Toronto Global Village Backpackers is a big hostel with friendly staff and a good atmosphere. There are four floors of rooms, lounge room with TV, and a backpacker bar that's not particularly cheap. Breakfast is available to buy and there's a kitchen to cook your dinner. Laundry costs $3.00 to wash and dry and internet access is $2 for half an hour (free wi-fi if you have a laptop). The area is ok and there are food, bars, and tourist attractions nearby. But Toronto is a big sprawling city so it can be a fair hike from one side to the other. Chinatown is close and a good source of food.
The hostel is fairly clean and tidy and the rooms are nicely painted. The dorms are ok. Sheets are included and the mattresses are comfortable and properly sized. There is a lack of bathroom facilities though. At the time of our visit there were only two or three working showers for women and the same for men between the three floors. Toilets are few and far between as well.
This hostel is a 20-30 minutes walk from the train or bus station (rather than the 15 minutes they say), but it's a flat walk. It's not really far enough to justify the $2.50 fare for public transport if the weather is fine. The hostel is on the corner of Spadina and King street, which are both major streets so it's not hard to find on any map.
— Exklusive Hostelz.com Übersicht
December 2005
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