Quartier Bilbao Hostel Casco Viejo
Inside Casco Viejo, 100 metres from the Cathedral, with rooftop views and included breakfast
Quartier Bilbao Hostel sits inside the Casco Viejo on Calle Artekale, 100 metres from the Cathedral and a 2-minute walk from the Ribera market and tram stop. Modern dorms with individual reading lights, included buffet breakfast, a rooftop with city views, an on-site bar with happy hour, and a programme of bar crawls and movie nights. The most central hostel in Bilbao.
Quartier Bilbao Hostel Casco Viejo is the most central hostel in Bilbao — physically inside the medieval Siete Calles (the seven historical streets), 100 metres from Santiago Cathedral, 200 metres from Plaza Nueva and 2 minutes from the Mercado de la Ribera. Tram A stops at Ribera (the door is 2 min away), and the Casco Viejo metro station is 4 minutes east.
The building is part of the Quartier hostel chain (Cordoba, Madrid, Bilbao) — modern build, lifts, AC throughout, soundproof glazing on the street side. Dorms are 4 to 8 beds with bunks, individual reading lights, USB sockets and personal lockers. Privacy curtains are limited to a few rooms — solo travellers wanting full curtain coverage should pick LATROUPE or Lamia instead. The breakfast (continental + cooked, included) runs in a bright top-floor dining room with city views, which doubles as the rooftop hangout in the evening.
The ground floor has a real bar with happy hour every evening and a programme of bar crawls (departing 22:00, partnering with Casco Viejo bars), movie nights, karaoke and DJ sets at weekends. There's a shared kitchen on the lounge floor with full appliances, useful for picnics from the Ribera market 2 minutes away. The location score is 9.4/10 — highest of any hostel in town.
Who it's for: travellers who want to stumble out the door directly into the Casco Viejo bar circuit, anyone arriving by tram from the airport bus drop, and pintxo-first visitors. Who it's not for: light sleepers (the Old Town is loud Thu–Sun until 03:00, even with soundproofing), or anyone wanting privacy curtains in every dorm.
- 01The most central hostel in Bilbao — inside the Casco Viejo medieval core
- 02100 m from Santiago Cathedral, 2 min from the Ribera market and tram stop
- 03Included buffet breakfast in a top-floor dining room with city views
- 04On-site bar with daily happy hour and organised bar crawls
- 05Location score 9.4/10 — highest-rated location of any hostel in town
- Inside Casco Viejo — 100 m from the Cathedral and 2 min from Ribera market
- Included buffet breakfast in a top-floor dining room with city views
- On-site bar with happy hour and bar crawls every night
- Modern dorms with reading lights, USB sockets and lockers
“Exceptional all around. Wonderfully cheap for the location two minutes from the world-famous market and the Ribera tram stop. Fully automated check-in with clear instructions and a great buffet breakfast included.”
“Staff is very friendly and helpful, the place is clean, there is even breakfast included, the location is super central, everything you need including the airport bus can be reached on foot.”
“The hostel was amazing, and the whole process was smooth and easy.”
- Santiago Cathedral and Plaza de Santiago100 m walk
- Ribera tram stop and Mercado de la Ribera2 min walk
- Casco Viejo metro station4 min walk
- Plaza Nueva (Sunday stamp market)3 min walk
- Funicular de Artxanda15 min walk
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao15 min walk / 6 min by tram
