26 Street International Hostel

Anchorage

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Address	1037 W 26th Avenue, Anchorage Alaska, USA Map
Price	25 $ ,owesome brazilian breakfast inc; free internet, one free laundry per person Check Current Prices by Date Here

Location/Contact

Details

Description

Features

Free Breakfast
Kitchen
Lockers
24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Washing Machine (laundry)
Lounge / Common space
Gameroom
Clothes Dryer
TV
Phones (public or in room)
BBQ
Travel information provided
Gym/Fitness Room
Bike Rental

Ratings & Comments

4.5 Average from 10 Ratings

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Comment by Born to Travel, US

August 2009

Adequate
Very pleasant atmosphere by the couple that run it, Sing and Roshina. The hostel is an older boarding house that is well worn but adequately maintained and cleaned. The neighborhood was ok and near a significant bus line. Coffee is available from breakfast until it runs out. Breakfast was hard boiled eggs with bagels, cream cheese, jam, and toast. Shoes are taken off at the entry unless you have smooth soles. Two internet PCs plus Wi-Fi were adequate. If you are used to sparkling new hostels, this will be disappointing, but they did well with an older building and I felt safe. No complaints.

Comment by Suzan, USA

October 2008

Dirty, Moldy, Smelly, Mice Infested, Rude Managers
I had paid for a week in October, and only stayed for four days because I couldn't stand being there anymore. First, the room smelled bad when I arrived. (Room #5) They had opened two windows in the room (I'm assuming the purpose of that was to reduce the smell), but it didn't reduce the smell, it just made the room very cold and also made the wood expand so that I was not able to close them completely, therefore not really helping the cold factor. It was also cold because they didn't turn the heat up above 60 F, even with two blankets I shivered the entire time I was in the room. Second, the bathroom upstairs had an extreme amount of mold; I could see it and smell it. It was all around the top of the shower panels and I'm sure it's made the drywall moldy too. Third, there was at least one mouse in the hostel. It made its way up into my room and took advantage of some of my food and urinated in one of my suitcases. Finally when I told the managers about these issues, they got very defensive and told me to clean the bathroom myself. They couldn't turn up the heat and wouldn't attempt to catch the mouse. They didn't make any effort to correct these wrongs -- they just made excuses and told me that I had expected to stay in a place like the Hilton for a cheap price. I lived in hostels for four months straight and this was the second to worst hostel that I've stayed in (the worst was in Barcelona). The 26 St International Hostel's managers were very rude, very defensive, and very lazy. The whole hostel was dirty -- they never vacuumed or cleaned the kitchen very well either. The nicest thing about this whole experience was that I got the rest of my money back and moved into a Bed and Breakfast that was ten times better for only twice the price. I do not recommend this hostel unless you don't mind mold, mice, and unaccommodating managers.

Comment by Joan Farnworth, English

October 2008

Very well run. Friendly and safe environment for lone women travelers
The hostel is ideally situated for a bus route or walk into Anchorage centre. It offers a sense of security along with the excellent travel guidance and advice of the couple who run it who are a young, well traveled couple from Argentina. I stayed there for over ten days back in December 2006. That stay has proved me with extremely fond memories.

Comment by Bryan

September 2006

The best hostel I stayed in during my three weeks in Alaska. The owners were great as were the facilities. Sorry about stumbling back drunk at some weird hour of the morning.

Comment by Tim

July 2006

Fantastic -- exceptionally friendly and clean. one of the best hostels I have stayed in!

Comment by Nathan Teague

June 2006

This place is great. I stayed here six days, and everybody was really helpful and nice. Great atmosphere, and Sebastian even offered to let me use a fishing pole he had. Breakfast is hearty, the rooms are super clean, and everything that is supposed to work does.

Comment by Brian L

April 2006

Best I coulda asked for. Damn sweet, clean, nice nice owners. If you're skeptical about hostels, end it now. It was my first time and it couldn't have went smoother.

Comment by james veron

January 2006

This place is awesome. The guys who are running this hostel are very friendly, polites and so nice for a chat or help everybody to travel around Alaska. This hostel is so clean and comfortable that i have to include in my top 5 in all over the world. Certainly i have more than 10 years traveling by the 5 continents Cheers Guys

Comment by Casey

October 2005

I have fond memories from my stay at this hostel. After getting settled into a room, I had the opportunity to sit with the friendly people who run the place and watch Argentina (they're home country, not mine) win the gold in basketball in the '04 Olympics! I can't recommend this place enough for it's friendly, relaxed atmosphere, and the bed was nice, too!

Comment by Neil and Kelly, London UK

August 2005

This place is great, run by a wonderful Argentinean couple, Sebastian and Marcella, who biked it all the way up from Ushauaia in Argentina to Alaska on $2 a day! They are incredibly friendly and help you with all your questions on travel within the region. We stayed initially in a four-bed dorm that was comfortable and then hitched up a tent in the garden for $10 each. They have free Internet, a DVD with a good DVD movie selection to choose from and it's a friendly relaxed place to hang out. I thoroughly recommend it. Sebastian is a big footy fan so if you like 'SOCCER' or footy as we like to call it, you're in good company.

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