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Snow River Hostel

Seward

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Address	22634 Seward Highway (Mile 16), Seward Alaska, USA Map
Price	20.00 bunks private room or cabin $50.00 per night 20.00 extra persons

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Their Description

Features

Free Breakfast
Kitchen

The Hostelz.com Review

The Seward Snow River Hostel is about 16 miles North of Seward, so you'll need a car to reach it. The hostel overlooks a hill and the view from is great. A small creek also flows nearby. The hostel is run by John Lennon (no, not that John Lennon) and Edna. Edna is a school teacher and is a very nice and friendly person.

The hostel is very clean. Spacious cabins are also available. Whether you stay in the hostel or cabins, you share the kitchen and the bathrooms at the main hostel building. The bathroom is exceptionally clean. And the kitchen is fully equipped and also very clean. It has all the basic utensils -- and a massive old heater. The dining area has a large table that can seat eight. The bunks of the main hostel are upstairs. At the time of this review bunks cost $15 a night.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
November 2004

Ratings & Comments

4.4 Average from 7 Ratings

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Comment by Elisabetta, Italy

October 2009

Stunning!
The best place on earth and a lovely family running it! In alaska is the best place we've been!

Comment by Lynda, USA

February 2009

Wonderful place to stay
I stayed in the homesteader's cabin. Absolutely wonderful. Beautiful surroundings. Wonderful hostess.

Comment by Anon, US

February 2008

Clean, quiet, friendly hostel
This was a nice hostel to stay at-it was very quiet and located about twelve miles north of Seward. The owners are very nice people, and the hostel, while somewhat basic, was very comfortable and "Alaskan" feeling. I would recommend it to travelers with cars who want to stay outside of town -- there are trails in the area and it is located close to a river.

Comment by Swami

July 2006

We stayed a couple of nights in this hostel in Seward. The private room we stayed was very clean and nice. The kitchen was pretty good. Overall, we had a good stay in this place.

Comment by john the wanderer

December 2005

Great place,...a cozy old hunting lodge with a big spread out kitchen bar and lots of books. I popped in and out for dozens of nights during a summer long stay. Home away from home to a wandering painter who worships the spectacular vistas of the Kenai.....Hi to Mr. and Mr.s Lennon!

Comment by Anonymous

July 2005

This was a very nice place. Manager - Mrs. Lennon - was a lovely lady and very helpful. There was a female and a male bunk room and a private room for three which we requested and used. Two bathrooms and showers in the facility, a breakfast area and kitchen utensils. Lock on front door and on bedroom. Very nice area. Very safe. Very clean and comfortable.

Comment by Carole Caravaggio

July 2004

We three women asked for and reserved a private room. It was upstairs, and it was clean and comfy. The main area is large and clean, and there is an old, wood-burning, cast-iron cooking stove. The place you register at is next door - over an amazing creek. The downstairs is spacious, with a huge table surrounded by many dining room chairs, sofas and such. The outside of the building is charming. There are many good hiking trails nearby. The town area of Seward is what we were interested in, and it has many artsy shops and a GREAT Bakery,"The Ranting Raven" (excellent quiche for breakfast), as well as an adjoining gift shop with unique items at good prices. (The bathrooms and showers at the hostel were being worked on in mid to late June, 2004, and that will be a blessing - but they do work.) It was a good exerience. A full-size kitchen lines one wall of the lower hostel.

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