European Hostels With Free Wifi
Monday April 10, 2006
Category: Travel and Internet | Hostels 
With a whopping 21 percent of student travelers carrying laptops these days (according to a Hostelworld survey), a recent rallying cry heard 'round the well beaten paths and less traveled roads is, "Where's the wifi?" Travelers can easily pay too much for a few minutes of wifi when longing to check email (24 euros per hour for this writer in Lucerne recently), and hostels, like business hotels, aren't exactly hopping on the free-wifi-as-amenity wagon yet. If you've spent frustrating hours on fruitless free wifi searches abroad, check out a list of ten European hostels with free wifi in top student travel spots like Rome, Prague and Paris.
What is wifi? And who cares?
"Wifi" means "wireless fidelity" and is a way of networking computers without wires. Travelers care what wifi is because with wifi, travelers lugging laptops can log on to the internet anywhere without needing a phone line and cable or, with free wifi, an account. Wifi hotspots are places where you can find wifi, free or paid. Internet cafes are likely wifi hotspots, and many airports, hotels and bars have wifi hotspots.
The wifi whereabouts worldwide
With a whopping 21 percent of student travelers carrying laptops these days (according to a Hostelworld survey), a recent rallying cry heard 'round the well beaten paths and less traveled roads is, "Where's the wifi?" Travelers can easily pay too much for a few minutes of wifi when longing to check email (24 euros per hour for this writer in Lucerne recently), and hostels, like business hotels, aren't exactly hopping on the free-wifi-as-amenity wagon yet. If you've spent frustrating hours on fruitless free wifi searches abroad, check out a list of ten European hostels with free wifi in top student travel spots like Rome, Prague and Paris.
What is wifi? And who cares?
"Wifi" means "wireless fidelity" and is a way of networking computers without wires. Travelers care what wifi is because with wifi, travelers lugging laptops can log on to the internet anywhere without needing a phone line and cable or, with free wifi, an account. Wifi hotspots are places where you can find wifi, free or paid. Internet cafes are likely wifi hotspots, and many airports, hotels and bars have wifi hotspots.
The wifi whereabouts worldwide
- Read a wifi definition and learn about free and paid wifi
- Ten European hostels with free wifi (this list needs an affordable Vienna hostel featuring free wifi -- know one?)
- Learn abut a pocket wifi finder
- Find wifi hotspots internationally
- Find international internet cafe lists
- About Student Travel: "Gone Flashpacker"
- Hotelchatter.com: "Best Wifi Hotels 2006"
Comments
Paraiso Hostel in Barcelona offers free wifi for clients. Also its a great place to stay. I´ve stayed there 3 months ago.
Regards
Ricardo
Czech Inn Prague offers free Wifi for all guests. Super hip place too with all you can ask.
ZEUS HOSTEL IN ATHENS GREECE offers free wi fi and has also 3 computers to use free of charge i stayed there and is more than ok