Beautiful Victorian building. Large spacious bedrooms with no bunks. Balcony views of town and mountains. Central location near all amenities i.e. supermarket and central bus station. Parking, large garden - outside barbeque area. Large fully equiped kitchen, broken equipment is replaced immediately. A substantial free breakfast, afternoon cakes, tea and coffee. Welcoming friendly staff. A tour of Hostel on arrival... More

It's a very nice building with a couple of other houses in the grounds, there's plenty of room to just relax, a very comfortable TV lounge with plenty of movies, free tea and proper coffee and even free bread/cakes every afternoon. Most rooms are comfortable and spacious, but you can get unlucky and get the one or two rooms which... More

Wonderful old house that has been converted into a hostel. Service was great and people staying were all friendly. Only complaint is that the beds weren't the best. They also provided a free breakfast for us.

Before we travelled to nelson we checked trip advisor to suss out the local hostels. The reviews the Palace has been getting were nearly enough to put us off going there but thankfully we said we'd try it out. It's a couple of minutes walk away from te main streets of Nelson, so wasn't too far too walk from bus... More

We were out of money, hungry and had been walking around Nelson for hours in the rain trying to find a hostel where we could do work for accomodation when we stubled upon the Palace by accident. And how happy I am that we did!! Robin took us in and introduced us to all the other guests and we felt... More

The Palace is a great place to stay, lounge around & chill, or use as a base for the amazing attractions in the area. the rooms are gorgeous, the shared dorms and the private rooms. I've been back many times and always feel welcome by staff and a good assortment of guests alike. The winning point of the Palace is... More

I just want to stay for few days in the end I stayed more then 3 weeks...I had one of my best time here in the Palace, great atmosphere, lovely people around, comfortable beds, nice kitchen with free breakfast and lots more...I definately can recommend it :)

Well, as I said. I really thought about not writing something nice for this place, because i don´t want to get it overloaded by people. I´ve stayed in this backpackers for over a month back in the Summer 09. As u are able to count, it has been over 3 years now and i´m still regularly thinking of this wonderful... More

Stayed with my teenage daughter for 3 nights. Have stayed in many hostels around the world, but this is my fave to date. We gave it a 9.9/10 & the spa pool wasn't even working!! We'd have given it a 10.5/10 if it had been. Staff v. friendly & helpful. Beautiful old wooden villa with plenty of character & characters... More