Best Party Hostels
in Bilbao

Quartier Bilbao Hostel

At €17 a night and rated 8.0, Quartier Bilbao Hostel has a rooftop terrace, a combination that narrows the field in Bilbao. El Huevo Bilbao on Casco Viejo, Siete Calles. One of the Casco Viejo's most reliably packed bars, known for generous pintxos and €2 glasses of txakoli. Cotton Club Bilbao on Calle Gregorio de la Revilla, Casco Viejo is the fallback option if the first place is packed.

Latroupe la Granja

Bilbao's nightlife centres on the Casco Viejo, the old town's maze of narrow streets where pintxos bars line every corner and the drinking starts early. Latroupe la Granja is in Casco Viejo, which puts it at the start of that circuit. El Huevo Bilbao on Casco Viejo, Siete Calles. One of the Casco Viejo's most reliably packed bars, known for generous pintxos and €2 glasses of txakoli. Cotton Club Bilbao on Calle Gregorio de la Revilla, Casco Viejo is the fallback option if the first place is packed. At €21 a night and rated 9.3. A 9.3 rating is consistently high for Bilbao, it holds up across multiple review cycles.

Poshtel Bilbao - Premium Hostel

Bilbao's nightlife centres on the Casco Viejo, the old town's maze of narrow streets where pintxos bars line every corner and the drinking starts early. Poshtel Bilbao - Premium Hostel is in Casco Viejo, which puts it at the start of that circuit. El Huevo Bilbao on Casco Viejo, Siete Calles. One of the Casco Viejo's most reliably packed bars, known for generous pintxos and €2 glasses of txakoli. At €25 a night and rated 8.7. The 8.7 score is solid: a hostel that does the basics well without promising too much.

Casco Viejo

The old town is the obvious base for backpackers, built around the medieval Siete Calles grid of narrow lanes. Every street has bars, the Plaza Nueva hosts weekend markets and outdoor drinking, and nearly all of Bilbao's hostels are within a short walk.

Abando

Abando sits directly across the Nervión river from the Casco Viejo, centred on the Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro, Bilbao's main commercial boulevard. It's quieter than the old town at night but puts you close to the Guggenheim Museum and the upmarket end of the cocktail bar scene.

Pozas / Indautxu

Head west from the Gran Vía and you hit the Pozas and Indautxu neighbourhoods, where the clubs and late-night bars take over from the pintxos scene. Calle Ledesma and the surrounding streets fill up after midnight and keep going until dawn.

One of the Casco Viejo's most reliably packed bars, known for generous pintxos and €2 glasses of txakoli. It gets seriously busy on Friday evenings with a mix of locals and travellers jostling for standing room. Arrive before 8pm if you want to eat, but stay as long as you like.

A long-standing live music bar in the Casco Viejo that pulls in blues, jazz and rock acts most nights of the week. The room is small and intimate, the beer is cold, and the crowd genuinely cares about the music. Check their weekly programme posted on the door.

A grand Moorish-style café and bar that has been part of Bilbao's social fabric since 1903. The ornate tilework and carved wooden bar make it worth visiting for the interior alone, but it's also a solid spot for a pre-night-out vermouth or gin and tonic. Gets a mixed crowd of tourists and locals.

A proper club in the Pozas area that runs electronic music sessions into the early hours at weekends. The sound system is decent, the space is dark and no-frills, and entry is usually free before 1am. Expect house and techno with occasional live DJ sets.

A relaxed craft beer bar on the edge of the Casco Viejo with a rotating selection of Basque and Spanish craft brews. It fills up with a laid-back crowd from around 7pm and stays busy until midnight. Good for a longer session before heading to the clubs.

A popular cocktail bar on the upper edge of the Casco Viejo with a small terrace overlooking the old town rooftops. Strong, reasonably priced cocktails at around €7–9, and a crowd that skews young and sociable. Gets busy from 10pm on weekends.