Varna
Bulgaria.
Bulgaria · 6 districts · 3 vibes
6 handpicked hostels in Varna, sorted by traveler rating.
Varna is Bulgaria's third city (335k) and the country's Sea Capital, on the Black Sea coast 470 km east of Sofia. The historic centre is built around the Cathedral of the Assumption with the pedestrian Knyaz Boris I Boulevard as its spine; the Sea Garden runs 8 km along the coast from the Dolphinarium to the port. Hostel cluster of six in the central core, walking distance to Varna Beach (city section), Roman Thermae of Odessos and the bar circuit on Knyaz Boris. €11-18 dorms, €1.60 BGN bus to airport, day-trip-able to Aladzha cave monastery and the smaller Sveti Konstantin beaches.
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Best Hostels in Varna
6 handpicked hostels in Varna, sorted by traveler rating.
Nomado Hostel
Nomado is the top-rated hostel in Varna (9.1) and the city's go-to for travellers who want a quiet, design-conscious base in the historic centre rather than a party hostel. Housed in an early-1900s building on Nikola Kanev Street, with tiled floors, a sun terrace and a leafy garden, it runs more like a guesthouse than a backpacker hub.
Hostel Varna Botanika
Hostel Varna Botanika is the garden-and-beach detour: 8.2 across 130 reviews, in a converted house in the Evksinograd / Sveti Konstantin coastal suburb north of Varna centre. Adults-only, vegetation-heavy, with the smaller north-coast beaches walking-distance away and a bus ride into the centre.
Yo Ho Hostel
Yo Ho Hostel is the art-and-music corner of Varna's hostel scene: 8.1 across 778 reviews, in a historic stone-staircase building one block off the Cathedral, with painted murals on every wall, a basement studio for art and music nights, and the city's most loyal returning-backpacker crowd.
Heart of the city Hostel
Heart of the city Hostel is the modern social hostel of central Varna: 7.7 across 123 reviews, on Stefan Stambolov Street one block off Knyaz Boris I Boulevard, with soundproofed dorms, a self-serve drinks machine that does cold beer, and one of the city's busier social calendars (walking tours, bike tours, themed dinners, even stand-up comedy nights).
Hostel Musala
Hostel Musala is the social-hostel anchor of central Varna: 7.6 across 809 reviews, in a landmark early-1900s building across from the Cathedral of the Assumption. Bar, terrace, games room, walking tours and a packed event calendar — the hostel that runs the bar crawls and hands you a city map at check-in.
Swed Cab Embassy HoStel
Swed Cab Embassy is the capsule hostel of central Varna: 7.4 across 37 reviews, with cabin-style sleeping pods rather than open-bunk dorms, an adults-only policy, full-day security, an airport shuttle option, and a central-core location four minutes' walk from the Varna Opera House.
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Three Varna hostels run real social calendars, not just bunk beds: Hostel Musala (1900s landmark next to the Cathedral, walking tours, theme…
All six of our Varna hostels are walking distance to a beach (this is the Black Sea Capital, after all), but they split into two camps: city…
Two Varna hostels run a real rooftop or terrace bar in the central core: Hostel Musala (1900s landmark with rooftop event space across from …