PIJAMA HOUSE - Bike & Bed
Sister Pijama property in the Kapana bar quarter, with a back-yard garden, bike storage and a quieter house feel
PIJAMA HOUSE - Bike & Bed is the sister property of Pijama Hostel, sat inside the Kapana bar quarter on Yoakim Gruev 34. It's a small house in a back yard with a garden, a shared kitchen and a games room — quieter than the dorm operation on Konstantin Stoilov, and the only Plovdiv hostel with proper bike storage and a real outdoor space.
PIJAMA HOUSE - Bike & Bed sits at Yoakim Gruev 34, inside Kapana — Plovdiv's gentrified artisan/bar quarter, the five tight cobbled streets where Cat & Mouse, Petnoto and Monkey House run the city's cocktail scene. The property is set in a back yard one street off the main pub strip, opposite the regional police station (which Bulgarian reviewers note is a quiet-at-night anchor). Glavnata is 5 minutes south on foot, the Roman Stadium ruins are 4 minutes south-east.
It's a small house, not a converted apartment: a garden out the back with a picnic table, a shared kitchen with kitchenette, washing machine, and a separate games room with board games and the kind of hodgepodge sofa setup that makes solo travelers stay an extra night. Reviewers from Bulgaria, the UK and Greece consistently flag the location-meets-quiet combination — Kapana noise stays on the main strip, the back-yard rooms hear it as a hum rather than a thump.
Rooms span private check-in/out (key in a lockbox if the host is out), private rooms with shared bathroom, and a couple of dorms. Beds have privacy curtains — the same single-bed-with-curtain setup as Pijama Hostel, kept consistent across both properties. Bike storage is the differentiator: bring a touring bike from the EuroVelo 13 or the Iron Curtain Trail, lock it inside the gated yard for free. Pet-friendly is unclear; check before booking.
Reviewer character across 354 stays at 7.4: kitchen-good, location-good, host-flexible, occasionally quirky on bathroom availability during peak weekends. One Israeli guest summarized it as a 'quiet little house in the trendy Kapana area, good value, beds with curtains, free lockers.' Lyubomir from Sofia: 'fast online check-in, good price, practically in the trendy Kapana.' For travelers who want Kapana on their doorstep without sleeping above the bars, this is the play.
- 01Inside Kapana — opens to the artisan/bar quarter without sleeping over a bar
- 02Back-yard garden with picnic table — the only Plovdiv hostel with a real outdoor space
- 03Free locked bike storage in the gated yard — useful for EuroVelo 13 cyclists
- 04Curtained dorm beds (same Pijama-brand setup) and free lockers — unusual combo at €22
- 7.4 over 354 Booking reviews — large sample, 6+ years of operation
- Garden + games room — both rare in central Plovdiv
- 5 min walk to Glavnata, 90 sec to Cat & Mouse and Kapana bars
- Same brand discipline as Pijama Hostel — curtained beds, free lockers
“A hostel in a small house in a back yard in the trendy Kapana area of Plovdiv. Good value. Beds have curtains. Free lockers.”
“The online check-in was fast and the price was very good. The hostel is clean and cosy and is located in the city center, practically in the trendy Kapana area.”
“Great location and helpful staff with communication. We cycled there and could store our bikes safely. The facilities are great and there is everything you need for a stay.”
- Cat & Mouse craft beer (Kapana main strip)90 sec walk
- Knyaz Aleksandar I (Glavnata pedestrian street)5 min walk south
- Roman Stadium of Philippopolis ruins4 min walk south-east
- Pavaj brunch / modern Bulgarian (Otets Paisii 11)4 min walk south
- Old Town & Roman Theatre via Saborna street8 min walk uphill
- Yug bus station (Sofia, Burgas, regional buses)15 min walk south or bus 99
