Gaslamp Hostel San Diego in downtown San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter operates inside the 1887 Llewelyn Building on Fifth Avenue, a historically designated Victorian structure originally built as a family shoe store. The hostel's 23 rooms — a mix of themed dorms and private units — sit directly on the Gaslamp's entertainment spine, placing walkable nightlife and ticketed attractions like The Escape Game San Diego within blocks of every bed. Each dorm carries a different San Diego motif — Comic-Con, Dia de los Muertos, and the city's original Kumeyaay inhabitants among them — while a skylit double-staircase atrium preserves the building's 19th-century bones. A fully stocked communal kitchen and central air conditioning set the property apart from most downtown hostels, and the building's reported hauntings stemming from its Stingaree-era past as a bordello have become a draw in their own right. Former staffers of the building's previous incarnation as USA Hostels relaunched the operation as Gaslamp Hostel, carrying forward the same backpacker-driven programming — guided pub crawls, taco-tour referrals — that distinguishes this block from the quieter dormitory setup at Hostel on 3rd. Private rooms with individual decor accommodate couples and solo travelers who want hostel pricing and communal-kitchen access without shared sleeping quarters.