kitchenette 2 bunk beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content This quadruple room features a kitchenette and dining area. Room Facilities: • Tea/Coffee maker • TV • Kitchenette • Refrigerator • Desk • Microwave • Heating • Satellite channels • Kitchen • Cable channels • Flat-screen TV • Electric kettle • Kitchenware • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Oven • Stovetop • Toaster • Linens Free WiFi! Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date / / Check-in Date Check-out Date / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content

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Area Info – Guests loved walking around the neighborhood!

Closest Landmarks

Banff International Research Station
0.5 miles
Banff Park Museum
0.6 miles
The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
0.7 miles
The Banff Center
0.9 miles
Cave and Basin National Historic Site
1.4 miles
North American
2 miles
Cascade
2.1 miles
Spirit
2.4 miles
Banff Gondola
2.5 miles
Mystic Express
2.6 miles

Restaurants & Markets

Nesters Market Supermarket
0.7 miles
El Toro Restaurant
0.1 miles
White Bark Cafe Cafe/Bar
0.2 miles
IGA Supermarket
0.5 miles

Natural Beauty

Bow River River
0.9 miles
Tunnel Mountain Mountain
1.9 miles
Vermillion Lake Lake
1.9 miles
Sulphur Mountain Mountain
4.4 miles
Mt Norquay Ski lift
4.7 miles
Cascade Mountain Mountain
9.6 miles
Sunshine Village Ski lift
11.7 miles
Lake Minnewannka Lake
16 miles

What Travelers Love About This Location

“The location is great and staff very friendly”

Paulina

Chile

7.5

“Comfortable bed and bathroom, clean and tidy. Like that you had curtains for the bed, and having a small fridge in the room was handy! Easy walk into town.”

Lachlan

New Zealand

8.3

“Great location for backpackers in banff. Strategic location in the park. Friendly staff lots of activity al around.”

Mathieu

Belgium

8.7

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From 4:00 PM

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Until 11:00 AM

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Children and Extra Beds

Children cannot be accommodated at the hotel.

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Age restriction

The minimum age for check-in is 18

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Pets are not allowed.

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Please note, the property may pre-authorize 2 nights on the credit card prior to arrival. Pre-authorization is a temporary hold and not an actual charge to validate and guarantee the booking.

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“Excellent value for price. Have stayed here twice now and its always been great. Staff are awesome, very friendly and knowledgable. Breakfast is great. Facilities always clean and tidy.”

Dana

“Nice layout of the 6-bed room. Felt big. The curtains at the bed are just great!!! Good mattresses. Nice ensuite bathroom with extra sink. Practical storage. Good kitchen with kind a basic, nice breakfast. ”

Sigrid

Germany

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Reviewed: January 14, 2019

Jason
New Zealand
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Bed in 6 to 9 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
We had noisy roommates who were talking really loud after midnight, (A lot of it was on their phones). Not the hostels fault just people.
It's a busy hostel with a good vibe. Stayed in a 6-bed dorm which had a private room upstairs. Location was a short 5-10 min walk to downtown Banff. Staff were friendly.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: January 13, 2019

Dana
New Zealand
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Excellent value for price. Have stayed here twice now and its always been great. Staff are awesome, very friendly and knowledgable. Breakfast is great. Facilities always clean and tidy.

Stayed in January 2019
Reviewed: January 11, 2019

Michelle
Australia
6.3

Pleasant
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 6 to 9 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The property held a deposit on my card without initially informing me, and have yet to release it 3 weeks later. Many hostel guests are actually long-term residents so the common areas and kitchen get quite busy/loud. The power outlets in the room are dodgy and short-circuited two of my electronic cables.
The hostel was well-located and warm (in the middle of winter). The staff cleaned frequently. FREE breakfast!

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: January 2, 2019

Kodchakorn
Thailand
8.3

“Friendly”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Bed in 6 to 9 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
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The staffs are very kind and nice for helping

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: January 2, 2019

Raffael
Switzerland
6.7

“Too expensive”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Bed in 6 to 9 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
It's to expensive for what you get. Very small kitchen and eating area
Was a nice Bed in a nice Room

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 30, 2018

bfost1612
Canada
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
I know it’s during the holidays, but people staying at a hostel are usually on a budget. But 72 a night is very expensive for a hostel and sharing a room with 5 other people.
Met some awesome people. It was clean.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 23, 2018

Wallace
Canada
3.3

Poor
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 6 or 8 Bed Male Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 6 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The dorm is really nasty and smelly. Some roommates walked heavily and noisily in the late night. Can't have good rest. Staffs can't do anything for it.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 19, 2018

Anonymous
Chile
9.6

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Bed in 6 to 9 Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We were a big group, it would have been better for the other people in the room that we were not cut in two groups... our schedule were really late and getting up really early.. so we bother a lot of others people without reason; if we would have been all together ; we would have bother less
Thé breakfast

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 17, 2018

Andrew
Canada
9.2

“It was a good experience staying at the”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 6 or 8 Bed Male Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
I didn’t sleep soundly due to the pub crawl bringing guests back at different hours of the night. In truth I was staying in the largest male dormitory so I was not surprised and was not a very quiet guest myself. The breakfast was basic, but for the price of the hostal it is good value.
The welcoming atmosphere of the guests and the night’s planned pub crawl led me to get out of the hostal and see some of Banff. All the staff was helpful and David was particularly helpful.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 14, 2018

Paulina
Chile
Age group: 25 – 34
7.5

Good
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 6 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The room was cold. If you are there by winter, you will get frozen on the way to the kitchen, because it is in a separate building
The location is great and staff very friendly

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 6, 2018

Isabelle
United Kingdom
9.2

“A great hostel!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 5 nights
A great hostel, which is situated a ten-or-so-minute walk from the centre of town. I was in a female-only dorm with bathroom, which was lovely. There were lockers, a hairdryer and even a dimmer switch, plus plenty of plugs and each bunk had its own lamp. The WiFi is free, and there are computers on-site, as well as a kitchen, TV room and seating area with TV and vending machines etc. Love the liquor store next-door, too!

Stayed in November 2018
Reviewed: December 5, 2018

Anonymous
Australia
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Friendly staff! Good breakfast for a hostel.

Stayed in December 2018
Reviewed: December 1, 2018

Justyna
Poland
10

“It was a pleasure to stay there”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The bed was very confortable. I really enjoyed there

Stayed in November 2018
Reviewed: November 20, 2018

Ruofan
Switzerland
8.8

Excellent
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The usb charger wasn’t working... the included breakfast wasn’t very nice but is acceptable considering the price
Very warm and comfortable bed. Facilities are nice, they even have hair dryer in the room. Stuffs are helpful.

Stayed in November 2018
Reviewed: November 17, 2018

Anonymous
New Zealand
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4 or 6 Bed Female Dormitory Room with Ensuite Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The shelf by the bunk was too close to the head of the bed, nearly hit my face when I sat up
Let me keep my baggage in storage before and after check in/out

Stayed in November 2018

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