HI Munich Park Youth Hostel

Location slightly inconvenient to reach, as typical for German Youth Hostels, but in a beautifully quiet residential neighbourhood near parkland. Check-in is efficient and very professional if not necessarily attentive. The building is 100% functional (even if you do like functional buildings, this one might be an overkill) and the layout is complex, so finding your room demands a little focus. You have to make your own bed, which is fine, but using flat lower sheets, not valanced ones, which is a lot harder and tends to produce a less comfortable bed anyway -it makes me wonder how much money they're saving by using flat sheets, specially since a private single room costs €64-€79 per night. The automatic self-service pizza machine, which I had been looking forward to, has been removed nowadays, very sadly -pizzas can still be bought at the bistro till 22:00 via human service, and they're good, but a lot less fun. Adequate breakfast buffet. All things considered, a pricey place to stay, specially in view of the very simple setup and the fact that there are Youth Hostels not far from Munich in Dachau and Pullach. Don't ask front desk for a quote, because the online prices are significantly lower.

Spent 4 nights in Muenchen Park with husband and 4 children. We were given a room with two separate rooms within in with a shower, separate bathroom with another shower and a sink in one of the rooms which was great. Room was on the ground floor and overlooked the lovely outdoor space so kids were able to run in and out to play in the garden which was great. Outdoor space was fantastic with playground, giant chess, table tennis, and some chickens too! Although it's about 6 U bahn stops from the centre of Munich, the train station is only down the road and the hostel is in a lovely neighbourhood so in the evening times we ate locally. We were about a 15/20 minute walk from an outdoor natural swimming pool which the kids loved. The zoo is within walking distance too. We stayed in lots of different accomodation types during our two week holiday and the only criticism we had about this youth hostel was that there are no blinds on the windows and curtains are very light so as soon as the sun came up the rooms were bright. Would certainly recommend for a family stay - kids loved it. Breakfast included in price.