Maja Nordlund

 

 

7th Place: Happy Sleep House
The alpin town Füssen, in the very south of Germany, is pretty hard to reach but soooo worth it when you're finally here! Happy Sleep House sounded like a name of a brothel to me, but it's actually a really sweet B&B owned by an Asian women whose name I unfortunately have forgotten. The rooms are clean and when we arrived we had a basket full of cookies and chocolate waiting on our bedside table! It's free coffee and tea, which the nice women makes for you in her kitchen. This B&B is close to the bus station, which is the only way to get to the famous castle Neuschwanstein (the main reason to come here). It's also close to the main square where all the stores and cute alp-shops are.

 

 

6th Place: Hostel Mango
This place is great for many reasons! 1: it's in Prague and Prague is an amazing city, 2: it's in the beautiful old part of the city and just 50 meters from the famous Charles Bridge! The name of it is maybe not that great though, but Hostel Mango is still worth a visit! The rooms are modern and there's a big open place that connects all rooms, where you can sit and have breakfast.

The staff is friendly and helpful, and you cannot complain about the location of this hostel! The street outside is supercosy and it's close to the Prague Castle, which is worth a visit if you're into old stone buildings and that stuff. It's just a walk over the Charles Bridge and you're in the centre of the city. Simply close to everything you wanna see in Prague!

 

In the Lao town Vang Vieng you'll find Pan's Place, a charming hostel run by Chris who is either a Kiwi or an Aussie, can't remember which...! Anyhow, here you'll have comfy beds, free drinking water and cheap, and really good, breakfast! It's not on the real party-street, which is a good thing, but it's not that far away from it, which also is a good thing.. ;) It's no curfew so you can come and go any time you like! Vang Vieng is a really cool and different town, and Lao is maybe the friendliest country is Asia, so you won't regret going here!

 

On the beautiful greek island Santorini lies the town Oía, with all the famous luxury hotels and pools. But Oía is built on a really steep mountain, so the luxury hotels is on the cliff side and the less luxury hotels is just 50 meters on the other, less steep, side (which I guess is the reason why it's cheaper...!) One of those cheaper, but still very nice, hotels are Casa Francesca. The best thing about this place (except that it has free wifi) is that it really is soooo close to where you wanna be; the narrow walks through fancy boutiqes and restaurants, the famous churches with blue roofs and the windmill on the highest point of the island!

 

If you're in Australia and wanna stay in Cairns, you won't be disappointed of Asylum! It's a hostel with a real party-vibe but, believe it or not, it's actually run by a family. They're all awesome though and make everyone feel like they're a part of it! They arrange bbq-parties, let people make their own T-shirts and take you out to the best nightclubs in Cairns! Here's heaps of backpackers from all over the world and everyone's in the best mood all the time, thanks to the friendly hostel family!

On the small greek Island Ios you'll find Far Out Camping, and though it's not a hostel it's still the best place to stay at on Ios, and maybe at all the surrounding Island as well! It's a youth camping, so it's nothing like campings in Sweden! It lies just 20 meters from the beach, and it also has its own pool with a great bar! Just beside it is another pool with another great bar, so if you get bored of one just go to the other! ;) Ios is packed with Aussies around june and everyone knows Aussies are really fun people to hang out with, so you're gonna have a good time here!

 

 

The best place I've ever stayed at is a B&B called Hotel T Keizerhof which lies in Bruges, Belgium! This place is run by an elderly couple named Ivan and Hilde. They are sooo nice and helpful and are the biggest part in why I love this place!

The price, which is quite the same as any other hostel or B&B in Bruges, includes breakfast and that's another reason why I love this place. You get different kinds of bread, nutella, coffee, tea, youghurt, - and speculoos! It's kinda like nutella but it's made of crushed biscuits!! Soooo good, please don't miss it if you're in Belgium or Neatherlands!! And a really cute reason to come here is Ralph, an old golden retriver which Ivan and Hilde bought from an animal rescue centre! Bruges is a great town and T Keizerhof is the place to stay!