Salzburg
Austria.
Austria · 6 districts · 4 vibes
6 handpicked hostels in Salzburg, sorted by traveler rating.
Salzburg is Mozart's birthplace, a UNESCO Old Town wedged between the Salzach and the Mönchsberg cliff, and the launch pad for Hallstatt and Berchtesgaden day trips. Its hostel scene is small but sharp: six properties across the Hauptbahnhof neighborhood, the Lehen riverside, summer-only Itzling, and a one-of-a-kind mountain hut on the cliff above the Old Town. Festival weeks (late July to August) double central prices and make Wals or Kolpinghaus the smarter pick.
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6 handpicked hostels in Salzburg, sorted by traveler rating.
YoHo - International Youth Hostel
YoHo is the first hostel anyone in Salzburg recommends — an 8 min walk from Hauptbahnhof, 10 from Mirabell, and home to the legendary nightly Sound of Music screening at the in-house bar. 8.1 over 4,127 Booking reviews, dorms from €28, and the most consistently social common room in town.
Hostel Salzburg-Wals
Hostel Salzburg-Wals is the road-tripper and Festival overflow option — 7 km west of the Old Town in Wals-Siezenheim, a 25 min Bus 1 ride to the centre but a 5 min walk to Salzburg Airport. 8.0 over 612 reviews, with a sun terrace, on-site bar, garden and free parking — the rare central-Salzburg-priced bed when Festival season locks the city out.
myNext - Riverside Hotel Salzburg
myNext - Riverside Hotel Salzburg is the quietest budget option on the river — a converted student dorm in Lehen, 12 min from the Hauptbahnhof and a 20 min Salzach walk to the Old Town. 7.9 over 1,843 reviews, hotel-grade private rooms with private bathrooms from €38, free guest mobility ticket, and the calm-and-clean profile YoHo can't match.
Kolpinghaus Salzburg - SommerHOSTEL
Kolpinghaus is a Catholic-foundation student hall that opens its rooms to travelers as the SommerHOSTEL from late June to early September. Riverside Itzling location, hotel-grade private rooms with TV and shower, free parking, and the same proper Austrian breakfast you'd pay €15 for at a hotel — for €35 a night during the months when central Salzburg triples its prices.
The Keep Eco Rooms
The Keep Eco Rooms is the small-and-thoughtful Salzburg pick — a 14-room eco-conscious budget hotel-hostel hybrid on Schwarzstraße, 7 min walk from Mirabell and 9 from Hauptbahnhof, with self-check-in, vegan breakfast options, a real shared kitchen, and the kind of design details (old-wallpaper feature walls, vintage armchairs) you don't find at YoHo. 7.4 over 198 reviews and growing.
Stadtalm Naturfreundehaus
Stadtalm is the one-of-a-kind Salzburg pick — a working mountain hut on the Mönchsberg cliff with a restaurant, a fireplace dining room, a charming garden, and rooms looking straight down at the Old Town. 7.3 over 132 reviews, dorms and privates from €36, and the only Salzburg hostel where the panorama of the Festung, Cathedral and Dom is the view from your bed.
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Three Salzburg hostels run shared kitchens that actually work for self-caterers — myNext - Riverside in Lehen with the SPAR a 4-min walk awa…
Three Salzburg hostels run breakfast operations that beat the central café market — Hostel Salzburg-Wals with the €8 buffet that locals call…
Two Salzburg hostels run in-house bars that mean something — YoHo - International Youth Hostel near the Hauptbahnhof with the famous nightly…
Two Salzburg hostels combine an outdoor terrace with an in-house bar — Kolpinghaus in Itzling (summer-only, June-Sept) with a small sun terr…