About

Pagration Youth Hostel for backpackers is one of the founding members of the Greek Youth Hostel Organization. It has been open, all year round for over 50 years!

This is a family operated enterprise which ensures personal attention to the guests and as the manager speaks many languages ( especially English, Spanish and Italian) you will have no problem finding out any information you need. It is a nice, safe, clean and friendly place to stay and relax. It is renovated all the time in order to be more comfortable for you. The Hostel offers the comforts of a home near the heart of the city of Athens.

We are recognised and recommended by many travel guides ( Let's Go, Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, Guide du Routard, etc)

We offer several facilities which make life easy for our guests, such as: central heating in the winter months, colour TV, table games, luggage storage, kitchen facilities, exchange book service, safe deposit for valuables, information desk, free maps, bus and train timetables, washing machine and dryer, hot water on a 24hour basis -coin operated, no curfew, open-air yard
Also there are dorm rooms just for females.

Pagration Youth hostel is located in Pagrati, a nice neighbourhood of Athens, one of the best residential areas in the city. It is a very safe area and your security is further enhanced by security cameras at the entrance a residential manager and every guest is given a key to their room .

The Hostel is a 15 minute walking distance from the main square, Syntagma and many other sites of tourist interest such as:
-the Parliament,
-the Residence of the President of Democracy,
-the Kallimarmaro Stadium where the first Olympic games of modern times took place,
-the Acropolis
-the old quarters of Plaka and many others places.

Around the Hostel there are many cheap internet-cafes, supermarkets ( LIDL, DIA, CHAMPION), cinemas, shopping centres, pharmacy (in the next building), and a lovely street full of cafes, tavernas and bars which are popular with Athenians.

House Rules

Check In

13:00 - 24:00

Check Out

until 11:00

Taxes Included

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Facilities

Free City Maps
Free WiFi
Bicycle Parking
Adaptors
Luggage Storage
24 Hour Reception
Book Exchange
Board Games

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Reviews

9.3Superb(2691)

Value for Money
9.5
Security
9.5
Atmosphere
9.3
Cleanliness
9.2
Staff
9.6
Location
9.0
Facilities
8.7

Summary of traveller reviews

Pagration Youth Hostel in Athens offers a wonderfully social atmosphere, with incredibly friendly and helpful staff who make guests feel at home. It's praised for its cleanliness and great value. While some mention the location is a walk from the centre, it's in a nice neighbourhood with amenities. Some recent reviews note that rooms can get hot due to a lack of air conditioning.

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Stayed in Jul 2026

8.0

Keri

Female, 25-30, Canada

I only stayed for one night before a flight. The room was pretty hot even with two fans and the bed/pillow quite firm (but maybe you're into that). The staff were super helpful and the people I met in my room were very nice. Lockers that came with a key. Not a ton of hangout space to meet people, but since I wasn't there for long, I didn't really test it out. I walked to the Acropolis Museum, which took ~25-30mins, also walking from the train station to the hostel wasn't bad either.

Stayed in Jul 2026

4.9

shea

Female, 25-30, USA

No AC was tough + 20 minute walk to the metro wasn’t ideal however the neighbor is super cute and local and trendy. The common space is really small and makes it kinda hard to fully engage with everyone. Room was super stuffy and had a lingering smell. Staff was friendly but definitely a no frills hostel!

Stayed in Jul 2026

6.9

Gulnaz

Female, 25-30, Uzbekistan

Overall not bad. But I didn’t like the fact that the staff kept asking that I paid the money in cash. The showers are really small that you keep touching the walls which would be fine if it was clean enough, which they definitely weren’t, with cockroaches running around often. The rooms are fine, luckily there were no bedbugs during my stay at least. I hope the situation will improve cause I really wanted to support a family business.

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