Calling Out All The Newbies in Town! Here Are 5 Hostels You Can Bunk At In Pune

Located on North Main Road, Koregaon Park, Urban Nomads provides adult accommodation with a terrace and a garden. There's a 24-hour service desk, luggage keeping unit and room service as well. Accessible parking, designated smoking area, table tennis court, meeting and banquet facilities, fax or photocopying centre and a lot of other basic amenities are on offer as well. It is a pet-friendly place too with no extra charges, so don't hesitate to take your furry friend along. They have four kinds of apartments; single room for INR 1500, a deluxe twin room with single occupancy for INR 780, single bed in a mixed dormitory for INR 780 and bed in a 4-bed dormitory room at INR 780. However, there is no extra bedding and you have to pay by only cash. Pre-booking is a must!

Young Mens' Christian Association In Pune is a great, warm place to stay if you're here to explore the city or just a passerby. Very warm and welcoming, they are affordable too. They also give rooms to students, trainees or working men for INR 5000 per month. The setup is that of a double-bedded room with attached bathrooms. Their guest houses have a tariff per night, per room system that also includes bed tea, buffet breakfast, buffet dinner, taxes and transit membership. The rooms are spacious with attached bathroom, television, telephone and laundry services. They also have recreation facility and an indoor badminton court. 

Based in Wakad, this place is splendid, clean and blissful, mixing hotel and hostel ambience with a socialising atmosphere. It is a great place for solo travellers, businessmen and big groups. They have ton loads of facilities apart from the basic ones like an ATM, bicycle hire, adaptor, cafe, card phones, currency exchange, mini supermarket, games room, postal service, reading lights vending machines and also wake-up calls! They have dormitories as cheap as INR 423 per person with single beds for each and attached bathroom as well. 

This hostel in Baner has 28 different kinds of accommodations. They have a microwave, a fridge and laundry facilities in the common area apart from a library and free WiFi. Along with a communal living room, there's self-parking on a first-come, first-serve basis. It's also kid and pet-friendly. A deposit of INR 100 per stay is a must. They have great outdoor facilities too with comfortable sitting and designated smoking area. Their check-in time is 1200 hours and check-out time is 1100 hours which they are very particular about. 

With a terrace area, shared lounge, indoor games room, and a lot more, Backpackers Hive is the new kid on the block which is every wanderer's dream. Nestled in lane C of the lush-green Koregaon Park, the location of this hostel is prime as it is just half a kilometre away from Osho Ashram and other Osho establishments. The place has a multi-lingual staff and they are fluent in English, Hindi, and German. Being a new kid on the block, the rooms are pretty new, cosy, and clean. You can choose between different dorm types such as a 4-sharing dorm, 6-sharing dorm, etc. There are separate dorm rooms for males and females, as well as mixed dorms. The tariff starts at INR 990, which is not only super-affordable but is value for money.

Located in close proximity to the Osho Meditation Resort, the Bombay Backpacker Hostel features a lot of meditation/spiritual-themed decor and wall art. Their 4 dorms (with 6 beds in each) are named ‘Creativity’, ‘Love’,  ‘Celebration’, and ‘Meditation’. Each dorm has its own shared bathroom and is air-conditioned – except for the Meditation dorm, which is not air-conditioned. The two private rooms here are named ‘Poona Ashram’ and ‘Antelope’ (after the town in Oregon), and each come with their own en-suite bathroom. In the spacious backyard of Bombay Backpackers’ ground floor, they’ve also introduced tent accommodation – weather permitting – with 3 private tents (for 2 people each) and one larger dorm-style shared tent. The tariff for superior double room is just INR 999!