Ravnice Youth Hostel

Zagreb

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Address	I. Ravnice 38d, Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia
Price	13.5 euro per person per night Check Current Prices by Date Here

Location/Contact

Details

Their Description

Features

Kitchen
24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Washing Machine (laundry)
Lounge / Common space
Lockers
Air Conditioning
BBQ
Bike Rental
Free Breakfast

The Hostelz.com Review

Ravnice Youth Hostel is bright, clean, and friendly.

The Location

The hostel is located outside the main city center of Zagreb. Once you've navigated Zagreb's impossible streets (many one-ways and with street names that don't match the ones on the map), this hostel is an oasis of calm. Once you arrive, there is plenty of free parking, and a direct bus into the city center picks you up in front of the hostel.

Rooms and Bathrooms

The rooms are bright, spacious, and clean. The private en-suites are worth the extra money. Overall, this hostel is spotlessly clean. Best of all, due to the close proximity of Zagreb's candy factory, it is wonderfully candy-scented in the morning!

Common Spaces

There is a common internet space (but it's not free), a common kitchen, and a nice seating area. This is definitely not a party hostel -- more of a communal, fun living space. Travelers of all ages stay here.

Summary

There is a dearth of affordable, fun places to stay in Zagreb. This is the best of the bunch. We recommend.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
August 2007

Ratings & Comments

4.5 Average from 22 Ratings

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Comment by Rowena and Catherine

December 2006

Hard to find as the signs were sitting in a pile at the hostel. Clean, lots of bathrooms, good kitchen, although people stole a slice of ham! Still feeling bitter. Location was ok as we only paid for tram tickets the first journey and never paid after that, we didn't get caught.

Comment by Mandy

December 2006

This hostel is very clean and the owner is very helpful. Otherwise, I think this hostel is overpriced for its location. There are no signs to tell you where the hostel is located, so when you get off the bus you have to stand around and ask people for directions.

Comment by Helen

August 2006

This was a really modern hostel, I thought there were plenty of bathrooms compared to some other hostels. The rooms were some of the best we stayed in during a month of hostelling round Europe, extremely clean and secure. Also the kitchen area was great with plenty of pans and utensils, and the supermarket down the road is huge. A large sign post next to the tram stop telling you to get off there would be helpful, but apart from that the ride out from the centre is fine. Very helpful staff, and generally friendly.

Comment by Sandra and Ray

October 2005

It wasn't the best location, but you don't really need to be in downtown Zagreb. The tram is easy enough to navigate. It's a well-run, informative, clean and fun hostel. The people who worked there were really nice. There was a good kitchen facility. Our room was nice.

Comment by Kameal Celestee

August 2005

I enjoyed my stay here but it was a real long way from the center and there was no decent signage to tell you where it was, so the first time we missed it totally. Very clean, even though there were too few toilets/showers in this place. It was worth it for the cheaper price. Internet services are available and everything was working fine.

Comment by Llinos Medi Jones

August 2005

Nice friendly hostel. It's a little bit out of the center but in some ways that can be nice as well for a quieter location. It did not stop us from going into the city center and enjoying a few nights out. The tram is really convenient (get off two stops after the football stadium by the Kras chocolate factory). Make sure you buy and validate (orange box on the tram) your tram ticket. Plainclothes inspectors will make a beeline for anyone with a backpack or anyone they hear speaking English. We had one altercation with an officer who insisted he wanted 500 kunas from each of us on the spot — even though we found out later that the official fine is 150. Don't pay them — luckily we didn't have any money on us! But they will try every trick to try and intimidate you. Tourists are an easy target. We were caught out because Zagreb's 24-hour tickets are good only for the day you validate them, not the actual 24 hours after validation. Anyway, back to the hostel. Internet access is really great and really cheap here — 8 kuna for half an hour. There isn't breakfast provided but there is a huge supermarket 5 minutes down the road from the hostel, which is really handy. (You'll need a 1-kuna piece for the trolleys.) The rooms are really clean and tidy — the showers are lovely and hot. I'd forgotten what a hot shower had felt like in the two weeks of travelling that I did before I got to this place. There is a shower on every floor so you don't have to queue for ages for one, as you do in a lot of other hostels. The balcony area is really nice and a great place to meet up with people after a day's sightseeing. The Melin bar in the city center is a great place for an evening out and a great place to meet a few of the local young ones. The people who run this place are really lovely and will try to fit you in even if you don't have a reservation. They have tents in the garden. Great place.

Comment by Michael

August 2005

The best hostel I have stayed in. Friendly, fresh, and comfortable, almost like being allowed into someone's house. Go there! Don't believe this 30 minutes to town rubbish. It's 15 minutes at best but you pass the zoo on the way and can see some animals for nothing if you stand up on the tram.

Comment by Jonathan, Jerusalem

August 2005

Yes, it *could* be a very nice place, if not for the disastrous location — they just built it in the middle of a remote suburban residential neighborhood, some 20 minutes by tram ride to the city center. And they overcharge you for this! Also, there are no free extras; a severe lack of bathrooms; and once again, a poor location. The beds are big and comfortable, and the chocolate factory next to the hostel fills the air with a sweet, wonderful aroma. But it still wasn't worth the terrible location — you better find some other place.

Comment by Anonymous

August 2005

We turned up here (without booking) and they were full up but let us camp in one of their tents in the garde. They provided roll mats, pillows and blankets for about £4! Really helpful! Nice staff as well.

Comment by Kiri

July 2005

This is a great hostel. It's the only option really, considering the horror stories from the youth hostel! It is 20 minutes out of town but it makes up for it with great beds and fantastic staff.

Comment by Mark Andrews

May 2005

This is the best hostel in the world. :D The staff are the friendliest I've ever met, they will help you in whatever way they can. It is so relaxed there. I'm going to stay there for three weeks in June/July, and will always go back to this hostel when I'm in Zagreb.

Comment by NLC

May 2005

It's a bit out-of-the-way, but clean, friendly, and pleasant.

Comment by Anonymous Finland

April 2005

Everything works perfectly!

Comment by Anon. Aussie

February 2005

This place has great beds, it's very clean, and has a very nice staff. And it's not that far from the city center. Trams to the center are very regular so it doesn't take that long to get there.

Comment by Katie

January 2005

This is one of the best hostels I stayed in throughout my whole trip around Europe. It's brilliant for a rest if you want one, and really not ever that far away from a blooming good night if you want one!! Vera is the sweetest hostel owner ever, too! I met very cool people staying here. I recommend it!

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