Hola Hostal Eixample
The party-with-a-terrace hostel where every night has a plan
Sun terrace with private bar, 24-hour reception, and stylish air-conditioned dormitories. 15 min walk from Plaza Catalunya. Themed dinners, walking tours, bar crawls, live music, ping-pong, and pool table.
Hola Hostal is the kind of hostel where you don't need to figure out what to do. they've already planned it. Every single night there's something happening: bar crawls on Thursdays, live music on Fridays, themed dinners on Saturdays, and chill terrace hangouts the rest of the week.
The sun terrace with its private bar is the beating heart of this place. It's up on the top floor with a sun deck, cheap drinks, and that golden Barcelona light that makes everything look like an Instagram filter. The bar crawls they organize are genuinely fun. not the scammy tourist ones, but actual crawls through local bars in the Eixample.
For the price point (one of the cheapest quality hostels in central Barcelona), you get a lot: ping-pong, pool table, shared kitchen, and dorms that are modern and air-conditioned. The staff are young, social, and clearly love their jobs. they'll recommend the best local tapas spots and tell you which tourist traps to avoid.
It's 15 minutes on foot from Plaza Catalunya and close to a metro station. Not the absolute center, but the Eixample location means you're surrounded by real Barcelona life instead of souvenir shops.
- 01Best price-to-fun ratio in Barcelona. 25 EUR gets you a clean bed AND a full social calendar.
- 02The terrace bar has genuinely cheap drinks. not the "hostel cheap" that's still expensive.
- 03Bar crawls are the real deal: local bars, not tourist traps. Thursday nights are legendary.
- 04Themed dinners bring everyone together. paella nights and taco Tuesdays are standouts.
- 05Ping-pong tournaments get surprisingly competitive and are an amazing icebreaker.
- Terrace bar
- Bar crawls
- Live music
- Themed dinners
“there is privacy per bed, there is lobby, kitchen, you can rent bicycle, there is place where you can leave your luggage (with pay) inside the building, place is big and clean, and the smell all over the place is nice and clean smell, there is big bathroom, there is terrace, v...”
“Comfy mattress, curtain on each bed, locker lockable with the access card, spacious room, spacious kitchen and dining area. Enough fridge space. The hostel was generally very quiet, I had a great sleep there (apart from few guests who kept snoozing their alarms, but that just ...”
“The stuff are professional and very friendly”
- Sagrada Familia15 min walk
- Plaza Catalunya15 min walk
- Arc de Triomf10 min walk
- Tetuan Metro5 min walk
- Barcelona Nord Bus Station5 min walk