Kotor
Montenegro.
Montenegro · 3 districts · 4 vibes
4 handpicked hostels in Kotor, sorted by traveler rating.
Kotor is a 13th-century walled town at the back of the Adriatic's deepest fjord-like bay in southwestern Montenegro, with marble lanes, a 4.5km city wall climbing 260m up to St. John's Fortress, and a backpacker scene that runs on sunset BBQs, bay boat trips and pub crawls from May to October. Four viable hostels — two inside the UNESCO old town walls, two on the seafront — that share an overlapping social calendar with Old Town Youth Hostel as the anchor. Pick by what wakes you up: marble underfoot, or salt water in your hair.
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Best Hostels in Kotor
4 handpicked hostels in Kotor, sorted by traveler rating.
CENTRUM HOSTEL
CENTRUM HOSTEL sits inside Kotor's UNESCO Old Town walls a few metres from the Sea Gate main entrance and a one-minute walk from the Clock Tower. Adults-only, with soundproofed rooms, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, a shared kitchen, themed dinner nights and full-day security. 9.4/10 from 750 reviews — the highest-rated viable hostel in Kotor.
Old Town Youth Hostel
Old Town Youth Hostel sits inside a 13th-century building on Stari Grad, deep in the UNESCO-protected Kotor Old Town, with stone-walled dorms, free Wi-Fi and a courtyard that turns into the social hub of the backpacker circuit. 9.2 from 961 reviews. Famous for its Tuesday and Thursday sunset BBQ and Saturday boat party from May to October — the events most other Kotor hostels ride on too.
Hostel Pupa
Hostel Pupa occupies a historic building renovated in 2017 on Njegoseva, directly on the Boka Bay seafront, a 5-minute walk south of Kotor's Old Town and the bus station. Adults-only, with dormitory rooms, free Wi-Fi, two shared kitchens, a terrace and patio with sun deck on the water, free parking and laundry. 9.0/10 from 2,342 reviews — the most-reviewed hostel in Kotor by a long way, with couples rating the location 10.0 for two-person trips.
Montenegro Hostel 4U
Montenegro Hostel 4U sits directly on Bokeljskih brigada, a 6-minute walk north of Kotor's Old Town beach and the Sea Gate, with private beachfront access, a sun terrace, an on-site bar, BBQ nights and a games room. Adults-only, with shared kitchen, free Wi-Fi, A/C, free parking and a small minimarket on site. 8.9/10 from 608 reviews — the loudest social hostel in Kotor, designed around BBQ + boat-tour + pub-crawl programming most nights in summer.
Hand-picked guides.
Kotor's hostel scene runs on shared programming. Every viable hostel inside or adjacent to the UNESCO walls hands you a sunset BBQ, a bay bo…
Kotor's coastline isn't a sandy resort. The bay is rocky, deep, glass-flat in summer, and the swimming culture is local: a quick plunge befo…
If you're in Kotor primarily for the marble lanes, the wall hike to St. John's Fortress, and a structured introduction to the old town, two …
Kotor's live music scene is small, summer-only, and circulates between three or four old-town bars and one bay-side hostel. There's no perma…