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.
Explore destinations in China on the HostelPunk mapThrough 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%
GOOD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Chengdu
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China
Best in Chengdu
4th best in China
Sonderia Hostel & Bar-Lazybones Hostel
Punk Score
85%
GOOD-ISH
Shanghai
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China
Best in Shanghai
5th best in China
Shanghai Desti Youth Hostel - Jing 'an Temple
Punk Score
83%
GOOD-ISH
Zhangjiajie
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China
2nd best in Zhangjiajie
Whispering Mountains Boutique Hotel
Punk Score
79%
TINY SAMPLE
Xiamen
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China
Best in Xiamen
Xiamen Desti Youth Park Hostel Zhongshan Road
Punk Score
79%
TINY SAMPLE
Lijiang
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China
Best in Lijiang
Tom's Home (ex. October Inn)
Punk Score
79%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Chengdu
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China
2nd best in Chengdu
POSHPACKER | Chengdu Mix Hostel
Punk Score
76%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Beijing
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China
2nd best in Beijing
Gubeikou Great Wall Yunyeshu Boutique Guesthome
Punk Score
78%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Zhangjiajie
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China
4th best in Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie Tongfu inn
Punk Score
79%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Kunming
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China
Best in Kunming
Kunming Cloudland International Youth Hostel
Punk Score
72%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Beijing
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China
3rd best in Beijing
Peking International Youth Hostel
Punk Score
77%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Guangzhou
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China
Best in Guangzhou
Guangzhou Desti Youth Hostel
Punk Score
73%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Chengdu
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China
3rd best in Chengdu
POSHPACKER | Chengdu Flipflop Hostel
Punk Score
74%
NOT BAD
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time