Hippo Hostel - Budva, Montenegro Reviews

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The Hostelz.com Review

A fantastic, brand new hostel about a twenty-minute walk from the bus station, Hippo Hostel is simple enough to get to if you follow the excellent map and directions they give on their site.

This place has everything you could want. It's located in a house about a half hour walk from the old town and has a separate big common room outside away from the main house with couches, a small but growing book exchange, travel guides, a big TV with cable, dvd player, a bunch of movies, and an old style Nintendo game console, if that's your thing.

The rooms are very clean, have comfortable beds, aren't crowded, and all have windows for some fresh air. The new shower/toilet combos are kept immaculately clean and there's three of them, so it doesn't get crowded. There's a fridge, a large fully equipped kitchen, a mini grocery store right across the road open till late, free very fast internet, mini lockers for your valuables, and cheap laundry (hang dry) also. The free breakfast is muesli, juice and some pastries, plus you get a free beer/shot/glass of wine for each night you stay.

The couple that run and own the place are very friendly and more than happy to help you out with anything you need to know about Budva, day trips around Montenegro, and a bunch of other activities besides. What more can you ask for?

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
June 2006

Their Description

Budva, the eastern Adriactic's oldest town, features Montenegro's best beaches and nightlife. And, it's right in the middle of the Montenegrin coast, so everything is a short day trip--from the old towns of Kotor and Ulcinj to the snow-covered mountain peaks of Biogradska Gora.
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Why Hippo Hostel?

Our home is your home, quite literally. We don't just own the place, we hang out there everyday--drinking beer in the common room, working the grill on the patio, talking and giving sightseeing ideas. With several big common areas yet a small capacity (24 people), we put the emphasis on relaxation and getting to know your fellow hostellers. And if you get tired of all that, the beach is 10 minutes away!
All Hippo guests receive:

* Free breakfast
* A free welcome beer, glass of wine, or shot
* Free internet
* Free lockers

Hippo Hostel Facilities:

* Two outdoor patios for eating, talking, BBQing, and drinking the night away
* Big kitchen with a full-size cooker and refrigerator
* Big common room with a 29" TV, DVD player, original 1985 Nintendo with Super Mario, Double Dragon and more
* World's largest hostel DVD collection* with more than 250 titles
* Bike rentals

* not independently verified
Please print our map!

If you walk, you'll want it. If you take a taxi, the driver will need the address.

Check our website for more information: www.hippohostel.com

Hippo Hostel Details

Bedsheets:	Sheets Included
Towels:	FREE
Parking:	FREE
Airport/Train Pickup:	No
Luggage Storage:	FREE
Coed Dorm Available:	YES
Bathroom in Room:	No
Credit Cards Accepted:	No
Nonsmoking Rooms:	YES
Smoke-free Commons:	YES
Pets Allowed:	No
Service Animals OK:	No
Wheelchair Accessible:	No

Reservations Accepted:	YES
Internet Computers:	FREE
Wireless Internet:	FREE
Age Range Allowed:	All Ages
Minimum Stay:	1 night
Maximum Stay:	Unlimited
Lockout:	No Lockout
Curfew:	No Curfew
Checkout:	12:00 but you can keep your bags here.
Reception Hours:	9:00 - 22:00
Clubs/Networks:	No
Membership Required:	No
Open Dates:	April 1 to October 31

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Map

Location/Contact

Address	ul. IV Proleterska, 37, Budva, Montenegro
Location	•Hippo Hostel is 20-25 minutes walk from the Budva bus station. • NOTE: if you take a taxi, drivers won't know us by name. Give them our address: IV Proleterska, 37. Make sure they don't confuse this with I Proleterska as theysometimes do. • - Walk out of the front of the bus station. Across from you, you'll see Meridian Rent a Car. Turn left. • - Go straight until you see the Blue Star Hotel. Turn left. -Eventually, you'll pass Grill Relax, then Olympia Training Center, then a small metal brigde. • -After the bridge, turn left. At the next road you'll see Parma Grill, turn right. • - You'll pass a church on the left and later Hotel Max Prestige. • -Turn left on the next street after Hotel Max Prestige (it's 2 minutes later and just past Horizont Restoran, which is on the right. If you see Bengal Market, you've gone too far!) • -You are now on Proleterska, our street (but you won't see a sign). Walk for 3 minutes (stay to the left). We are across the street from a mini market at IV Proleterska, 37. • If you don't think you can find it (I think you can), call us and we'll meet you.
Website	www.hippohostel.com (to make a reservation click here)
Telephone	+381-86-452-206

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Hippo Hostel Reviews from the Web

The Hippo is an amazing place! Beautiful garden area, super clean and the staff is always giving good advices on what to see and where to go around Budva! Great hostel, will defenitly recommend it! — Sven, Sweden (2012-05-05) Hostelsclub

Friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Great social areas with loads of space. Free breakfast and just a very welcome place really, could have stayed forever. — Alex Graham (2011-09-21) Hostelbookers

i stayed 5 nights, more time than i've stayed in any 1 place in my travels for the last 10 weeks. it's a cool place, plenty of different fruit to pick from the garden, a store selling cheap beer right across the street, good tunes and plenty of good movies in their dvd library if you're into that too. good for independent and small group (like 2 or 3) travellers. good people, good times.... — Alan Turner (2011-09-15) Hostelbookers

awesome hostel, great staff, close to the beach and bus terminal. Small market across the road. Great atmosphere. Had an absolute ball, if you are going to budva definately stay in hippo hostel. — Peter Corke (2011-09-09) Hostelbookers

Fantastic place!! Great location and value for money!! — Customer review (2011-08-23) Hostelbookers

This hostel is very friendly and has a cool little garden area to shelter from the heat, read, drink beers and meet people :) A very col place would definitely recommend it — Customer review (2011-08-14) Hostelbookers

The staff were very helpful and friendly, nice social outdoor area with BBQ! — Customer review (2011-07-12) Hostelbookers

nice, clean and funky hostel. loved the turtles in the garden too! — Customer review (2011-07-10) Hostelbookers

STAFF WERE THE BEST ALSO EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PLACE, — Customer review (2011-05-05) Hostelbookers

super friendly staff, supermarket next door and cheap pizzeria down the street — Customer review (2011-04-26) Hostelbookers

clean and friendly... — Customer review (2011-04-20) Hostelbookers

Great for social atmosphere! The owners were very helpful and knowledgeable about the area and travelling to different areas, as well. The bbq area and TV area were super convenient, as well. We really enjoyed our stay at the Hippo Hostel and are hoping to come back sometime during the main season. It looks like they have a ton of options and things going on for the main season (we were one of the first guests of the season, so the city isn't up and running as it would be in the high season). — Kimberly Bird (2011-04-17) Hostelbookers

It's a nice hostel to stay and great place to meet people. The stuff is nice and helpful. Good location.We enjoed our stay there. — Customer review (2010-10-08) Hostelbookers

This place was great! Was only there for one night but met a bunch of great people there, and all the excursions/activities that the owner helped them plan sounded like so much fun I wished I stayed longer! Staff very friendly & welcoming. Definitely stay here! — Talia Pettigrew (2010-09-28) Hostelbookers

I loved this place! Its truly a home away from home, i never wanted to leave. I booked for 2 nights and ended up staying for 10. the staff are great, marcus is a legend, and the place is perfect for meeting other travellers. there is a lot of common areas where you can just chill and hang out. its also easy to go out as a big group as its quite small so everybody gets to know each other. i HIGHLY recommend this place, you must go there. you won't regret it. :) — helene yeo (2010-09-13) Hostelbookers

A nice place with a separate tv/common room, nice garden to hang out in, barbecue and kitchen available. Overall good! It was easy to meet people here. Good breakfast too, available until you wake up! — Customer review (2010-08-27) Hostelbookers

fantastic hostel. owner was so friendly and helpful, there was information up about buses and tours, the free breakfast was elaborate inc eggs, really nice social atmosphere, great people, great outdoor communal area, large kitchen, free internet... — Alice Richardson (2010-08-22) Hostelbookers

Relaxed atmosphere. Did not feel overcrowded as can be the case at some hostels. Clean. — Customer review (2010-08-09) Hostelbookers

Large garden and outdoor common area, free internet, full size kitchen and a substantial free breakfast including eggs, bread, jam, cereal, etc...Helpful staff, Marcus arranged a kayaking trip for us and there are lots of other day trips including rafting and going to Albania. Overall a real nice place without the touristy feel of Budva. — Gabriel Ghirardini (2010-08-05) Hostelbookers

Great place to meet people, staff were really helpful. It's a little way out of town, but that's probably a good thing. — Customer review (2010-07-28) Hostelbookers

Hostelz.com Guest Reviews

I had no plans of stopping in Budva until a series of small disasters landed me there. I stayed five nights which I happily would have turned into five weeks. Hands down the best place I've stayed in the twenty-some countries I have visited. Montenegro also turned out to be one of my favourite countries. This place is fantastic. — Michelle (2006-11-04)

Fantastic hosts! Very personalised, very helpful, informative, and great fun. Completely new hostel with all the facilities we expected but lots of extras we didn't expect. A little hard to find. We were only planning on staying two nights but ended up staying a week -- felt like had just been staying with friends in Budva. Highly recommended! — Jason Bryce (2006-05-01)