The Holland Park Youth Hostel has one of the best approaches around. Coming from Holland Park Avenue (and the Holland Park Tube station), you’ll walk for about ten minutes along Holland Walk, a pedestrian passageway bordered on one side by Holland Park. As befits a hostel essentially lodged within a huge garden, this hostel’s green spaces are also uncommonly gorgeous, with lawns, a fishpond, loads of overflowing flowerboxes in season, and benches on which you can take in the majesty.
As for the rooms... well, they certainly know how to pack in the guests. Bunk beds in the private rooms are tucked into one another in overlapping L-shapes. This configuration maximizes the beds-per-square-meter ratio, although those suffering from claustrophobia might want to book elsewhere.
Rooms are serviceable and should be very familiar to backpackers. Style is not an objective here, but the low nightly rates, quiet location, and proximity to the heart of tony Kensington all make the Holland Park worth considering.
» Alex Robertson Textor
Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.