Secret Garden Hostel is part of a new wave of low-cost options, and it’s also one of the best. Certainly the most colourful, quarters come with names that leave no doubt over what colours to expect on opening the door, from Clockwork Orange to Vanilla Sky via Mint Sorbet. Dorms come with comfortable pine bunks, while private rooms are neat, simple efforts, with the addition of wrought iron furnishings and colourful bed spreads. The common room features low-slung sofas and a DVD library to put to the test, plus there's laundry services, free internet access and a garden for barbecues if the season is right. Secret Garden Hostel also has a fantastic little apartment close to the main hostel with two more in Kazimierz (ul. Józefa 6 and ul. Szeroka 29).