Try a stay in the slammer

FANCY a holiday in a prison?

Head to Freemantle,#Australia, where the city’s 19th century jail has been re-opened as a 200-bed hostel by YHA Australia.

Guests can sleep in the original cells or in prison warders’ cottages. There is a mix of dormitory accommodation and private rooms.

This #one-of-a-kind hostel that has the original fabric of the prison (including walls, floors, and cells) and its history is interpreted and displayed throughout the building.

The site dates back to 1829, when the area – dubbed the Swan River Colony – was designated for free settlers. But the settlement's fledgling agricultural industry floundered. With the colony's future looking bleak, convict labour was introduced and the prison was built.

yha.com.au



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