2 Best Ljubljana Hostels with an On-Site Bar

Ljubljana's two bar-hostels differ in intent. Celica's garden courtyard bar is the hostel's identity — the building is a prison-turned-art-squat, the bar is inside the artist-cells courtyard, and the whole product positions the drink as part of the Metelkova atmosphere. It's open 8 am to midnight in summer (9 pm to midnight in winter when the courtyard closes), and the €3 Laško during happy hour makes it a legitimate budget play. Turn's England Pub approach is functional — it's a separate business on the ground floor that happens to give hostel guests 10% off and runs Premier League on big screens Saturday afternoons. The pub is Ljubljana's most-British-feeling establishment (fish and chips, Sunday roast, Guinness on tap) and attracts local British-ex-pats alongside hostel guests.

Pick Celica's bar if the bar is part of the travel experience — you're in Ljubljana partly for Metelkova, the bar is inside it, the drink is the entry ticket to the rest of the arts-squat. Pick Turn's below-hostel England Pub if you want a match afternoon or a burger-and-pint night without walking far, or if the British pub concept is your preferred first-drink environment. The two don't compete directly — Celica is an arts-squat bar, Turn-below is a British pub. Different products, different nights.