Hostel Karavan Inn
Belgrade's most-reviewed hostel (1,023 ratings, 9.3) — Vračar boulevard, Tamara on reception, tram to Stari Grad.
Karavan Inn is Belgrade's most-reviewed hostel with 1,023 ratings averaging 9.3 — the big-sample endorsement. It sits on Bulevar kralja Aleksandra in Vračar, which means you're on the tram line to Stari Grad and surrounded by the cheap-eats student scene that funds Belgrade nightlife.
Karavan Inn is the volume play of our Belgrade shortlist — the single most-reviewed hostel in the city with 1,023 ratings, averaging 9.3. That's a strong signal: novelty-rating bias wears off past 200 reviews, and Karavan's number holds. The hostel is at Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 60 in Vračar — one stop south of Slavija Square on trams 2, 6, and 12, which will drop you at Republic Square in under 10 minutes.
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra is the student-bar artery of Belgrade: 80,000 students live within walking distance, Saint Sava Temple (the world's second-largest Orthodox church) is 12 minutes on foot, and the cheap-eats scene is exceptional. A gyros at SerDžo is €3.50, a Walter ćevapi is across the street, Nomads for cocktails is 3 minutes. You're not in the walking-tour part of town, but you're in the living-neighborhood part of town.
The hostel itself is a converted apartment block with about 50 beds — dorms from 4 to 10 beds, a mix of private doubles, a big kitchen that's the actual social hub (guests cook, the Germans share beers, the Brazilians teach Portuguese), and a small terrace-bar on the top floor. The receptionist Tamara shows up by name in dozens of reviews — she's the reason a lot of reviewers call this 'the friendliest hostel in Belgrade'. The in-house bar crawl leaves twice a week (Wed and Sat) and is €8.
Pros: legitimately the friendliest big-hostel in Belgrade, huge kitchen, cheapest dorm price (€18) in our shortlist, great tram access. Cons: not walking-distance from Stari Grad — you'll be on the tram multiple times a day, and the neighborhood is more student-local than tourist-polished.
- 011,023 reviews averaging 9.3 — the most tested Belgrade hostel
- 02Tamara on reception — the friendliest big-hostel face in the city
- 03€18 dorm in a living-city neighborhood
- 04Big kitchen where actual cooking happens every evening
- Most-reviewed hostel in Belgrade
- Vračar student boulevard address
- Large guest kitchen (real social hub)
- Wed/Sat pub crawl (€8)
“Really cool hostel, with modern and nice rooms and a cool common area that has an old school feeling. 10 minutes tram to the center.”
“Tamara on reception is the nicest, most accommodating person you could meet. She gave us tips for food and rakija bars off the tourist track.”
“Very friendly lady who works the reception, maybe the manager. She has a very positive attitude — location near Tesla Museum is a bonus.”
- Saint Sava Temple12 min walk
- Nikola Tesla Museum8 min walk
- Slavija Square (airport bus A1)6 min walk
- Republic Square (tram 2/12)10 min tram
- SerDžo gyros2 min walk
- Walter ćevapi5 min walk
