Sydney Central YHA

This multiple-award-winning hostel is one of the biggest and busiest in the world. With a 98% year-round occupancy rate, you'll have to book early. Rooms are clean and basic. Three dorm rooms hold eight people each; 24 sleep up to six; and 70 accommodate four. In the basement is the Scu Bar, a popular drinking hole with pool tables and occasional entertainment. There's also an entertainment room with more pool tables and e-mail facilities, TV rooms on every floor, and an audiovisual room that shows movies. The YHA is accessible to travelers with disabilities.

Another hostel, the Railway Square YHA, 8-10 Lee St., is at the corner of Upper Carriage Lane and Lee St., or enter via the Henry Dean Plaza (tel. 02/9281 9666; fax 02/9281 9688). The historic 1904 building adjoining "Platform Zero" at Central Railway Station offers 64 beds in four- to eight-bed dorm rooms and 10 double rooms. Some dorm rooms are even located in railway carriages. There's a sauna, pool, Internet cafe, tour desk, indoor and outdoor communal areas, and a self-catering kitchen. Dorm rooms are A$32 to A$35 a night, doubles with shared bathroom are A$91 to A$102, and doubles with bathroom are A$100 to A$112.

Check www.yha.com.au for the full list more than 140 YHA hostels in Australia, which includes other hostels in Sydney.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; small heated outdoor pool; sauna

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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