LATROUPE La Granja
Plaza Circular flagship with the best hostel breakfast in town and a bar that runs every night
LATROUPE La Granja sits on Plaza Circular in Bilbao's Abando district, right above the Abando metro station and a 4-minute walk from the Casco Viejo. Dorms have privacy curtains and individual sockets; the on-site breakfast buffet, ground-floor bar with happy hour, karaoke and movie nights anchor the social side. Rated 8.9/10 across 7,055 reviews and consistently the highest-volume hostel in town.
LATROUPE La Granja is the LATROUPE chain's Bilbao flagship and, by sheer volume, the social default. It sits directly on the Plaza Circular roundabout next to the BBVA Tower, above the Abando metro entrance — meaning you can be in Casco Viejo for pintxos in 4 minutes, at San Mamés for an Athletic match in 8, or on the airport bus (A3247, runs from Plaza Moyúa two blocks away) in 25.
The building is a converted office block: 7 floors, lifts, AC, soundproof glazing on the road side. Dorms are 4 to 8 beds with privacy curtains, USB sockets, and reading lights — the layout that's now standard at the better European chains and that solo travellers consistently call out in the 7,000+ reviews. Breakfast (continental + cooked, included in most rates) is the single most-praised feature, repeatedly called the best of any hostel guests have stayed in.
The ground floor runs a real bar with happy hour every evening, plus a rotating calendar of karaoke, movie nights and pub-crawl meet-ups. It's loud until midnight in the public areas (and the road outside is busy 24/7 — light sleepers should ask for a courtyard-facing room), then drops sharply. Reception is 24h and noticeably good with luggage storage, late check-ins, and finding things you've left behind.
Who it's for: solo travellers, weekend groups, anyone who wants the breakfast, the bar and the central location in one place. Who it's not for: light sleepers without earplugs (Plaza Circular is one of Bilbao's busiest junctions), or anyone after a boutique experience.
- 01Best included breakfast of any Bilbao hostel — cooked options plus continental, called out in hundreds of reviews
- 02Plaza Circular location: Abando metro at the door, Casco Viejo 4 min east, airport bus 2 min west
- 03Real ground-floor bar with daily happy hour, karaoke and movie nights — the social default in town
- 04Privacy-curtain dorms with USB sockets and reading lights — the modern hostel layout, well-executed
- 0524h reception consistently praised for finding lost items and helping with late check-ins
- Plaza Circular — directly above Abando metro and 4 min from Casco Viejo
- On-site bar with daily happy hour, karaoke and movie nights
- Included breakfast buffet repeatedly called the best in any hostel
- Privacy-curtain dorms, AC, lifts, 24h reception
“I stayed in a dormitory and liked the privacy with the curtains. The bathroom and toiletries are great too. Oh and the breakfast! The best I had so far in hostels.”
“Great location, right next to metro station and the Old Town. 24h reception and one of the kindest and friendliest staff I've ever met. We could also leave our luggage after checkout thanks to lovely staff.”
“The reception team are very kind, helpful, polite and friendly. Specially Oihane and Danny — they made check-in easy and gave us proper local tips for pintxos.”
- Abando metro stationAt the door
- Casco Viejo (Old Town pintxo bars)4 min walk
- Plaza Moyúa and airport bus stop3 min walk
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao15 min walk
- Mercado de la Ribera7 min walk
- San Mamés (Athletic Bilbao stadium)5 min by metro
