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About this property

Central Location: City View Hostel in Kandy offers a convenient location with Kandy City Center Shopping Mall just a few steps away. Sri Dalada Maligawa is a 7-minute walk, while Kandy Museum lies 700 metres nearby. Essential Facilities: Guests enjoy free WiFi, private check-in and check-out services, and a paid shuttle. Additional services include a concierge, entertainment staff, hairdresser, full-day security, express check-in and check-out, car hire, and a tour desk. Comfortable Accommodations: The hostel features adults-only rooms with mountain and city views. Shared bathrooms offer showers, ensuring a pleasant stay. Local Attractions: Nearby attractions include Victoria Reservoir Kandy Seaplane Base (23 km), Ceylon Tea Museum (5 km), Kandy Royal Botanic Gardens (7 km), and Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (14 km).

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Property highlights

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.4)


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1 bunk bed
1 bunk bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Woodrow
    New Zealand New Zealand
    Great location in the city and awesome wee hostel, the host Manoj is absolutely brilliant, so much knowledge of Sri Lanka and all the surrounding areas, had some great conversations, would definitely recommend 👍
  • Tiziana
    Italy Italy
    The host is very kind, available, and helpful. He makes the difference in your stay! The location is in the city center, close to the shops, restaurants, supermarkets, the little mall, the daily market, bus stop, trail station and the temple. You...
  • Ajay
    India India
    perfect location at centre of city, all attractions are nearby in walking distance. great host helps you with planning your day there, food, restro suggestions
  • Hiranmoy
    India India
    The hostel is close to almost each and every attractions here. Manoj, the host is an amazing guy. Loved the stay
  • Seok
    Singapore Singapore
    The host was very helpful. He advised us how to get to spice garden and even book a tuk tuk using pickme app. The room was very spacious and bed was comfortsble. 5 min walk from bus station and lake. Many restaurants, cafe, bakery shops,...
  • Rashmika
    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
    Place is really good and peaceful. Also it’s located in walking distance from main city
  • Mesut
    Turkey Turkey
    Even though I arrived very late at night, the facility officer accepted me.
  • Carlijn
    Netherlands Netherlands
    Great location, close to the busstop (5 min) and the trainstation (10 min). Great restaurants and a supermarket closeby. The owner is nice and helpful. The rooms are big with nice windows so you have a great view. About the other facilities i...
  • Wei
    Malaysia Malaysia
    The room is fine, the location is so strategic! Very close to the railway station (Kandy-Ella) and near the scared tooth temple and Kandy lake. All are within 10-15 minutes walking distance
  • Filipa
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Tidy, helpful, informative, calm host. I felt safe and you get the basic of what you pay for, no frills.

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House rules

City View Hostel takes special requests - add in the next step!
Check-in
From 00:30 to 22:00
You'll need to let the property know in advance what time you'll arrive.
Check-out
From 04:30 to 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required option.
Children and beds

Child policies

Children are not allowed.

Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

Age restriction
Check-in is only possible for guests aged between 18 and 48
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Groups
When booking more than 4 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.
Cash only
This property only accepts cash payments.

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Please inform City View Hostel in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.