Hostel Pekarna

Top choice in Maribor


Part of Maribor's Pekarna alternative cultural centre, this bright and welcoming hostel south of the river is housed in a converted army bakery (pekarna is 'bakery' in Slovene). Accommodation is mostly in four-bed dorms but there are also private studios and apartments with kitchenette. Facilities include a communal balcony, kitchen, cosy TV room and laundry, plus free bike rental.


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1. Water Tower

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About 300m east of the main bridge is the pentagonal Water Tower, a 16th-century defence tower. Just north of it is a set of steps leading to Židovska…

2. Old Vine House

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Learn about Maribor's 400-year-old vine and Slovenian viniculture at Old Vine House, where you can taste local wine from its enormous collection. And don…

3. Old Vine

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About 150m east along the Pristan embankment is Maribor's most celebrated attraction, the so-called Old Vine, which still produces between 35kg and 55kg…

4. Synagogue

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Just north of the pentagonal 16th-century Water Tower on the waterfront, a set of steps leads up to Židovska ulica (Jewish St), the centre of the Jewish…

5. Glavni Trg

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Maribor’s marketplace in the Middle Ages, Glavni trg is just north of the river and the main bridge crossing it. In the centre of the square is Slovenia’s…

6. Plague Pillar

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In the centre of Glavni trg, Maribor's marketplace in the Middle Ages, is perhaps the most extravagant Plague Pillar found anywhere in Central Europe…

7. Minorite Monastery

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At the western end of the riverfront Pristan is the renovated 13th-century Minorite Monastery, closed by Joseph II in 1784, later used as a military…

8. Judgement Tower

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To the south of the former Minorite monastery along the riverfront, the round Judgement Tower is the first of four defence towers still standing, with…