171 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga Tel (07) 578 5064 Websitewww.yha.co.nz
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This YHA-owned hostel is very clean and has a bit of a quirky personality, something you don’t always find in YHA hostels. There’s a good-sized kitchen and dining area, as well as a small TV lounge, but the real standout here is the backyard. It’s large, with nice gardens, a picnic table, and a small pond. There are whimsical wooden sculptures throughout, including a giant kiwifruit and a boat on the pond. The hostel is a few minutes from the centre of town and has off-street parking available.
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Price Dorm bed $26-$27 ($23-$24 HI/YHA) Single room $49 ($46 HI/YHA) Double room $62 ($56 HI/YHA) Prices are in New Zealand dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Both nature and the city on your doorstep 5 January 2008
Pros:
The lovely garden area out the back overlooking the estuary
Cons:
The location at the bottom of a hill if you aren't very fit!
domba
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(Review ID: 7467)
We stayed here with three teenagers, including one in a wheelchair, and found it very pleasant. The facilities were adequate and clean, and the back garden was very well-planned and peaceful. The walk into town is uphill, and that proved difficult with the wheelchair, but not impossible. We would stay there again.
Nice stay, great kitchen, off the wall lady on reception! 28 November 2005
Pros:
comfy feel to it, nice kitchen and showers were great
Cons:
Out of town and near main road
somaximus
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(Review ID: 10)
The woman on reception and her parrott is off the wall but very entertaining! Godd facilities but near a main road so can be quite noisy. Get the ear plugs out and you'll do jus fine. Nice garden, great showers, but a little out of town and a long way from any supermarket.
Tauranga is pretty quiet though!
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Natalie
UK
Clean and friendly 31 March 2005
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(Review ID: 12259)
This hostel was really pleasant, very clean indeed with friendly staff and a lovely garden area, kitchen and lounge. It's a little out of town compared to some of the others and it loses marks for having terrible showers (dribbly and going to hot/cold extremes) but that was the only downside.
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Anonymous
Ireland
Very nice clean hostel 2 February 2004
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(Review ID: 12260)
I found the hostel very clean and nice. Very friendly girl in reception, very clean big kitchen and loads of videos to watch. Nice garden and rooms - they provide free quilts and linen ( I can't stand it when they make you pay for linen as I feel it should be included). Overall, great quality hostel.
