The bustle of bodies, the hum of conversations, the lure of clubs, cafes, restaurants and bars. Days are alive, fuelled by Chapel Street’s energy. Nights are electric! The fashions. The flavours. The lifestyle………. thats Melbourne and Chapel Street

Ask about our special daily August dorm rates from August 12, 2010

Coming to Melbourne for the Football Finals – we are 3 train stops from the MCG

Or just sit outside in our front courtyard and watch the vibrance of Chapel Street, sipping a beer, or seclude your self in our private back courtyard

Our new bar The Green Room, has opened offering the cheapest beer, wine, cocktails and pizza, foccacias, in Melbourne new tv room open (huge LCD TV for those who want to watch away from bar) ,or just play pool. All in fully airconditioned comfort, and cheap, cheap prices.

The Green Room

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL GUESTS WANTING JOBS NOW HAVE JOBS AND HAVE EXTENDED THEIR STAYS - WE WORK HARD AT ORGANIZING THIS

We have replaced all our mattresses with special bug proof mattresses for your convenience, newly renovated kitchen June 2010

The Hostel

We are a small team at Back Of Chapel backpacker and have an extensive history of backpacking and travel to many countries over many years. Our Melbourne born manager can swap stories with you of journeys through some of the most extreme places on the planet or direct you to the most fun areas of Melbourne. We offer cheap Melbourne accommodation in private rooms or dorm style

We can book tours for you for wherever you want to go, and can offer Melbourne job assistance specifically for backpackers if you wish to stay longer. We promise you wont find cheaper rates anywhere in melbourne, weekly rates specials in winter

Our team know exactly what you want, what you love and hate. Come visit us at Back of Chapel backpacker on your travels to Melbourne, it will be awesome to have you stay with us!

Our boutique hostel has a historical mystique, it was once a brothel used by politicians as written in the book “My Brother Jack”, we can show you its unique history, the secret escape door where ministers and politicians were ushered out through during police raids over 100 years ago.

Contact us

Reception hours are 8.30 am to 5 pm , weekdays, and 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. If you plan to arrive outside of these times please let us know so we can arrange a late check-in procedure for you!

Phone: +61 3 9521 5338

Email: backofchapel@optusnet.com.au

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Back of Chapel backpackers hostel Melbourne is a cool, boutique budget hostel.  Housed in doubles, twins, triples and 4 and 6 bed dorms, the hostel is nestled between St. Kilda beach, funky South Yarra/Prahran (bars, clubs and shopping central), Melbourne city ( more bars, bands and clubs) and Fitzroy (Australia’s undisputed grunge-rock capital). 

Back of chapel was Nominated on ‘World’s Best Hostel’ as best hostel in Melbourne & We have received a 4.5* rating from AAA                                    become our fan on facebook

Chapel st, Melbourne

Back of Chapel Backpacker and hostel can offer a group budget pub crawls with more than a dozen pubs and clubs in the immediate area if thats your thing, or a romantic night out for 2 -just check with our experienced staff.

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Melbourne city is Australia’s centre of live music (approx. 400 bands play every weekend), clubbing with more clubs per capita than anywhere else in the world, cheap food, bars, cafes, cheap shopping (if you can’t buy it here, they don’t make it) and, oh yeah, did I mention food? Did I mention beer? Bars, pubs and restaurants surround us in both Chapel St and St.kilda. So if on a budgetChapel st is where you should be.

Back of Chapel’s hostel staff are extremely well travelled, informative (if they don’t know where it is, it doesn’t exist) and yes, believe it or not, we are backpacker FRIENDLY. Drive down the Great Ocean Road, Melbourne’s premier beach enclave, hike Wilson’s Prom and its awesome rainforests, barrel down the ski fields, see the penguins at Phillip Island, scoff wine in the Yarra Valley vineyards and OK, if you really have to, you can go down “Neighbours” Ramsey St., exclusive to Melbourne, we’ll show you the way.

Back of Chapel backpackers is a budget hostel where only your feet have to do the walking and catching a tram is just for fun, everything is just minutes away. There’s easy access to the Australian Open (tennis centre), the Australian Grand Prix (10 minutes walk), Aussie Rules football, Melbourne outdoor festivals (earthcore, big day out, Falls music fest., St. Kilda and Brunswick St. festivals and heaps more). If it’s melbourne shopping you want, the best of designers are at our door.

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