Basel Backpack

Top choice in Basel


Converted from a factory, this independent hostel has friendly staff, bright and roomy four- and eight- bed dorms and a selection of smart, simply stylish single and deluxe double rooms. Other perks include bike rental (Sfr20 per day), breakfast (Sfr8), a bar, guest kitchen and laundry (Sf4) and two convivial lounges.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Basel attractions

1. Zentralstellwerk

0.36 MILES

You have to love the Swiss for enlisting some of the world's best-known architects, albeit homegrown ones (Herzog & de Meuron), to design something as…

2. Elsässertor

0.57 MILES

Designed by world-renowned Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron, this angular glass commercial building (its name means 'Alsace Gate') was completed in…

3. Museum für Wohnkultur

0.75 MILES

Housed in the beautiful Haus zum Kirschgarten building (1780), this lovely museum features two floors of the house with rooms laid out immaculately in the…

4. Tinguely Brunnen

0.88 MILES

With its riot of wacky machines spewing and shooting forth water, this zany fountain offers a taste of the madcap moving sculptures to be found in the…

5. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

0.91 MILES

Adults and kids alike love this fascinating and lovingly curated fantasy land claiming the world’s biggest collection of teddy bears and a slew of…

6. Kunstmuseum Basel

0.91 MILES

Housing the most comprehensive collection of public art in Switzerland, this superb fine arts museum reopened in mid-2016 after updates to the existing…

7. Antikenmuseum Basel

0.91 MILES

This multilevel museum contains Switzerland’s most comprehensive collection of ancient artefacts, dating from the heyday of the pharaohs in Egypt to Roman…

8. Museum für Geschichte

0.94 MILES

This flagship of three museums operating under the banner of 'Historisches Museum Basel' (Basel Historical Museum), which opened in 1894, is well worth a…