Steffis Hostel Heidelberg

Lovely place! Can only recommend! The location is good - very closer to the train station (2 minute walk!) but further away from the Altstadt with its famous landmarks (40-ish minute walk!), but easily reachable by public transport (especially if you have the Deutschland-ticket!). The receptionist was really friendly! The rooms & bathrooms were all clean. Would have loved to have an outlet next or close to the bed to charge my phone. But overall I can only recommend & would stay there again!

I didn’t actually stay at Steffi’s, but they let me store my bags there. This was a really big deal to me. I had read that there were lockers at Heidelberg’s train station but when I arrived I discovered the luggage service had closed months earlier. I spent an hour trying to find a business that would store our bags while we explored Heidelberg for a few hours. The Ibis hotel by the train station refused even though I offered to pay. Eventually I found Steffi’s and the staff were so incredibly kind and helpful. They stored our bags and let us use the toilets, and when I asked how much I should pay they said I could make a donation of my choice. Honestly, they are the most amazing people and they deserve every success with their business as they really made our day and helped us out of a real pickle. Also the location is super close to the train station (one street over), the post office, and there’s a little superette and lots of stores selling hiking/camping/backpacking gear directly across the road. It’s not in the old town, but there are regular buses to the old town leaving from the train station (i.e. one street over) so it’s an easy journey.