Modern Youth hostel in the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate

  • Your host in the state capital! The modern Rhine-Main Youth Hostel in Mainz is right next to the grounds of Mainzer Volkspark, which offers plenty of leisure activities for all ages. History, modernity and a cheerful mentality characterise Mainz, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, leaving visitors feeling right at home.
  • Mainz Youth Hostel has 173 beds in rooms with 1, 2, 4 and multiple beds. Each room is equipped with an en-suite shower/WC.
  • Spacious entrance area with reception, communications area, dining room, bistro with outdoor terrace, café/bar, snack area, play area.
  • 5 common rooms and functions rooms of varying sizes for 15 to 105 people; 3 rooms may be combined to hold up to 235 people and are fully equipped for events, conferences, workshops, project days and music camps.
  • Leisure programmes for a thrilling family holiday.
  • Activity programmes for exciting school trips.
  • Internet terminal, board games, barbecue area, children's playground, table tennis, very large areas for ball games and playing in front of the Hostel, several paddling pools, tyre swing, baseball field, boules area, 1200-square metre skating area, disc golf course (professional game supervision available for a charge).
  • Accessible rooms are available for wheelchair users.
  • At Mainz Youth Hostel we welcome families, groups of schoolchildren, seminar and conference participants, choirs and music groups, holidaymakers, cyclists, ramblers and, of course, individual guests.
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Prices 2023

B&B from Half board from Full board from
€ 28.00 € 37.80 € 40.90

Prices 2024

B&B from Half board from Full board from
€ 29.30 € 39.10 € 43.20

History, modernity and a cheerful mentality characterise Mainz, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate. The Rhine-Main Youth Hostel in Mainz is right next to the grounds of Mainzer Volkspark, which offers plenty of leisure activities for all ages.

  • 173 beds in rooms with 1, 2, 4 and multiple beds. Each room is equipped with an en-suite shower/WC.

Room Floor space
Max. number of participants
  • cinema
    cinema
  • parliament
    parliament
  • block
    block
  • U-shaped block
    U-shaped block
  • circle
    circle
Floor Rent per day off
Tagungsraum 1 81 sqm 105 56 42 34 - GF € 194.40
Tagungsraum 2 63 sqm 77 48 34 26 - GF € 151.20
Tagungsraum 3 40 sqm 49 24 28 20 - GF € 96.00
Tagungsraum 4 45 sqm 49 29 28 22 - GF € 108.00
Tagungsraum 5 26 sqm 25 15 18 18 - GF € 62.40
Tagungsraum 1 + 2 144 sqm 188 116 60 54 - GF € 345.60
Tagungsraum 2 + 3 103 sqm 121 72 40 35 - GF € 247.20
Tagungsraum 1 + 2 + 3 184 sqm 235 150 72 70 - GF € 441.60
Conference equipment

CD player, copier, DVD player, fax, flip chart, free wifi, pin board, presentation case, projector, screen, speaker's desk, stereo system, TV set

Activities for guests of Mainz Youth Hostel

Mainz is situated directly on the Rhine and is known for its pleasant atmosphere. This is a place where you can really feel at home. But there's also plenty of action available, with visitors spoilt for choice thanks to a range of leisure activities and cultural events. Take a leisurely tour of this attractive capital; be sure to pay a visit to Mainz Cathedral and the old town, and don't forget the Gutenberg Museum, which celebrates the city's most famous inhabitant, Johannes Gutenberg, who invented the printing press.

Sightseeing and excursions

  • old town, Cathedral, Gutenberg Museum
  • St. Stephen's Church, with windows designed by Chagall
  • parks, Rhine Promenade
  • Romano-Germanic Central Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • Mainz Carnival
  • ZDF broadcasting centre
  • theatre and cabaret
  • cinema complex
  • galleries and exhibitions
  • Rhine Cycle Route
  • crazy golf, basketball, bowling alley, giant chess
  • indoor and outdoor pools
  • rinks for ice skating and roller skating
  • tennis/squash/badminton sports park
  • plant and animal exhibitions
  • boat trip to Rüdesheim, with sightseeing, the Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments and the Niederwald Monument
  • sightseeing in Frankfurt am Main, including the airport, zoo, Palm Garden and Senckenberg Museum and Observatory
  • Wiesbaden, including a city tour and a trip to Neroberg mountain
  • city tour of Worms
  • see the city and castle in Heidelberg
  • sightseeing in Saalburg, including a tour of the Roman fort
  • travel through the romantic Middle Rhine between Bingen and Koblenz