AUBERGE INTERNATIONALE DE QUEBEC

The hostel is an excellent choice, perfectly situated in the heart of Old Quebec, close to all major attractions. It offers fantastic amenities, including secure storage space, a 24/7 front desk, free bus day passes, complimentary breakfast, a cozy common area, towels, lockers, and padlocks available for just $5. The interiors and ambiance are impressive, and the room temperature was perfectly controlled, providing a comfortable stay even in freezing weather. The only downside was on the third floor, where I stayed. While there are two men’s washrooms with showers, only one shower was functional. This often meant waiting to use it, as the others were out of service. Overall, a great stay with just a small inconvenience that could be addressed!

The location is beyond outstanding and the place is beautiful. They have a kitchen open 24/7 and laundry facilities. A decent place to stay if you’re in QC City for work or whatever reason. One of the people at the front desk doesn’t have the best customer service skills but hey we all have those days and the situation was resolved by the general manager.

I stayed at Auberge Internationale in the late 1980's - maybe '86 or '87? Looking now at the posted foto's it brings back many fond memories of the hostel, its staff, the people I met during my stay, and the fascinating history of Quebec City. If planning a stay we must remember, this is a hostel, not a hotel and it offers something to the traveler that they will never find in a hotel. By being tolerant of having to fetch your own towel - what's the big deal really?, or share a room or a dining area, or a toilet for heaven's sake, you gain a tremendous thing. You gain the opportunity at a chance meeting; you gain a community, you gain fellow travelers from far and wide and their experiences. You have the opportunity to sit and have a meal with them; to discuss the issues of the day, where to find the best food, music, entertainment, business opportunity, or just something funny that occurred during your day... I visited the auberge at Christmastide. The rooms were warm enough and certainly clean. The city was astoundingly beautiful blanketed as it was in snow. The Quebec municipal services cleaned snow from street and sidewalk nightly and the town was easily walkable and lovely. The hostel's location is perfect. Remember what you are paying for when you book your stay. You're not paying for posh sleek, and sterile rooms. You're paying for so much more. And you get more. You just have to be open to it and to look for it. In my mind a real bargain.

This is a hostel, and so even if you book a private room, the facilities won't match the standards of a regular hotel. But if you are a budget traveler, this may be for you. Our bathroom attached private room was on the top floor with no elevator. The stairs were old, creaky, and winding, and difficult to carry the luggage by ourselves. Definitely not for those with weak knees and arms. The room has no heating and the towels were not replaced during our 3-night stay. The bathroom is old school and shower space was tiny and claustrophobic. There is a community kitchen and other common spaces for use. The complimentary breakfast was mediocre.

Need to be prepared for stairs and hills...4 beds, 2 bunk beds right as you enter room, lockers for those 4 beds in a small space. Then go around the corner. One bunk bed gets about 60% of the space of the room. Community space in the room, but awkward to go in front of another person's bunk to sit, or put/ use suitcase. Good breakfast, in the basement. Hot SHOWERS, NO body gel or shampoo in showers. Helpful front desk staffed 24/7. Easy access to bus, historical sites, good location. Just be ready for hills and stairs

Great location, clean, good breakfast (bagels, jam, cheese, coffee, juice). No public elevator in the hostel but there is a special one for staff and luggage, that was helpful. When you go there over summer there is some special travel card for tourists, ask the reception.

First time staying at a hostel longer than overnight and I really enjoyed it! Hope this helps prospective guests, I recommend this hostel! - Rooms, bathrooms and living spaces were clean. The main women’s bathroom has 3 showers/3 toilets but only 2 showers+2toilets were working: one didn’t have hot water, one had a broken toilet. One shower stall didn’t lock. There’s another 1/1 washroom/shower down the hall, but I didn’t have to use it. - One toilet was clogged and after speaking to staff, it was fixed within 15mins. :) - Breakfast was pretty decent! Boiled eggs, a selection of breads, baked beans, oatmeal packets, butter/jam/cream cheese, fruit, milk and cereal, coffee, juice. - Hair dryers seem to be available to borrow from the front desk, but I didn’t know and brought my own. - I sleep with earplugs, so luckily didn’t hear any noise except when falling asleep. Sometimes it sounds like people are stomping down the hall - 2 USB ports + 2 outlets + light in each bed - Bed and pillow was pretty comfy - The use of card keys made me more comfortable, you have to scan to go upstairs and then to get into your rooms. - All areas were warm (Fall is here!) - Living spaces are cute and cozy! Dining area and bar is good, too. Lots of kitchenware for those who want to cook, plus fridges. - In-room lockers are spacious, I could fit my carry-on, backpack and shoes, plus there’s two hooks and a small shelf at the top. Merci pour tout. À la prochaine!

Great location in old town. I had a bed right next to the door. And the doors slam HARD. So I got to hear that directly next to my head early in the morning. Mattresses were pretty comfy. Pillows were terrible (par for the course for hostels), and the room got a bit stuffy, but they had ceiling fans and a couple of other fans. Staff were pleasant. When I checked in, wasn't told they were out of towels. Had to wait til after 10 for new ones to be dropped off, and I found that out only bc I asked. They offer a free breakfast with bagels, boiled eggs, toast, cereal and juice. Organized activities are scheduled and posted on the board and the staff were friendly about helping people with tours. Lots of sitting areas, a bar, Foosball and a courtyard.

To alot of people who might have issues with being disturbed at night when sleeping, I suggest bringing along some ear-plugs to block out the noise of motion withing your rooms. They will help alot after 11pm when some your revelling roommates come back. Well Auberge Internationale de Qubec, you are the first Hostel International location in Canada for which I have written a review on Yelp :-) I stayed here for two nights and it's a very nice and clean hostel. I can only compare it with the Vancouver HI Hostel on Granville Street which is just as fairly maintained. I found the other Hostel International locations within Canada to be not as clean as these two hostels. It looks like the Auberge Internationale was built inside a school or a border house because it is a lot elongated and spacious inside than when you look at it from the street. The entry to the hostel room have to be accessed with the key-card and the same goes for the rooms, which was great. Not all HI hostels have that feature! The central area of the 8 bunk dorm room was spacious to move around and I liked the little platform around the base of the big windows. Enough sun-light came in during the day and brightened up the room. And the showers and washrooms are also just as clean, the showers are also private which means there is an outer door that you can close when you go inside. You can have a secure shower experience and the heat from the hot water will stay not escape from the shower stall. And even though breakfast is an extra charge, I didn't include that as part of my booking. There are plenty of places to have breakfast near the hostel. Also, I noticed at this particular hostel that the location of the front desk and its separation from the rooms did not allow too many guests to congregate around the front desk area so you could go in and breathe easy as you made your way to your hostel room. It was mostly quiet even in the night time The location also allows you to get to several (important) attractions such as parts of the city's walls with the ramparts and the looked-out towers, fortification areas with lots of old cannons and an impressive view of parts of the lower side of the Old Quebec as well as the Chateau Frontenac, a few older churches, and from there you can walk along Rue Saint-Jean through one of the gate-ways and go towards the downtown areas. You can check out all these places on your first day before making your way further down into Old Quebec. And also from the auberge you can walk down to the parts of Rue Saint Jean with lots of little shops, cafes and restaurants. I definitely recommend this Auberge as it is central enough and not right smack in the middle of some of the touristy areas and escape away from the crowds in the more commercial areas of the old town when you head back to sleep after a long night of touring and dining.

Very well run hostel in an outstanding location that doesn't feel as big as it is. The rooms and furnishings are basic but clean & comfortable enough, shared bathrooms are well kept & plentiful, and the kitchen is big & well-stocked. My family stayed in a private room, and we saw several other children there -- there was even a box of toys in the dining area. The breakfast included with some dorms and all private rooms was quite basic: bread, bagels, and bad coffee.

Wonderful hostel. Clean and quiet. Extremely friendly staff. Not a party atmosphere so I got a lot of rest. Prime location, great amenities. Will recommend

I stay in hostels to save money (a no brainer) but not because I like the vibe of bunk beds, 5 roommates, and shared washrooms. I'll preface this by divulging that I am almost 27, and have experience traveling to Europe numerous times, often staying at hostels to keep costs down. I think, however, that I really am getting a bit too old for them. For starters, the beds here are extremely small. I consider myself lucky in that I was assigned a bottom bunk as close to the window as possible. But if you stretch out or roll over you hit the edge no matter what (I'm about 5'7). The showers had a lot of hair on the ground and were also very tight. Don't forget to bring flip flops! Stay here if you need to save money, it costs only $35 per night and is in a great area. It's still a great deal for the price, although when I can afford more, I'll likely pay to upgrade.

I love living in hostels. The boyfriend hates it, spoilt fellow. So whenever I travel without him, I convince my travel-mates to let me book the accomodation and promptly book a nice-looking hostel. So where were we? Auberge Internationale, yes. Situated on a gently sloping road in the heart of old Quebec, my heart did a little dance when I saw the cobbled street leading up to the building. This really is a superb location! Two pairs of tired feet enter at 11 AM. One man at counter is stiffly friendly(SF) and the other has a mild smirk on his face (MS). SF offers us the option of keeping our luggage in the bagage room if we wish. Yes! we say. Me: What do you suggest we do until 2 PM, when our room will be available? SF: You could walk about, it's a pretty place, yada yada. Oh yes, and there's a FREE tour offered by the hostel at 3! Me: Hear the word free. If it's free, I'm there at three. We walk about, eat at Le Commensal, get back at 2:10 PM. Mildly smirking man is still smirking mildly. MS: Yes, welcome, here are the keys (smirk), the activities are listed on the board, the bar will be open tonight, enjoy. smirk. We trot over to the activities board. In big bold letters are the words: FREE CITY TOUR AT 2 PM. Confused, we trot back. Me: Hey, the board says the tour is at 2 PM! MS: Yes, everyone just left. Me: What! Why did SF tell us it is at 3 PM! SF: What does the activities board say? Me: 3 PM SF. Shrug. Then it is at 3. Hmm. Come on! It's okay to mess up but it is not cool to shrug it off without an iota of an apology. That little incident apart, the room and bathrooms were sparkling clean, our dorm-mates were friendly, and we had a fantastic time in this quaint city. I would definitely recommend it. Take a look at the actitivites board first, though :)

Very clean youth hostel. In fact we saw a lot of families staying here as well. It is located up the hill slightly, so bear this in mind when booking ( then again, Quebec is hilly in general) It's great value, the hostel has washing and drying machines that works perfectly well. We had breakfast here which includes unlimited, bagels, toasts, hard boiled eggs, cereals, coffee/tea, juices. enough to fuel you to explore the amazing city. There is no lift in the hostel, you have to carry your suitcases up/down the stairs. There is also no 'cook yourself' kitchen. The in house bar closes at 11pm and is mostly quiet and relaxed rather than loud and noisy. There's good outdoor area, and wi-fi is free. If you're lucky you might get reception in some rooms too. Great location, and good value for money, we will stay again.

Went there twice... first time, staff was nice. Second time, staff was rather careless (different person). Room great, location great, kitchen okay, staff - uncertain

Stayed here for one night whilst visiting beautiful Quebec City. Generally HI hostels are fairly good Hostels and have a reliable standard but they do often leave you wanting in the bed department and this hostel is no different. Having had very little sleep the night before I was disappointed to find that my bed had one of the smallest mattresses I have seen in a hostel and I am a pretty small person but I generally like to have a little extra space on my mattress but never the less I endured a restless nights sleep on a squeaky noisy bunk that made noises and woke everyone up everytime someone went to the toilet. Beds aside the Hostel is centrally located a little bit up the hill in Old Montreal within the city walls about a 10-15 minute walk from the train station and within walking distance of everything else in the city. There are activities each day as well as a bar and guest kitchen which I can't comment on because I didn't have time to use either. Wi-fi was also not accessible in my room so I didn't get to use that but apparently it is available free where you can get a signal. Bathrooms are weirdly big but yet some only have one shower and one toilet when clearly more could fit and then if they are occupied it is then a hunt on the rest of the floor to find another. Overall not the best HI experience but ok for $30 a night.

This was my first time staying at a hostel and I was a bit hesitant but relieved once I saw the actual amenity. The check in lobby is your typical run down looking place you'd expect to see. The people are nice and helpful and the majority speak English. I stayed with a couple of my girlfriends in a dorm for 4 and it was spacious and clean with a huge window that you can actually open when it gets stuffy. The sheets and towel were provided, in our room we had a coat rack and 4 lockers where you can fit a small suitcase or a backpack. They provide a lock for $5 at the check in or you can bring your own. The individual rooms are all accessed by a card people can't just wonder into your room. There were also multiple bathrooms with several stalls and showers on each floor. I was pleasantly surprised that I never had to wait to use the shower/toilet. It was relatively quiet, I never heard anyone next door (even tho we had neighbors). Just heard when ppl would walk by talking loudly. If you don't feel like going out, they do have a quiet library, a tv room with bean bags and a bar downstairs that has board games (several of them had missing pieces but we made do). The bar offers a wide variety of cheap drinks. Breakfast was also included in our stay. It wasn't anything deans but better than nothing. It consisted of hard boiled eggs, 2 dry cereals, toast and bagels, coffee/juice. Overall, I liked it a lot and would come back. It safe and clean with nice folks managing the place.

Update: as I was sitting in the train station ready to leave Quebec City, congratulating myself for being so early I suddenly realized I had left all of my money in the locker in my room. With 30 minutes to go until my train departed, I rushed back to the hotel where they informed me that they waited to cut my lock off just to see if I would come back and then escorted me to the room where I was relieved to find that my belongings were still there, intact, no thanks to me. The previously rude smoking man then made sure to call me a cab and I was rushed back to the train station without abut 10 minutes to spare. A couple of weeks later I received an email from the hostel manager offering up some bizarre explanation for the room/ key issue and a free night if I should ever happen to be in Quebec City again. While I don't see that happening I do appreciate the front desk's assistance in getting me in, making sure my belongings were safe,and getting me back to the train station on time. That made up for a lot.