Hostel

A young woman from the northern province of Çorum, who has been traveling the world for four months without paying any bills, food, drink, or accommodation, is now in Albania, her 11th country.

Sıla Güngören, 24, set off to realize her dream after graduating from Marmara University's Law Faculty and completing her law internship.

Nine months after a powerful quake hit the Zagreb area, many of the victims still do not know when their homes will be rebuilt - and face a long winter in rented flats, hostels or even containers.

The Şirince neighborhood in İzmir's Selçuk district, known for its boutique hotels and village tourism, welcomed those who wanted to spend the nationwide imposed curfews in its historic houses sitting in the lap of nature.

The Athens municipality on Wednesday opened the capital's first halfway house for homeless people who are addicted to drugs or other substances.

In its first measure regarding the tourism sector beyond financial support for employees due to the Coronavirus pandemic , who are included in horizontal measures to support labour, the government has ordered the closure of seasonal Greek hotels and other tourist facilities through 30 August, though the tempest for tourism is expected to drag through the summer tourist season.

I arrived in Safranbolu on Christmas Eve. When I asked for a place to stay for the night, they suggested Sister Zeyno's. She was already at the front door downstairs waiting for me. She is the owner of a tiny three-story mansion, a typical Safranbolu house. She converted it into a hostel when her husband passed away years ago.

Police in northern Greece have detained nine teenagers in a hostel for unaccompanied migrants, following a riot over allegedly poor food and internet services at the facility.

Police said the trouble broke out Monday in the hostel in the eastern Thessaloniki district of Pylaia, where 30 unaccompanied minors live.

The Ankara Governor’s Office has opened special hostel for homeless people, hosting up to 100 locals who have fallen on hard times.

An investigation has been launched into a fire that broke out at a hostel for the elderly in the Athens suburb of Kallithea on Saturday, resulting in the death of two women, aged 55 and 68. 

It remained unclear on Tuesday whether the facility, which has been in operation since the 1980s, had a valid fire safety certification. 

A new stayover levy awaits guests at hotels and rooms to let across Greece from January 1 as part of bailout measures aimed to increase revenue and overcome the debt crisis.

The levy, which ranges from 0.50 to 4 euros per room, will burden guests and not hoteliers, according to the Greek Finance Ministry.