The two best hostels in the world can be found in Krakow, according to this year‚s hostel awards the ‚Hoscars‚. Every year the budget holidaymakers rate hostels around the world and this time the top two were Flamingo Hostel and Mama‚s Hostel in Krakow.

Another Krakow hostel won the safest hostel award. Other top hostels in the world were Toronto‚s Clarence Castle, Tokyo‚s Backpacker Hostel K’s house and Hostel Estoril in Buenos Aires.

Last year‚s winner Jetpak City Hostel in Berlin dropped to fourth place, but did win the cleanest hostel award. Best location and most character award was handed to the Travellers House in Lisbon; and the most fun hostel is Giovanni‚s Home in Naples.

The awards were given by Hostelworld.com after 600,000 travellers voted for 15,000 hostels around the world.

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