Milingona Hostel

Milingona is a family-run hostel in a villa a short walk from the centre, with private rooms and dormitories that the operator calls modern and quirky, a free b…Milingona is a family-run hostel in a villa a short walk from the centre, with private rooms and dormitories that the operator calls modern and quirky, a free breakfast from locally sourced ingredients, and a sunny courtyard where the evening runs on craft beer and homemade raki. The walls carry murals by a visiting artist, and for the committed there is space to pitch a tent in the garden.

It organises day trips, including to the Bovilla reservoir in the hills north of the city, runs cheap curry nights, and its volunteers are the kind who run half-marathons for charity. Staff give local recommendations rather than a printed list.