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Your Home away from Home, Galway City Hostel-Solo Traveller Hostel is Galway's most popular Hostel for Solo Travellers.

Overlooking Eyre Square and positioned right next to Galway's Rail and Bus Stations the location is simply unbeatable. This Hostel also offers a free and substantial continental breakfast and a very comfortable shared lounge, as well as free Wi-Fi, printing, and luggage storage. The reception staff will look after your every need and can also arrange tours to the Cliffs of Moher, Connemara, and the Aran Islands. Offering landmark and city views, each dorm bed is equipped with a privacy curtain, light, USB and power sockets, along with secure luggage storage.

Please note that large groups may be required to pay a security deposit upon check-in. This deposit is fully refundable upon checkout once all house rules and other guests have been respected.

Cancellation policy: 24h before arrival. In case of a late cancellation or No Show, you will be charged the first night of your stay.

Please note we don't accept -17 in dormitories.

House Rules

Check In

15:00 - 22:00

Check Out

until 10:00

  • Taxes Included
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Facilities

  • Free Breakfast
  • Free City Maps
  • Free WiFi
  • Free Internet Access
  • Free Luggage Storage
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Adaptors
  • Luggage Storage
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Reviews

9.7Superb(3905)
  • Value for Money
    9.4
  • Security
    9.9
  • Atmosphere
    9.6
  • Cleanliness
    9.8
  • Staff
    9.9
  • Location
    9.9
  • Facilities
    9.4
Summary of traveller reviews

Galway City Hostel in Galway is celebrated for its incredibly friendly and helpful staff, who create a warm, social atmosphere perfect for solo travellers. Guests love the prime location, excellent free breakfast, and the organised activities like pub crawls that make meeting people easy. It's a top choice for a comfortable and social stay.

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Stayed in Aug 2026
10
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Anonymous
Male, 25-30, USA
Couldn’t ask for a better introduction to Galway. The hostel is perfectly located right next to the trains and busses at the city center. Walking distance to the Latin quarter, and very social. It can get kinda crowded sometimes at the free breakfast and just hanging out in the main area. A bunch of solo travelers there and tours to the Aran islands or The Cliffs of Moher available to book at reception. Can get a little hot in the rooms until they turn on the ac at 8pm. Overall impressed.
Stayed in Aug 2026
10
E
Emily
Female, 18-24, Canada
Very friendly staff, very clean facilities.
Stayed in Jul 2026
9.1
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Anonymous
Male, 31-40, USA
Clean, mostly comfortable - if not a bit warm at night (my stay was during an unusually hot & sunny week), this hostel and its staff was a great value in a perfect location. The dinners and pub crawl were laid back occasions with a great social atmosphere. In my room there was a lot of street noise, and the gulls cried all night, but all-in-all not unbearably loud. I would stay here again.
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Location

Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland
0.3km from city centre