Best hostels in China
Fun/social-ranked hostels across China. Punk Score is the best available evidence that guests actually have a good time together, calibrated onto the 0-100 UI.
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cities
Shanghai — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listBeijing — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listZhangjiajie — high recent hostel demandChengdu — high recent hostel demandChongqing — high recent hostel demandXi'an — moderate recent hostel demandGuilin — moderate recent hostel demandShenzhen — moderate recent hostel demandYangshuo — moderate recent hostel demandGuangzhou — moderate recent hostel demandDali — low recent hostel demandHangzhou — low recent hostel demandHuangshan — low recent hostel demandNanjing — low recent hostel demandHaikou — low recent hostel demandWuhan — low recent hostel demandMt.Emei — low recent hostel demandChangsha — low recent hostel demandShangri-la — low recent hostel demandTurpan — low recent hostel demand
Through the filter
We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.
No bed bug reports found in ChinaTop hostel cities in China
Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.
Top hostels overall in China
Chongqing
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China
Best in Chongqing
3rd best in China
Only Cafe And Backpacker
Punk Score
90%
VERY GOOD
Chengdu
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China
Best in Chengdu
4th best in China
Sonderia Hostel & Bar-Lazybones Hostel
Punk Score
88%
GOOD
Shanghai
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China
Best in Shanghai
5th best in China
Shanghai Desti Youth Hostel - Jing 'an Temple
Punk Score
91%
VERY GOOD
Zhangjiajie
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China
2nd best in Zhangjiajie
Whispering Mountains Boutique Hotel
Punk Score
84%
TINY SAMPLE
Beijing
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China
2nd best in Beijing
Gubeikou Great Wall Yunyeshu Boutique Guesthome
Punk Score
85%
GOOD-ISH
Xiamen
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China
Best in Xiamen
Xiamen Desti Youth Park Hostel Zhongshan Road
Punk Score
85%
TINY SAMPLE
