If you find cheap hotels in Libya still beyond your budget,
then the cheapest accommodation you can get in Libya is hostels -- locally called: buyout
ash-shabab ('youth homes'). The conditions and services of these youth hostels
are very basic. We can arrange for you to stay in one of these places (if you
tell us to), but please do not expect more than what you
will get: a bed.
Cyrene Youth Hostel.
The Problems With Hostels
Some visitors who requested this service during their enquiries
came to change their minds after arrival, saying the quality was not as expected.
We think that for 10 LYD (about 5 Euros) one ought 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 the
following list shows they are available almost in all the major cities, in reality
however most of them will be either closed, temporarily unavailable, the caretaker
is not there (vanished), or fully booked, and therefore we strongly recommend
to go for budget hotels instead - around €15 - €25 will secure you a reasonably
good and clean accommodation for the night.
Opening 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 Martyrs 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 walk through the 1st of September Street
>
pass the Hospital towards as-Sayidi Street.
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.
