Formosa Backpackers HostelvsTienhsiang Youth Activity Center
Tienhsiang Youth Activity Center and Formosa Backpackers Hostel are both endorsed by experts. On balance, Formosa Backpackers Hostel ranks slightly better than Tienhsiang Youth Activity Center. Formosa Backpackers Hostel scores 78 with approval from 2 publications including Lonely Planet, Rough Guide.
Formosa Backpackers Hostel
 Lonely Planet
 Rough Guide
No.206 Jianguo Road, Hualien City, Hualien, Taiwan
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Laundry Service
 - Concierge
 - Free Parking
 - Multilingual
 
 "Formosa has laundry service, a full kitchen, a small cafe and bar, a 600-book English library, and free pick up from the train station." Full review
 "Excellent modern hostel... The marble-floored dorm is modern and spotlessly clean... The location isn’t bad, a short walk from downtown and the bars on Linsen Rd." 
Tienhsiang Youth Activity Center
 Lonely Planet
Tienhsiang Road, XiuLin Township, Hualian County, Taiwan(R.O.C.), Hualien, Taiwan
From $0/night
- Free Internet
 - Free Breakfast
 - Restaurant
 - Free Parking
 - Air Conditioning
 - Breakfast included
 
 "Up the hill from the Catholic Hostel, the airy, expansive Youth Activity Centre offers far superior private and dorm rooms to the Catholic Hostel."