BALA HOSTEL ACCOMODATION
Simple, dormitory-style accommodation available in single beds, of male or female rooms.
You, your friends and family can have a 4-bed room together for yourselves, or you may share your bedroom with other people of the same gender – it’s all part of the hostel respectful experience and price!
We can offer up to 30 single beds in the 1800's character buildings and will always do our best for customers to give you enough space to flourish in your outward-bound adventures, spiritual and outdoor pursuits.
The place is brightly lit and colourful in décor, located in a quiet, sunny chapel square, in the bustling market town of Bala, mid North Wales. It is clean, safe and nice for the price with a careful, old, arty, homely atmosphere.
FACILITIES
There are 2 cubicle washrooms with showers and toilets, 7 bedrooms, a fully-fitted, self-catering guest kitchen, common room, dining area and the all-important drip-dry room for your wetsuits and drysuits!
Have peace-of-mind during your stay as Bala-Backpackers keeps up-to-date with all UK hostel regulations!
- We can provide 30 hostel single beds in 7 rooms of 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 and 9 beds.
- There are limited twin rooms: two rooms share one bathroom in a silent-overnight building.
- All rooms have guest kitchen access, morning and evening.
- Self-catering facilities include; kettle, toaster, microwave, fridge and cooker.
- Common Room and Dining Area includes: television, games, books and a wonky piano.
- Evening meals for groups can be provided by prior arrangement.
- The two unisex cubicle wash rooms contain: toilets, showers and wash-hand basins.
- Central heating is on timers.
- Drying/dripping space and laundry services are available.
- Secure bicycle port on site.
- Information panels of local interest, located in hostel hallway.
- Free wi-fi Internet access is throughout hostel (where receivable).
- The property has secure access entry for paying guests only.
- Ample re-cycling facilities. We take re-cycling seriously and all your waste must be separated by law into glass, metal, paper, plastic and food. We appreciate your co-operation in this, leaving only the bare minimal wrappers for landfill.
- Self-serve breakfast and lunch is easy with two small supermarkets nearby.
- Several local eating houses, pubs, cafes and restaurants are nearby.
- A high street of 50 independent shops is a minute's walk away.
- Free overnight car park round corner.
- There are no pay phones in Bala!
ABOUT BALA-BACKPACKERS
Bala-Backpackers has been trading since 2004. The house stands firm at over 200 years old, with two-foot-thick stone walls. Formerly, it was a Theological College from around 1830 to 1865, created by the famous Thomas Charles, who's statue looks on at the hostel doorstep. Thomas was so moved by a young woman named Mary Jones, who in the year of 1800, trekked 26 miles barefoot to Bala for a Bible, that he founded the British and Foreign Bible Society, which still prints Bibles in different languages today.
| ✝ | Bala-Backpackers Hostel has a Christian ethos and disallows smoking (including vaping), pets, drugs, excess alcohol and anti-social behaviours, but welcomes considerate folk to enjoy a self-catering holiday on a communal basis. |
Plan your activities or just soak up the atmosphere in Bala’s High Street, only 100 metres away. Lake, river and hills are just a 5 minute walk away. A wealth of historic culture also awaits exploration, so why not try the Town Trail? North Wales Gwynedd_EN.pdf (gov.wales)