Since cheap hotels in Israel are not exactly what you might imagine when thinking of cheap, you may want to give Israel hostels a look. We’re going to cover in this article cheap Israel hostel chains as well as some cheap hostels in major cities plus tips on how to find yourself a cheap and decent hostel if you don’t like our choices. Here we go.

After doing our thorough research, here are some of the cheap Israel hostels we recommend:

Cheap Israel Hostels Chains

1. ILH – Israel Hostels

ILH or Israel Hostels is an association of hostel owners from Israel. They teamed together to better promote their hostels and provide a better experience to travelers. They promise to help travelers get the most out of their Israel vacation and to offer well located hostels that are clean at a decent price. One noticeable thing is that all their hostels have a common meeting area such as a living room or a garden where one could meet other fellow travelers and network with them.

Site: hostels-israel.com

2. Israel Youth Hostel Association

IYHA is a 70 year-old network of guest houses and youth hostels in Israel. Their aim is to provide Israel accommodation and hosteling as well as various other travel related services at decent prices. They are also promoting Israel through seminars. The association has hostels in pretty much every important part of Israel so you’re bound to find something for your needs. All of their hostels offer air conditioned rooms with shower and bathrooms as well as many other amenities. One can also get a fidelity card at any of the network’s hostels that can be used to get discounts at Israel hostels and on Israel tours as well as discounts at over 4000 worldwide hostels. Not too bad.

Site: iyha.org.il

Cheap Tel Aviv Hostel – Hayarkon 48 Hostel

This is one cheap and fine hostel in Tel Aviv. It is part of the ILH network. It operates since 1998 and offers goodies such as hot showers, a fully equipped kitchen, a wide screen TV in the lounge, free wi-fi Internet and more. It also benefits from a great location, being only a couple hundred of meters away from the beach.

Site: hayarkon48.com
Address: 48 Hayarkon Street, Tel-Aviv
Telephone: 972 3 5168989
E-mail: info@hayarkon48.com

Cheap Jerusalem Hostel – Citadel Youth Hostel

This youth hostel has a great location inside the old city near Jaffa Gate. Besides the location, you also get to enjoy free tea or coffee all day long as well as free ADSL Internet. The hostel is inside a 700 years old building that’s been kept as as authentic as possible during the years. One can also rent bicycles or cell phones from the hostel and it is a small walk away from the new city of Jerusalem and night clubs. Other amenities include a fully equipped kitchen, satellite TV, luggage storage and more.

Address: 20 St Marks street, Old City, Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
Telephone: 972 2 6285253 or 972 2 6284494

Cheap Haifa Guest House – Haddad Guest House

No hostel here but some cheap Israel accommodation nonetheless. The Haddad Guest House in Haifa awaits travelers since 2004 with nice, clean and simple rooms located in the German Colony in Haifa. It has great views of the bay of Haifa as well as Mount Carmel and the spectacular Baha’i Gardens and it is well equipped with all the basic amenities one can expect of such a hostel including free wi-fi Internet, private toilet and showers plus a fully equipped common kitchen and more.

Site: haddadguesthouse.com
Address: 26 Ben Gurion Ave. Haifa
Telephone: 972 77 2010618
E-mail: reservation@haddadguesthouse.com

Cheap Eilat Hostels

1. Arava Hostel

Arava Hostel is one of the cheap but stylish hostels in Eilat. It’s been recommended by many of the most important guide books that wrote on Israel such as Lonely Planet. It was opened in 1986 and offers all the basic amenities one can find inside a cheap hostel and can be used as a springboard for other activities in Eilat such as going to the beach, diving, surfing and more.

Site: a55.co.il
Address: 106 Ha’almogim St, Eilat
Telephone: 972 8 6374687
E-mail: harava@bezeqint.net

2. Corinne Hostel

This cheap Eilat hostel is located right in the center of the city, very close to the bus station. Similar to Arava Hostel, it has a long history as it was opened in 1980. It is a short walk away to everything in Eilat, including the beach. If offers clean and quiet rooms as well as a common kitchen, a safe, lockers and more. You can also get a discount trip to some of the main attractions – Petra – of the area at the reception desk if you’re lucky. It’s also been recommended by Lonely Planet as being a good place to stay.

Site: corinnehostel.com
Address: 127/1 Retamim St. Eilat
Telephone: 972 8 6371472
E-mail: corinne_bz@yahoo.com

“I’ve finished reading your article and I still can’t find a cheap Israel hostel that I like. What else can I do?”

Well, if you still haven’t found a hostel you like, you may want to give this specialized sites a try:

1. Hostels

2. Hostel Bookers

3. Hostel World

4. HiHostels

5. Booking – this site specializes in all types of hotels but one might get lucky from time to time and still find some cheap Israel hostels.

To find the cheap Israel hostels, just search by country and filter by price.

Other than that, you may want to give large travel forums a try such as the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum or the TripAdvisor forum and ask for advice there.

This concludes our article on cheap Israel hostels. If you know more Israel hostels that offer good quality for little money or have more tips for people reading this page then do post it in the comments for the benefit of all.

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