Hostelworld Travel Features

Top Stockholm Tips - Your Unmissable Highlights of Stockholm

Every year Stockholm welcomes millions of visitors who are drawn to the city’s architectural beauty, culture and history. With so much to choose from, what are the must-do activities in the Swedish capital?

The biggest festivals of 2013

This year has already started off with a bang as we see the end of Carnival in Rio and Venice. Hot on their heels are the annual festivals of Las Fallas in Valencia and St Patrick’s Day in Dublin. So what’s going on when you’re travelling? To help you plan your calendar, we take a look at what fifteen of the biggest festivals to take place between now and the end of the year...

Hostels with a view

When you hit the road, usually seeing the sights is pretty high on the list of priorities. So why should your time in a hostel be any different? There are many hostels on Hostelworld.com with great views, but we’ve picked out some of the best here, ranging from city skylines to stunning mountain vistas and everything in between. Pack your camera and get ready for wanderlust in 3...2...1...

Boats, beers and beautiful Bruges

It won't take long to discover why Bruges' is Belgium's most visited cit. It is remarkably clean, it has two of the country's most beautiful squares and, by taking a short canal trip, you can see the entire city in a day.

Credit crunch sees hostels turn from bleak to chic

No longer are hostels the drab, sparsely furnished dormitories of yester year. Hostels have finally come of age. The general public are now catching on that hostels have turned from bleak to chic.

Meet the team - Kilian Maxwell

Hostelworld.com's staff member Killian Maxwell shares his favourite travel memories and over the last few years.

How backpacking has changed

Things have changed over the last ten years in terms of backpacking. Over the last decade online reviews have been preferred to those in guidebooks, the term 'flashpacker' has been coined, and you can book online to give yourself piece of mind. Read on to find out Hostelworld.com's top ten ways backpacking has changed over the decade...

50 things to do for free in Asia

Are you planning a visit to Asia? Want to know where to see the best sunsets? Or where to find some great markets? Then check out our 50 free things to do in Asia.