Alibi Hostel

Located right on Mestni trg (Town Square) near Cobblers' Bridge, this may be as close as you can get to Ljubljana's street life without pitching your tent in the middle of the road. Alibi's interiors are characterised by the breadth of bold murals and graffiti art that decorate the walls. With over 100 beds you'll have plenty of company, but why not bring your pooch along just in case? Also, free hook-ups (internet), no lockout, bike rental and if you run out of money and decide to stay forever, you can pay with credit card. Alibi has several hostels in Slovenia in case you want to see more than Ljubljana.

OK, not the newest, but it's well within stumbling distance!

This has to be one of the worst hostels ever. Don't stay here! The staff are outrageously rude, incompetent and unhelpful, they didn't honour our reservation, and put us in a far-flung suburb instead. There was nothing but confusion and misunderstandings from start to finish, culmnating in them attempting to withhold our passports. I'm a very easy going person, but the staff drove me bonkers! Don't try to reason with them - it won't work, just find another hostel. It wasn't just my group that had problems, a group of students from Munich had similar trouble with the rip-off merchants that are Alibi hostels. The rooms were dirty and the bathrooms were shabby. There was only one shower, and the advertised bike rental service was only one bike. This may not apply to the central hostel, as we couldn't stay there, but the complaints about the staff apply to both.