Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · 8 districts · 4 vibes
8 handpicked hostels in Mostar, sorted by traveler rating.
Mostar is the Herzegovina hostel hub on the Balkans backpacker circuit, built around Stari Most (the 1566 Ottoman bridge rebuilt in 2004) and the Neretva canyon. 105k people, walkable end-to-end in 25 minutes. Eight quality hostels covering owner-led Herzegovina day tours (Blagaj-Kravice-Pocitelj), riverside terrace bars within ten minutes of Stari Most, family-run rakija welcomes, and free pickup from both Mostar bus stations.
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Best Hostels in Mostar
8 handpicked hostels in Mostar, sorted by traveler rating.
Hostel FM
Hostel FM is the highest-rated hostel in Mostar at 9.5/10 across 399 reviews. Owner Martina runs four rooms out of the family house on Muje Bjelavca in Cernica, twelve minutes uphill from Stari Most. Free homemade breakfast, a small rooftop terrace looking south over the orange tiles, and a kitchen guests actually use.
Hostel Nina Mostar
Hostel Nina Mostar is a 9.4/10 family-run guesthouse on Čelebića in Cernica, eight minutes uphill from Stari Most. Nina herself runs the front desk; her son Adis runs the day pickups; breakfast is at the family dining-room table rather than a hostel canteen. The 'staying with a Bosnian family' pick.
Alen & Leila Backpackers Hostel
Hostel Backpackers is a 9.2/10 family-run hostel on Braće Fejića, the pedestrian spine of Mostar's Stari Grad. Owners Alen and Leila run the front desk, the breakfast and the rooftop, four minutes east of Stari Most along the bazaar route. The cheapest 9+/10 hostel in Mostar at 15 EUR a dorm bed.
Hostel Mirror
Hostel Mirror is a 9.2/10 family-run guesthouse on Brace Krpo, eight minutes uphill from Stari Most, with a tiered garden looking down toward the Neretva and the Old Bridge in the distance. Owner Tiffany — the name comes up in 80% of the 605 reviews — runs the front desk, the breakfast, the rakija round at 9pm and the booking concierge for buses south.
Hostel Miran Mostar
Hostel Miran Mostar is a 9.2/10 family-run hostel on Pere Lažetića in the Carina neighbourhood, seven minutes uphill from Stari Most. Owner Miran runs the day tour to Blagaj-Kravice-Pocitelj himself, pours homemade rakija in the garden, and is the reference point on TripAdvisor and Booking for the city's old-school owner-run experience.
Hostel David
Hostel David is a 9.2/10 owner-run hostel on Pere Lažetića (the same Carina street as Hostel Miran, three doors up), six minutes uphill from Stari Most. Owner David runs a rooftop terrace with a 2-for-1 happy hour starting 19:00, an owner-led 30 EUR Herzegovina day tour, and the loudest social scene in the Mostar 9+/10 bracket.
Hostel Hercegovina
Hostel Hercegovina is a 9.0/10 hostel right on Trg 1 Maj, the small square at the eastern edge of Kujundžiluk bazaar. Three minutes on foot to Stari Most, four to Karadjozbeg Mosque, six to the bus station — the most central 9+/10 hostel in town. Owner Ranko runs the front desk, the daily Herzegovina tour and the upper terrace.
Hostel Musala
Hostel Musala is the highest-volume guesthouse in Mostar with 691 reviews at 8.8/10, six minutes on foot east of Stari Most. The hook is owner Bata — free pickup from Autobuska Stanica, a homemade breakfast, a welcome rakija shot, and the Herzegovina day-tour to Blagaj, Kravice and Pocitelj that takes the booking-confusion out of your single Mostar day.
Hand-picked guides.
Mostar isn't a walking-tour town the way Sarajevo is — Stari Most explains itself in twenty minutes and Kujundžiluk bazaar is a self-guided …
Mostar's hillside means most hostels above the Bulevar have a rooftop, but only a handful actually run a bar on it. Six of our top eight — H…
Mostar's social scene runs on hostels, not bars. Black Dog Pub is the one bar with backpacker volume; OKC Abrašević on the west side is the …
Live music in Mostar means sevdalinka — the Bosnian melancholy songs that Damir at Hostel Miran's garden has been playing on a guitar for te…