Vadodara
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5 handpicked hostels in Vadodara, sorted by traveler rating.
Vadodara sits on the Vishwamitri River in central Gujarat, a university city built around the Gaekwad dynasty's Laxmi Vilas Palace, one of the largest private residences in India. Sayaji Baug, the sprawling central park with its own zoo and museum, anchors the old town, while Alkapuri and Sayajigunj carry the newer restaurants, cafes and student crowd tied to Maharaja Sayajirao University. Vadodara Junction sits close to the centre, so most hostels and hotels cluster within a short auto-rickshaw ride of both the station and the palace grounds. The city works well as a two- or three-night stop between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, or as a base for the Statue of Unity and Champaner-Pavagarh day trips, more than as a long-stay backpacker hub.
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Best Hostels in Vadodara
5 handpicked hostels in Vadodara, sorted by traveler rating.
Grand Mercure Vadodara Surya Palace
Sayajigunj hotel with a swimming pool, spa and garden grounds five minutes by car from Laxmi Vilas Palace and Sayaji Baug. Marble-floored rooms include tea and coffee makers and bathrobes, with Restaurant Azure and a bakery outlet on-site.
Sayaji Vadodara
Five-star business hotel positioned equidistant from Vadodara Airport and the railway station, with fine-dining restaurants, a bar, garden facilities, a banquet hall and a 24-hour front desk built for travellers arriving or departing at odd hours.
Hotel President, Kalaghoda
Family-run hotel in Kalaghoda, an 8-minute walk from Vadodara Railway Station, with air-conditioned family rooms, private bathrooms and free Wi-Fi. The restaurant serves vegetarian, halal and kosher buffet breakfast, brunch and lunch, backed by free on-site parking and a 24-hour front desk.
Effotel by Sayaji Vadodara
Adults-only property under a kilometre from Vadodara Railway Station, with air-conditioned rooms, city views and a continental buffet breakfast served daily. A fitness centre, coffee shop and minibar round out a stay built for travellers passing through on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line.
Collection O Sur Sagar Lakeview Vadodara Formerly Vintage Inn
Kalaghoda property, formerly Vintage Inn, with kitchenette-equipped family rooms plus a separate shared kitchen stocked with cleaning products. A lounge, hot tub and daily housekeeping sit alongside a continental breakfast, a 15-minute walk from Laxmi Vilas Palace.
Hand-picked guides.
Vadodara's heat makes outdoor space worth more than it sounds on paper, and two properties on the Sayajigunj side of town deliver it properl…
Only one Vadodara property lists a genuine shared kitchen rather than a room-side kettle, and it happens to sit in the older Kalaghoda side …
Kalaghoda and the streets around Vadodara Railway Station hold the strongest breakfast-included stays in the city, and the pattern is consis…
Vadodara is not a nightlife city in the way Goa or Mumbai are, so a hostel with its own bar carries more weight here than it would elsewhere…
Vadodara sits inland on the Vishwamitri River in central Gujarat, so no property here delivers an actual beach, and it would be dishonest to…