Portree Youth Hostel

The Hosteling Scotland Portree location is a solid fine. It’s basic, no frills but functional. And as with any other hostel, depends a lot on the roommates you get. I stayed in a four bed female dorm with en suite bath. The bath did not have a working fan so it was always humid inside the room, but the shower was big and water pressure was great. However, any amount of shelves in there would have been nice. Beds are fine, not awful but not great. But functional. WiFi works in the room well too which was nice. Lockers are fine too but the top bunks definitely get the better bigger ones. The kitchen is good but can get very busy so time yourself accordingly. My room had a nice view of the mountains too. This is also right across the street from the car park which was easy access and easy access to town. Is this an incredible hostel? No. Is it functional and basic? Yes. I had bad roommates one night and then good ones the other two. Roommates make a big difference. I would consider staying again.

It's a youth hostel so expectations weren't high. We were pleasantly surprised by the size of our private double bunk room with ensuite. The room was clean although there was mildew in the bathroom. We had to go up outside steps and then back down inside steps to get to our room. The door alarm kept going off. It would get 4 stars except for the paper thin walls. The people above us walked loudly until midnight and our neighbors had a very frisky, romantic evening. Glad they enjoyed themselves, but I would have preferred not to feel like I was in the same room.

I had booked here for one night on a Sunday after being on Skye for a week. This was the second to last location on Skye after a wonderful trip. I had already stayed at the Portree Independent Hostel during Skye Live. I had booked on a day tour so setting off early from the square. I was allowed to drop my rucksack off, and it was stored in a locked room, so that was good. Unfortunately I returned in the evening a few hours after check in, so missed getting a lower bunk in a female four persons room. A convenient shower and toilet though in the room. I wanted a quiet relaxing evening but the common room was so noisy with groups of travellers all enjoying themselves. I do understand, this is Portree!! I was too old for the young foreign travellers, and too young for the massive group of male walkers, so nobody spoke to me!! Difficult night as not experienced top bunks before and had to go to toilet during the night. Hurt my achilles heal getting down the narrow small ladder unfortunately, having had a bad ankle fracture. In hindsight if stay again will make sure get there dead on check in time!! Kitchen and communal showers all good, pleasant common room, very modern. Beautiful views

We stayed here overnight to break up the journey. We arrived late from Harris. My main regret was not telling them I had a disability as on arrival, the room was outside and up many steps which proved very difficult. The staff had been pleasant on the phone. The room was perfectly OK and clean, except that the bathroom radiator was stuck on high so it was very hot. The worst thing was being woken up by a group of young men, in the room next door, at gone 12, slamming the doors and laughing /chatting loudly. The walls are so thin you can hear everything. They woke the whole family. Went out again after arriving, then woke us up on return doing the same so I had to ask them to keep it down. No sleep had, with a ten hour drive ahead of us. Portree hostel stop letting groups of lads share, you know how it will be for others when they've been drinking!