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Hostel World names world's best hostels
TripAdvisor recently released its list of the best and worst in the hotel industry. Now it's the hostel industry's turn. Hostel World just announced the winners of the "Hoscars", their annual ranking of the world's best and worst hostels, rated by cleanliness, location, staff, fun, security, and character. Over 20,000 properties around the world were eligible for the awards, yet because most of the 900,000 or so Hostel World users who may have voted are from Europe, the world's best top ten seems to be a bit skewed geographically. All ten are located in Europe. Five of the top ten are located in Portugal.
This year's winner, The Traveller's House in Lisbon, won last year as well and is the first hostel to win two years in a row.
In other locations - the US, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania - the top three hostels are listed. Additional awards were given out for categories such as best location, most fun, best character, most improved, cleanest, most secure, best small/large hotel, and best chain.
[via Guardian]
Filed under: Europe, Portugal, Hotels and Accommodations
