Happy Bull

Košice


Above a lively (occasionally seedy) bar, Happy Bull is a low-slung but surgically clean hostel with mixed 10-bed dorms and private rooms that can squeeze up to eight guests. There's an honesty bar, plus bike rental and laundry (€5 apiece).


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