Hostels in Libya
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If you find cheap hotels in Libya still beyond your budget, then the cheapest accommodation you can get in Libya is Hostels. They are locally called: buyout ash-shabab ('youth homes'). The conditions and services of these youth hostels are very basic. If you are looking for a cheap holiday in Libya and do not mind sharing amenities with other people, noise, and downright basic services, then hostels are for you. We can arrange for you to stay in one of these places if you tell us to in your enquiry form, but please do not expect more than what you will get: a bed.
Cyrene Youth Hostel.
The Problems With Hostels:
With experience we have came to learn that several of our clients who have chosen this service during their enquiries came to regret or change their minds after arrival, saying the quality was not as expected. We think that for 10 LYD (about 5 euros) one should not consider quality as an option, but necessity.
Once we had a visitor from the UK who requested from us to include hostels in the price. When his guide took him to the youth hostel in Ghadames he had a look and refused to stay. The guide then took him to a nearby local hotel and he refused it too. He ended up staying the night in the 4-star Dar Ghadames Hotel.
There is another problem with hostels: although we have the following list, which shows they are available almost in all the major cities, in reality however, when it comes to it, most of them will be either closed, temporarily unavailable, the caretaker is not there, or fully booked, and therefore we strongly recommend to go for budget hotels instead - around €25 will secure you a reasonably good and clean accommodation for the night.
Openning Hours & Prices:
Opening Hours:
Main hostels are open throughout the year:
07:30 - 10:30
14:00 - 24:00
Hostel Prices:
General Prices: a bed with shared bathroom costs between 7 to 20 LYD, usually around 10 Libyan Dinars, depending on hostel. Some youth hostels also provide cheap meals, for about 2 LYD.
Members: with international membership cards you would expect to pay around 5 LYD per a bed.
Maximum number of days to stay: 3 days. Do not expect to settle in a hostel!
Tripoli Hostels:
Headquarters:
Libyan Youth Hostel Association:
Address:
69 Amr Ibn Ala's Street (Amr Ben Al-Aas)
Tripoli
Libya.
B.O.Box 10322
Tel: +218 21 4445171
Fax: +218 21 3330118
This office is located in Tripoli's youth hostel, near the Green Square.
For further information about any of the following hostels, please telephone the association.
Souq Et-Turk Hostel:
Souq Atturk
Old Medina
Tripoli
Libya.
Ideal if you want to stay the night in the old medina itself.
Qasr (Gasar) Ben Gheshshir Hostel:
Address:
Qasr Ben Gheshshir
Tripoli
Libya.
You can take the bus or a shared or private taxi from the city centre, or go for a good walk through the 1st of September Street > pass the Hospital towards As-Sayidi Street (almost a straight line from the Green Square).Gargarish Hostel:
Address: off Gargarish Street, Tripoli, Libya.
About 5km south of the city centre. You can catch the bus or take a shared or private taxi.
Alphabetic List of Hostels in Libya:
Ajdabia Hostel
Ajdabia (Ajdabiyah), Libya
Al-Marj Hostel
Al-Marj, Libya
Az-Zawya Hostel (100 beds), Jamal Abdennaser St., P,O. Box 90
Tel: +218 23 7629877; Fax: +218 23 7624019
Az-Zawya City, Libya
Bani Walid Hostel
Bani Walid, Libya
Benghazi Hostel (120 beds), Benghazi Sport City SW, Tel: +218 61 2234101 / 2290104
Benghazi, Libya
Cyrene Hostel (Shahat) (120 beds), Tel: +218 844162102, Fax: +218 844162103
P.O. Box 6428, Cyrene, Libya
Darna Hostel
Darna, Libya
Fejeaj Youth Hostel (People's Housing Project), Tel: +218 71 7652660
Fejeaj, Fezzan, Libya
Gargarish Hostel
off Gargarish Street, Tripoli, Libya.
Ghadames Hostel
Ghadames, Libya
Gharyan Hostel, Tel: +218 41 31491, Mob: +218 92 6443325
Gharyan, Libya
Ghat Hostel, Mob: +218 92 628 1562
Ghat, Libya
Houn Hostel, Tel: +218 576 02040, Mob: +218 91 279 1952
P.O. Box 61245, Houn, Libya
Jamal Abdennaser Hostel
Sabha, Libya
Khums Sport centre SW, Mob: +218 91 2107861
Khums, Libya
Musratha Hostel (120 beds), Aljzerya, Tel:+218 51 642499 / 624419; Fax: +218 51 424435, Musratha, Libya
Murzuq Hostel, Tel: +218 72562301
Murzuq City Centre, Libya
Omm Al - Araneb Hostel
Omm Al-Araneb (East of Murzuq), Libya
Sabha Hostel (120 beds), Tel: +218 55 2059, Mob: +218 92 5148642
Sabha, Libya
Sabrata Hostel (100 beds), Tel: +218 24 2821; Fax: +218 23 29082
Sabrata, Libya
Sirt Hostel; Tel: +218 54 5263042
Cost Road, Sirt, Libya
Souq Et-Turk Hostel:
Souq Atturk, Old Medina, Tripoli, Libya.
Surman Hostel (45 beds & 8 flats), City Centre, Tel: +218 27362581
Surman, Libya
Tarhunah Hostel
Tarhunah, Libya
Tripoli Hostel (headquarters' office)
69 Amr Ibn Ala'ss Street, Tripoli, Libya
Waddan Hostel
Waddan, Libya
Yafrin (Yefren) Hostel, Tel: +218 421 62394
Yafrin City Centre, Libya
Zentan Hostel
Zentan, Libya
Zlitan Hostel
Zlitan, Libya
Zwara Hostel
Zwara, Libya