The Chicago Parthenon Guest House, Hostel

12/15/2025

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy New Year 2026 from our staff at the hostel to you all 🎄🎅🎁

09/23/2025

We just updated our website! Finally, all the heavy lifting to improve our guests stay with us has become a reality with new photos.

05/16/2025

Summer season is here!!
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02/09/2025

We are excited and in the process of reopening to the public in just 4 weeks. March 7th!
Visit our website to make your reservations. We will be updating our photos soon, too.
Hope to see you in the near future.

The Chicago Parthenon Guest House is a winning choice for your lodging needs when visiting the city of Chicago. Located in the historic Greektown West Loop neighborhood and nestled in the shadow of the Willis Tower, we are centrally located to many of Chicago’s finest attractions and close to a va...

06/27/2024

We wish to inform everyone that an extension for the Migrant shelter has been contracted with our hostel thru December 31, 2024.

We will continue to make improvements to our facility, hopefully finishing them all prior to our grand reopen to the public. Thank you for your understanding and patience with dealing with this humanitarian crisis hitting our city and country presently. We are trying to do everything in our power to help in this time of need and human fellowship.

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04/11/2024

We will reopen to guest reservations this July 8th and onward. Hope to host your visit to our great city this summer. We have worked diligently to improve the property facilites and bedrooms. Photos will be posted after the city refugee shelter here finalizes.

03/16/2024

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02/15/2024

We are temporarily closed to the public due to the City of Chicago asking our property to help with the migrant humanitarian crisis hitting our city. We are looking forward to possibly reopening this July 2024 ready for the summer season travelers. Thank you for your interest in staying with us during your time in Chicago. We look forward to being of service and hospitality to our guests in making their Chicago trip the best possible experience. See you all soon!

07/28/2023

Hostelling 101

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Meet you soon!

07/12/2023

Chicago is still the best BIG CITY destination in the US.

Checkout our website for the best price to stay with us.

Chicago ranks high on Travel Leisure list of 'favorite' cities, ahead of New York, Nashville and more

The results from more than 165,000 votes are in -- and Chicago beat out Boston, New York City, Honolulu and more.

07/01/2023

This is why people hostel. The adventure of it all - meeting like travelers.

04/07/2023

That time!!! 👬👫👭🧑‍🤝‍🧑👬☀️🎸🎶🎵😎