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Avalon House Hostel: Friendly hostel    Check Rates
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    • RachelSmith
  • By RachelSmith on September 24, 2006
    • Having stayed in quite a few hostels, i would say this isn't much different from the norm... but it is clean and friendly, and you do get free internet and a free breakfast - which i slept through today, so can't tell you how good it is! There's a decent tv room with good sofas, and another video room downstairs, and a huge kitchen... We're in a twin room, and it is petite, but cozy enough... only thing i think it misses is somewhere to put your stuff... there are a few hooks, but there's not really a real place to put your bags. But i guess that's not a huge deal for the rest of the stuff you get... like your own sink...

    We're not right in Temple Bar, which is what i would call central to a visit to Dublin, but it is well located, and only a short walk to practically anything. The other bonus is there's a bus direct from the airport that drops you off just over the street, for only 1.80 Euros each way... not bad at all!!! (That's 16A for ref and goes right down O'Connel St too!)

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Directions: Just south of the Liffey, 5-10 minutes walk from Temple Bar, heading down Great George St, which turns into Aungier St.
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    Avalon House Hostel: Dublin's City Central    Check Rates
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    • fairestmom
  • Updated By fairestmom on July 5, 2007
    • The Avalon House Hostel - Dublin
    The Avalon House Hostel
    by fairestmom,
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    We arrived at the Avalon House Hostel after spending the night before in a very large suite at the Christopher North House Hotel in Edinburgh. There were 2 sets of bunkbeds in one small room and 4 adults, you cannot imagine how cramped our quarters were! The beds were the only furniture and there was no place for our luggage except under the beds. 2 small shelves and a hook was our closet and there was one small mirror and a lavatory basin. Our room had one very large window. We made our reservations via the internet and thought our room had restroom/shower ensuite, but upon arrival we found out we needed to use community restrooms and showers which were just down the hall and you had to pay extra to use their towels.

    I have to say that the bunkbeds were very comfortable for sleeping and the linens were crisp and clean. The restroom and shower area was kept very clean which I was glad about. This hostel does not have a pool and there was not much of a view from our window. The location was great and we felt safe walking everywhere. Our stay also included a very basic continental breakfast. If you want to save money on lodging expenses this is a good place to stay. Eventhough this place was very different from what we were used to we would not trade our experience for anything.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Phone: +353 (0) 1 4750001
  • Directions: I am not sure what this area is called, but the Avalon House is about a 2 minute walk from St. Stephen's Green West and about a 5 minute walk from Trinity College.
  • Website: www.avalon-house.ie/map.php
  • Other Contact: fax: +353 (0) 1 4750303
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    Avalon House Hostel: Great location    Check Rates
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    • Eszter
  • By Eszter on June 13, 2004
    • Avalon House is Dublin's most centrally located hostel, only a few minutes walk from Grafton Street (the main shopping street), Temple Bar, and O'Connell Street.
    Facilities: 24-hour reception, friendly international staff, luggage storage, kitchen, email and internet access, etc.
    Breakfast is included.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Phone: +353 1 4750001
  • Directions: From Bus Station (Busaras): take bus 16, 16A, 19 or 22 southbound on O'Connell Street. From airport: airport shuttle bus operates every 10 minutes. This will take you to O'Connell Street, where you can catch one of the above-mentioned buses.
  • Website: http://www.avalon-house.ie
  • Other Contact: info@avalon-house.ie
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    Avalon House Hostel: Avalon house - AVOID this place!!    Check Rates
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    • kathycollins
  • Updated By kathycollins on October 14, 2002
    • Avalon house on augier Street was a very bad experience. They lost our original reservations and put us in a room with shared bath - one bathroom for the whole second floor! If someone was showering you had to go up to another floor to use the facilities. Our room had no heat and a broken window - I got sick from the air blowing on me all night. It gets COLD at night in March! Staff were remarkably unhelpful. The desk attendant told my roomate to go find toilet tissue in another bathroom herself - she didn't have any at the desk and it wasn't her problem! It may be highly recommended by guide books, but our experience was terrible!

    lousy breakfast - stale muffin, sour yogurt, tea or coffee

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    • Bigs
  • Updated By Bigs on September 12, 2002
    • Avalon House Hostel - Dublin
    by Bigs
    This hostel is very international, but the rooms are small. No space for luggage. There are lockers downstairs...The showers/toilets are also on 1st floor.....well there is one toilet/shower on each floor:-(
    There has been no working heater in our room....and you couldn´t open the window.....
    Breakfast is packed for each guest. It´s the same every day (Muffin/Orange Juice/Joghurt/Tea/Coffee).
    Kitchen. Internet Access.

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    Avalon House Hostel: A Comfy Hostel    Check Rates
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    • haimee
  • Updated By haimee on October 26, 2002
    • Avalon House Hostel - Dublin
    by haimee
    Average priced and includes continental breakfast(which i missed). There are single, twin, four and six bed rooms, some ensuite. They offer internet and email access, a game room and have no curfew. Convenient location in Dublin's centre near Grafton St., Temple Bar and St. Stephen's Green. I enjoyed my stay here but the room was incredibly hot, even with the window open. However, the girls across the hall were perfectly comfortable.(guess it was just our room?)

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  • Website: www.avalon-house
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    Avalon House Hostel: Avalon House (though next time...    Check Rates
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    • munchie_cat
  • By munchie_cat on August 26, 2002
    • Avalon House (though next time I'll be staying at Kinlay House, it's a lot closer into Town)
    We stayed in a 4 bed dorm with ensuite last time, first 2 nights were just my sisters and I, on the last night, a young irish lad from Belfast joined our room. I think he panicked! But it worked out to about £13 each per night.

    No curfew, clean and adequate facilities. Internet access but neither of the net points were working when I was there. Includes breakfast.

  • Theme: Hostel
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Directions: Aungier St - about 10 minutes walk from Temple Bar (But I do have short legs)
  • Other Contact: http://www.avalon-house.ie/
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    • jenna24
  • By jenna24 on August 25, 2002
    • Avalon House Hostel - Dublin
    by jenna24
    Avalon House

    This listed building, which started out as a medical school in Victorian times, now provides excellent budget accommodation. Ideal for groups, singles and couples, beds are available in dorms or smaller rooms upon request. All the beds are clean and the rooms are newly decorated. There is a great café on the premises, with a huge fire and a high ceiling, perfect for cappuccino and newspapers.

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  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Directions: 55 Aungier Street Dublin 2Tel: +353 (0) 1 475 0001 Fax: +353 (0) 1 475 0303
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    Avalon House Hostel: A cool Hostel (in every sense of the word "cool")    Check Rates
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    • sabsi
  • Updated By sabsi on February 8, 2007
    • Avalon House, Dublin - Dublin
    Avalon House, Dublin
    by sabsi
    Paid approx. 17 IEP for a night in a four bedded room but that was for the Millennium celebrations so it might have been more than you'd normally pay. Now in Euro times bed prices range from €13 - 37 (depending of beds in the room, season and weekend/midweek)

    I wouldn't stay there again though, I've heard there are nicer places - and a B&B isn't much more expensive!!!

    Mostly very friendly staff. Beds were good but no heating in our room in winter (AAAAAAArgh it was cold!). Breakfast was the same every day but the famous Blueberry Muffin was ok and lasted for the whole day ;-) There are lockers which you can use in a room next to the reception.

    The hostel was awarded membership of Europe's Famous Five Hostels... I wonder what the criteria was!? It really wasn't that good and a bit filthy overall.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Phone: 353-1-4750001
  • Directions: Aungier Street, Southside, in walking distance of all main sights, quite close to Temple Bar
  • Website: www.avalon-house.ie
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    • ainhoaflies
  • By ainhoaflies on August 24, 2002
    • Avalon House Hostel - Dublin
    by ainhoaflies
    Avalon House is located in the centre of Dublin, two minutes from Grafton Street, Temple Bar, and the historical St. Stephen's Green. The hostel is situated in a renovated Victorian medical school, listed with Dublin Corporation as a building of outstanding Architectural merit. Atmosphere alone makes this a place worth staying in.

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