Madrid
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8 handpicked hostels in Madrid, sorted by traveler rating.
Madrid is Spain's late-night capital: 01:30 metros, 22:00 dinners, hostels that run their social programme until 3am. A mix of Sol's tourist pub crawl, Malasaña's indie bar scene, Chueca's queer-friendly brunch, and an art triangle (Prado + Reina Sofía + Thyssen) walkable in one long afternoon.
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8 handpicked hostels in Madrid, sorted by traveler rating.
Ok Hostel Madrid
Award-winning 9.0-rated hostel on a quiet street in La Latina, 200 m from the metro and 8 minutes on foot from Plaza Mayor. Restaurant, shared kitchen, award-winning front-desk team, and daily pub crawls that sweep through Sol and Malasaña.
The Hat Madrid
The Hat Madrid is at Calle Imperial 9, about a minute from Plaza Mayor and a few minutes from Puerta del Sol, with La Latina three minutes away and Gran Vía five. Rooms range from doubles to shared rooms of 4, 6, 8 and 10 beds, in mixed and women-only versions, plus apartments. The rooftop terrace serves food, beer and cocktails, and guests have laundry with washers and dryers. Rated 9.0 from 4,001 reviews.
LATROUPE Prado
8.8-rated hostel one Atocha-metro-stop from the Prado Museum triangle, with a Latin American restaurant on the ground floor, daily happy hour, and themed dinners. Private rooms with balconies, city-view dorms, bar crawls into Lavapiés and La Latina.
Toc Hostel Madrid
Stylish hostel on Plaza de Celenque, 120 m from Puerta del Sol — the literal centre of Spain. Parquet floors, free pool table, themed parties at the bar, and a tour desk running bike tours into Retiro. Private rooms + mixed dorms, all air conditioned.
room00 Chueca Hostel
Stylish hostel on Calle Hortaleza, 100 m from Chueca metro and at the seam of Chueca + Malasaña. Bar-restaurant on the ground floor, in-house nightclub, daily happy hour, bar crawls through the queer Chueca circuit and the Fuencarral pedestrian zone.
Way Hostel Madrid
Backpacker-first hostel on Calle Relatores, 6 minutes from Puerta del Sol and on the Huertas–Lavapiés seam. Strong free-walking-tour programme, themed dinner nights, shared kitchen + kitchenette, happy hour, daily bar crawl.
Bastardo Hostel
Design-led hostel on Calle de San Mateo, two blocks off Fuencarral and three from Tribunal metro. Industrial interiors, on-site restaurant, rooftop terrace, live music + culture classes — a mid-sized hostel sitting on the seam of Malasaña and Chueca with breakfast served until 11.
Generator Madrid
200-bed Generator property on Calle San Bernardo, one minute from Gran Vía metro and right at the edge of Malasaña. Rooftop terrace with two hot tubs, in-house restaurant, daily DJ in the lounge, happy hour nightly.
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Madrid's hostel social scene runs on three rails: daily pub crawls into Sol and Malasaña, in-house bars with happy hour structured as icebre…
Four Madrid hostels on this page list a daily or nightly happy hour, spread across the most social parts of the centre. room00 Chueca Hostel…
Not every Madrid night wants to be a pub crawl. These six hostels keep proper games rooms — pool tables at Toc Hostel and LATROUPE Prado, ch…
Madrid has three hostels where the roof is part of the stay, all within walking distance of the centre. The Hat Madrid, 150 metres from Plaz…
Cooking in Madrid is easy from a hostel in the historic centre, and three of the four addresses on this page list a shared kitchen in their …