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City Backpackers HostelvsHotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western
Both City Backpackers Hostel and Hotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western are rated highly by professional reviewers. On balance, City Backpackers Hostel is preferred by most reviewers compared to Hotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western. City Backpackers Hostel has a TripExpert Score of 84 with praise from 6 sources such as Time Out, The Telegraph and Frommer's.
City Backpackers Hostel
Lonely Planet
Rough Guide
Time Out
EuroCheapo
The Telegraph
Frommer's Lonely Planet
Upplandsgatan 2a, Stockholm 11123, Sweden
From $18/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Multilingual
- Kitchenette
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"The closest hostel to Centralstationen has clean rooms, friendly staff, free bike hire and excellent facilities, including a sauna, a laundry and kitchen (with a free stash of pasta)." Full review
Rough Guide Star
"Friendly hostel with a hundred beds, only 5min from the Central Station."
Time Out "Located in a 19th-century building on Norra Bantorget square, this 82-bed hostel is convenient, a ten-minute walk from Central Station, and near Hötorget and the shopping district." Full review
EuroCheapo Editor's Pick
"Located just a couple minutes away from Central Station and the center of Stockholm, City Backpackers is the perfect place for, well, backpackers." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"This city-centre hostel melds practicality and style, with cosy public spaces and facilities ranging from the commonplace – laundry and free Wi-Fi – to the eccentric – sauna tours." Full review
Frommer's "Scandinavian hostels look better than many hotels do in other parts of the world, and this one is no exception." Full review
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Choose between cheap dorms if you like snoring, or private rooms if you have the added cash.
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The closest hostel to Centralstationen has clean rooms, friendly staff, free bike hire and excellent facilities, including sauna, laundry and kitchen (with a free stash of pasta)" Full review
Hotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western
Concierge
Fodor's Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness Time Out
Star Service
Travel + Leisure
Strandvagen 7A, Stockholm 114 56, Sweden
From $80/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Concierge "If you've had it to here with design, take refuge in this cute-as-granny's-house, family-run (by the current brood since 1986) harbor-front hotel."
Fodor's "Right on the water and only a few buildings down from Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater, Hotel Esplanade is a beautiful hotel with a real touch of old Stockholm." Full review
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Be sure to call well ahead to book a room, since many regulars return every year.
Lonely Planet "A cute building in a line of cute buildings, this welcoming hotel has individually decorated rooms and a superb Art Nouveau style."
DK Eyewitness "Frequented by representatives of nearby embassies and others who enjoy its traditional charm, the Esplanade is a cosy tourist hotel set in a majestic patrician house."
Time Out "The Esplanade is next door to the Diplomat, and has the same staggering water views and four-star rating." Full review
Star Service "This modest family-run hotel occupies a portion of an ornate art-nouveau building dating from 1910." Full review
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Some of the newly renovated rooms show crisp fabrics, paint and new bedspreads; these are worth requesting.
Travel + Leisure "Like its next-door neighbor Hotel Diplomat, the Esplanade is a family-run hotel with extraordinary water views, standing on one of the finest streets in town." Full review
