History

The Flag Hostel is the oldest Hostel in Bulgaria.

It was started by Australian million businessman Roy (seen on the picture below right) in the summer of 2004.

Roy was a keen sailor and rumour has it that the original Flag building (Opalchenska 25) was swapped by Roy for his yacht on his arrival in Varna.

Unfortunately, due to constant wild parties and complaints from neighbours, the Flag Hostel was closed down and had to move to it's current location 2 Sheinovo Street, right in the centre of Varna.

Teddy (seen on the picture in the center) is Bulgarian and was one of the original Flag staff. She perfected her English whilst working at the Hostel and met the man of her dreams Scott (also Australian) who came and stayed in the Hostel with his mates. Eventually, Teddy got married to Scott and they now live happily together in Alice Springs, Australia.

We are very proud of bringing them both together and this shows the magic you can experience with the great atmosphere in our Hostel.

Since Teddy, we have had a number of single travellers coming through and Boyfriend/Girlfriend relationships have formed by the time they leave. We await the next wedding!

Roy has retired now from the hostel world and the last we heard, he was buying up large chunks of Berlin.

Chaika

Chaika is our Hostel Kitten (seen on the photo below).

Chaika was born first of a litter of four kittens in the Hostel garden.

Sadly, her brothers and sister all got killed and eaten by the Sea Gulls. After a fierce battle, we managed to save Chaika from the jaws of the Sea Gulls. At just two days old, we had her vacinated by the vet, saved her life and adopted her into the Hostel.

Chaika now plays with everyone in the Hostel and is loved by all our guests.

We named her 'Chaika' as it means 'Sea Gull' in Bulgarian.

We hope one day, Chaika will get her revenge on the Gulls!