{"id":204406,"date":"2020-06-11T09:49:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomadicmatt.com\/?p=204406"},"modified":"2025-12-29T03:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:52:35","slug":"best-hostels-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadicmatt.com\/travel-blogs\/best-hostels-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Best Hostels in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Looking<\/p>\n

San Francisco<\/a> is a beautiful, eclectic city. Balancing its hippie roots with its modern, techie scene, it’s a cool, lively, energetic place bursting with history and tons of amazing food. It’s home to hippies, students, artists, entrepreneurs, and sizable immigrant communities. All of that combines to create one of the best metropolises in the country.<\/p>\n

However, it’s also one of the most expensive too!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been visiting San Francisco for a decade and have stayed in dozens of hostels, hotels, and Airbnbs. Since SF is so expensive, hostels are your best bet here. Fortunately, it has a growing hostel scene, so you can<\/i> find affordable accommodation.<\/p>\n

To help you plan your trip, here is my list of the best hostels in San Francisco. If you don\u2019t want to read the longer list below, the following are the best in each category:<\/p>\n

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\nBest Hostel for Budget Travelers<\/strong>:\n<\/div>\n
\nOrange Village<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBest Hostel for Families<\/strong>:\n<\/div>\n
\nAdelaide Hostel<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBest Hostel for Solo Female Travelers<\/strong>:\n<\/div>\n
\nHI Fisherman’s Wharf<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBest Hostel for Digital Nomads<\/strong>:\n<\/div>\n
\nHI Downtown<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBest Hostel for Partying<\/strong>:\n<\/div>\n
\nGreen Tortoise Hostel<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBest Overall Hostel<\/strong>:\n<\/div>\n
\nGreen Tortoise Hostel<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 
\nWant the specifics of each hostel? Here\u2019s my comprehensive list of the best hostels in San Francisco:<\/p>\n

1. HI San Francisco – Downtown<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\nHI Downtown organizes a lot of events, including pub crawls, trips to nearby Muir Woods and Yosemite, and bike tours across the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s a fun, social hostel with decent beds (but no privacy curtains) and lots of storage space so you can lock your stuff up and keep it safe. They also have a fully-equipped kitchen, lots of board games, and are wheelchair accessible too. The Wi-Fi is fast and the private rooms are large as well.<\/p>\n

HI Downtown at a glance<\/strong>:<\/p>\n