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Sandra's Backpackers

24/26 Princes Street, Thurso, Scotland
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2.5 of 5 stars 11 Reviews
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chanlynn_ho
London, United Kingdom
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11 reviews
1 helpful vote
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 December 2011

I stayed for one night to catch the train to Inverness next morning. It's a hostel opened by a fish&chip restuarant downstairs. Fair facilities but I felt not very clean. Reasonable price with breakfast. So , for me, it's acceptable. More

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ProximaCentauri
Ferrara, Italy
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 August 2011

We stay ten days in different hostel in scotland this is the worst you can smell fish & chips shop or smell of trash bin in the rear. The rooms are extremely dirty also sheets. One bed in the rooms was put on the floor, was inclinated and staying on it you can fell iron bars on your back and... More

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raulmormu
Madrid, Spain
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 September 2010

I'm not very fussy about hostels (you can read my review about Caledonian Backpackers, Edinburgh), but please: DON'T GO TO THIS HOSTEL. Someone has said that there is a fish & chips near. That's not exactly true: the reception of the hostel is in a fish & chips (hmmmmm, what a 'nice' smell!). The entrance at the rooms is in... More

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misheep
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2010

Great location: 5mins walk to train station and 2mins walk to the seashore Nice staff and clean room There is also a free computer in common room providing free internet! More

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fifi621
milton keynes
1 review
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2010

I don't like the fact that the hostel had a time for latest arrival at 10pm but the owner of the hostel was quite nice to us even when we didn't arrived until 11pm. Plus points are the place was really easy to find, free wifi and breakfast was included (self served bread/toast, cereal, porriage, tea and coffee). What let... More

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lferr
scotland
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36 reviews
23 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 August 2008
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OK, I know it is a hostel and not a hotel and you get what you pay for, or at least you should get what you pay for. This was terrible, I can't find anything good to say except when we 1st walked in room it looked fine bed, separate toilet and shower, wooden floors and looked clean enough. Oh... More

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notakid
solihull. west midlands
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17 reviews
58 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2008
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Its hard to review this as we have never stayed in a hostel before but the building was somewhere my husbands mother had lived as a child and as we where visiting Thurso to see where she had lived it seemed a nice idea to book a room there. It is located above a chip shop (and nice chips they... More

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Meredith15
Nancy, France
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 July 2011
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 July 2011
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