I hadn´t even considered this, but I got very frustrated with overpriced hotels in Basel. I saw great reviews and that they had double en suite bedrooms. We were not disappointed! The building is old and charming, in a quiet location, and the room had views over threes and over a little stream. It is simply furnished but has everything you need (bring your soap though), clean and spacious. Breakfast was not luxurious but good and staff were very friendly and helpful. Our tip for next time: the Basel Tourism website has packages here that include tickets to exhibitions at the Fondation Beyeler, but you need to book through that website.

This was a clean and comfortable hostel (bathrooms seemed as though they had just been cleaned every time I went in them). Decent breakfast in the morning and you can reach various trams by foot within 7-10 minutes.

If you've spent a lot of nights in hostels in Eastern Europe, as I have, you'll find this one a little expensive for what's on offer. However, this is Switzerland, and this is pretty much the best place you'll get in Basel for the budget(ish) traveller level. The building is big, and the rooms are airy, if a bit spartan. The breakfast was nice, and the showers, although not perfect, were warm. The hostel is pretty close to the tram network, which runs like clockwork (This is Switzerland here), and it's not too far from the station and the Rhine.