The Israel Youth Hostel Association has reinvented itself in the last couple of decades, upgrading its properties to simple but comfortable and well-designed guesthouses, and Agron is no exception. The hostel is all light and limestone, with ground-floor courtyards and a large second-floor pergola-covered patio that offers a great city view. Its location is excellent: a less than 10-minute walk from downtown, and just 15 minutes from the Old City. Pros: strategic touring location; free Internet access; large late-night supermarket across the street. Cons: sometimes noisy when exuberant youth groups come to stay; most rooms only available February-August.
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