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Station Hostel for BackpackersvsThe Qvest Hideaway
Both properties are rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, THE QVEST hideaway scores slightly better than Station Hostel for Backpackers. THE QVEST hideaway scores 80 with recommendations from 2 reviewers such as Lonely Planet, The Telegraph.
Station Hostel for Backpackers
Rough Guide
Frommer's
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
44-48 Marzellenstr, 50668 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
From $20/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Restaurant
- Baggage storage
Rough Guide "Large, privately run hostel... with 24hr reception, kitchen and free internet."
Frommer's "This hostel has a better location that most hotels in Cologne, for a fraction of the cost. The rooms are comfortable if spare, with good beds and strong showers. The staff is friendly and helpful" Full review
Lonely Planet "Not for introverts, this is as classic a hostel as hostels should be: central, convivial and economical" Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"This is as classic a hostel as hostels should be: central, convivial and economical. A lounge gives way to clean, colourful rooms sleeping one to six people in single aluminium-frame beds" Full review
The Qvest Hideaway
The Telegraph Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
Gereonskloster 12, 50670 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
From $137/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Multilingual
- Meeting Rooms
- Dry Cleaning
The Telegraph8.0
"Once housing Cologne’s city archives, this is a beautiful 19th-century building - all pointed, neo-gothic arches, stone columns and clover-shaped mullioned windows." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This dazzling alchemy of historical setting and up-to-the-minute design touches is hidden within the neo-Gothic ribbed vaults and stone pillars of the former city archives" Full review
Michelin Guide "Qvest is something of a design museum...the 34 rooms and suites benefit tremendously from the organic layout, each featuring an exhibit’s worth of individually curated artwork." Full review
