Glasgow Youth Hostel
About this property
Glasgow Youth Hostel offers 4-star VisitScotland accredited accommodations in a Victorian townhouse overlooking Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow’s lively West End, close to award-winning Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, numerous cafes, restaurants and bars. The hostel offer guests a great range of comfortable rooms with attached bathroom and spacious shared accommodations with private lockers. There’s also a self-contained apartment sleeping up to 6 people. WiFi is free for all guests and other facilities include a large lounge with views over the park, television room, games room, laundry, secure bike store and luggage storage. Reception is open 24 hours a day. There are no car parking spaces at the hostel, but limited on-street Pay & Display spaces can be found in the surrounding area. Glasgow Youth Hostel is within easy reach of many of Glasgow’s main attractions, including the SSE Hydro and SEC.
Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.7 for a two-person trip.
Distance in property description is calculated using © OpenStreetMap
Most popular amenities
- Parking
- Free Wifi
- Family rooms
- Non-smoking rooms
- Heating
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Guests who stayed here loved
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United States“Brilliant location and great staff! Lovely building across from park. Felt safe and sound. A lot of steps and beds were a bit small and stiff for me, but I didn't mind. Will stay again without a doubt! Thank you GYH!” - Martina
Italy“Beautiful location, loved to have a private bathroom in the room, instead of sharing it with the entire hostel.” - Irene
Canada“We had a nice private room with a bathroom. Love the old building” 
Allyson United States“This hostel had the comfiest beds I’ve ever stayed on, nearly the feel of a hotel bed! The four bed shared room was extremely comfortable and convenient. The old building is absolutely beautiful and there are many amenities and places to sit and...”- Sarah United States“Location was quiet/quaint, room was quiet, bed was comfortable, common space was great”
- Elizabeth United States“Excellent location helpful staff very clean comfortable beds very quiet. The only complaint was the shower was difficult to balance the hot and cold.”
- Alexandra
Portugal“This is an OG youth hostel. Remember, the humble bunk beds without privacy curtains, fancy designs, own bars or pub crawls? This is it. The place was clean, felt safe and was a good value for money. Good common areas, really spacious. Staff was...” - Mcculloch
United Kingdom“Lovely building, great location, amazing price and clean comfortable rooms.” - Jakub
Poland“The localization was perfect and the hostel looked astonishing. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Rooms were very clean, tho far from looking astonishing, simply a place to get some sleep. Overall; really great choice for that price (~110...” - Pramod United States“It was very big, and everything was kept very clean”
Area info
House rules
Child policies
Children of all ages are welcome.
To see correct prices and occupancy info, add the number and ages of children in your group to your search.
Crib and extra bed policies
The number of cribs allowed depends on the option you choose. Check your selected option for more info.
There are no extra beds available at this property.
All cribs are subject to availability.
The fine print
Full payment for all bookings will be charged at the time of booking. All major credit & debit cards are accepted excluding American Express.
All bookings will include a temporary membership fee per person per night. (Full, existing members of Hosteling Scotland and HI using these channels are not entitled to a membership refund).
Individual reservations (Up to 9 people) - can cancel free of charge until 3 days before the arrival date. If canceled within the 3 days before the arrival 100 percent of the total price will be charged.
Groups reservations (more than 9 people) - different policies and additional supplements will apply. More than 8 weeks (57 days or more) 20% of total cost. 8 – 4 weeks (56- 29 days) 55% of total cost. 4 – 0 weeks (28 - 0 day) 100% of total cost.
No stag or hen parties are permitted at any youth hostel.
Should guests be entitled to a refund or part refund please note that these are processed by Hosteling Scotland National Office, Stirling. It may take 7 to 10 working days from the date of cancelation request for the refund to be processed back onto the original card used.
From the age of 12 to 15 years, young people must be accompanied by a parent or guardian of the same gender when booking a bed within shared accommodations (Please note that due to demand at this location shared accommodations can be unisex). Parties with young children (under 5 years) will only be accommodated in private rooms, where available
Hosteling Scotland advise that additional notice be given to the destination youth hostel when traveling with children, to ensure that suitable accommodations is available. There is no capacity for extra beds or cots.
Check-in from 17.00 until 22.00 and check-out from 08.00 until 10.00. The hostel is closed during the day between 10.00 and 17.00, though access may be arranged – please contact the hostel in advance.
Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Please inform Glasgow Youth Hostel of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
