The best accommodations Central Asia

Beautiful small hotel located 50 m opposite the south entrance of Ichan-Kala completely redone by its owner and brother who is carpenter of profession. And that happens: all beams are worked by hand in the purest local style; Every detail feels the margin or rabot and hard work of the worker who doesn't use machines. The comfort is simple but the atmosphere is very family and the whole family of Shavkhat will make you spend a pleasant stay in a charming hotel.

The rooms in the Madrasas Amin khan were entirely restored by Orient travel, the Uzbek tour Operator now owner of the hotel. The rooms are not very spacious but offer an excellent level of comfort, each with a small bathroom with shower or bathtub. In the center of the courtyard, the outdoor tea lounge during the high season enjoys a nice view over the upper minaret next to madrasas. It is open to everyone from 15 am to midnight. The hotel's restaurant is located in the Madrasas Matiyoz Divanbeg, just east of the hotel. Oriental decor, Uzbek and European dishes.

This group of Malika has quite appropriately chosen its location: right in front of the west gate, the main entrance to Uzs. All rooms are comfortably equipped with TV, air conditioning and bathtubs for double rooms. The dining room has nothing special if it is not, for once in Uzbekistan, to be in the basement and to be fairly light, with views of the basin and the west entrance of Uzs. They eat very properly for $ 7 to $ 6. If you wish to book, please note that rooms 26 and 30 on the floor have the view on the west gate of Uzs.

The second hotel Arkonchi, located in Dichan Kala, near the north gate, is a light version of the first, with single but spacious rooms and two large reception rooms decorated with President Karimov's portraits and carpets. As long as you negotiate a bit of the prices (which is practically impossible in Arkonchi D)), the hotel offers good value for money for a good location. Internet access for hotel guests.

By entering Ichan Kala by the west door, cntourner the palace and follow the walls about meters. A sign signals the house. Six small rooms with private bathrooms and small balconies (one with view on the west door, others on satellite antennas unfortunately…), equipped with fans. The house and the breakfast room, under a high ceiling of painted wood, are in Uzbek style. The two old rooms, a little simpler and equipped with air conditioners, are nevertheless large and pleasant. The bathrooms with shower are rudimentary but effective. Everything allows you to stay in Ichan Kala in an excellent location, in a charming family.

Indoor luxury is heavily offset by the external aspect: architecture seems out of the right of a Lego universe and the grey dominates. The last representative of the large Western hotel chains in Tashkent displays services commensurate with his reputation: telephone rental, Lufthansa's antenna, express mail (TNT and Fedex), business center, change and collect traveller's cheques 24 hours… It is possible to obtain dollars (but not euros) with a Visa card. The hotel's restaurants are open to everyone; You can eat around the pool in the brasserie or at the Alegro café 24 h/24. Another advantage: the possibility of finding the foreign press (although this may be questioned in the context of the regime's takeover by its President after the repression of Andijan). The staff were very friendly and helpful. The staff were friendly and helpful. Attention: Reception is not allowed to cash dollars, so you will have to change and pay in hospitals, or blue card.

The Radisson SAS hotel has a clinquante, golden and moorish architecture, and its rooms are up to the height. Spacious and very comfortable, they are a little cheaper than those of other major nearby hotels and the service is impeccable. From the fifth floor you enjoy beautiful views of the mountains. Bathrooms are very well equipped and maintained. The hotel offers the same service lines as its competitors in the same category: Large outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna, piano bar, etc. One of the two restaurants of the Radisson, the Bosphoruos, serves seafood and Mediterranean specialities.

This hotel, one of the oldest in Tashkent, built between 1974 and 1976 by Russian architects, is one of the city's symbols, in the middle, dominating Flotilla Timur. Its astonishing architecture, evoking an open book with, on the façade, which claims to be the symbol of koranic elements, has allowed for two decades all visitors to Uzbekistan, political personalities or the world of culture: Marcello Mastroiani, Pierre Richard or Sukarno, among others. The whole has been completely renovated but with uneven results according to the rooms. Try to visit those of the left wing, more successful. The hotel offers many high-end services: Gym, sauna, hairdresser, currency exchange office, shops, business center.

Payment in hospitals. Dinner on order 6 to $ 8 (extra alcohol). The group, which also acts as a tour Operator in Uzbekistan, has two hotels in Samarkand, one in Bukhara and three in Uzs. The rooms are comfortable and well equipped. The hotel is pleasant, nine decorated with traditional woodwork, but it is a little eccentric in the Chilanzar area. It is easily accessible from the city centre by metro. To get there, get off at Mirzo Ulugbek station.

Modern and cosy hotel with light architecture. A little more eccentric than the first Orzu, it has a cool courtyard and a small swimming pool. The rooms also offer superior comfort and are all equipped with TV and air conditioning. The tour operator Dolores, to whom the two hotels Orzu, has its premises in this one, hence all the facilities to find maps, books and guides of Uzbekistan as to organize a whole circuit in the country or in Central Asia.

The classic luxury hotel Ouzbektourism, where you pay expensive for uncertain advantages in terms of location and comfort. The hotel dates back to 1999 and retains a good freshness. The rooms are of high quality. Four restaurants, two bars, a nightclub, sauna, gym, outdoor swimming pool…

Next to the central basin, the Liab-i-Khaouz, this new high-end hotel offers comfortable services and very well maintained rooms. Rooms Nos. 201 and 202 have a beautiful view of the pool. The hotel has a restaurant in 2009, but unfortunately, as in most hotels in Uzbekistan, it is in the basement.

Restored to the image of the previous and according to the same style, the rooms are also furnished in the old cells of this small caravanserai, around the cool and cool courtyard. It is brand new (opened in 2007) and maintained by a very professional staff. Possibility to book dinner in the evening for a house plov.

It took two years of work to renovate this little caravanserai and make it a pleasant hotel. Decorated in cells, the rooms are obviously not very large but tastefully decorated in traditional Uzbek style, and comfortably equipped. They are arranged on two levels, around a octagonal courtyard, and a large iwan orne the second floor. The whole is located in the east of the city centre, under the old town, near Chor Minor and 200 m from the Liab-i-Khaouz. This is the only hotel that has lowered its prices in Bukhara, now having a very attractive value for money.

A typical Soviet hotel left behind and waiting for an unlikely renovation. Foreigners are housed on the 10 ^th floor, where they pay $ 10 to $ 15 in the mood of the receptionist (compared with less than $ 5 for the Uzbek fare) to enjoy gruesome rooms in the impassable bathrooms which are still wondering how they can be perpetually flooded while no drop in water has deposited its limestone on the tap joints. decade! Also forget the elevator and breakfast. However, the étage of the floor can bring you tea or coffee. This hotel is the cheapest solution in Nukus, so take the right side and enjoy the city view. If you take a train early in the morning, think that the hotel is sewn and you will need to locate "the administrator" and wake it up for it to open, which can take some time.

The house, dating back to 1869, which was the property of the Amir falling under its charm, regained its colours. Rakhim Khamidov, one of the architect's descendants, leads this small hotel of 11 rooms arranged around a large courtyard and a small garden. The rooms are facing a large iwan located on the other side of the courtyard, where Rakhim organises dinners and shows that revive the splendour of one of Bukhara's most beautiful houses.

This B & B opened in 2001 offers 13 carefully decorated and well-equipped rooms. We appreciate the longevity of this address, where owners simply maintain the existing property without distorting their beautiful building with endless constructions. It is a large traditional house of the Jewish quarter dating from the th century, with three successive courses on the ground floor and terraces on the floor, including rooms decorated in oriental style. A terrace allows you to admire the roofs of the city. The B & B has its own tourist agency, Emir Travel, which organizes circuits in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. Also stressed: The staff were friendly and helpful.

The hotel opened in September 2003. The decoration of the rooms and the dining room is traditional. The hotel is well located, just behind the Kalon mosque. Around a large courtyard with a basin and a iwan, the two floors consist of 28 rooms. Book rooms 24 or 25, which have a beautiful view of Poy Kalon domes and the minaret.

In the heart of the old town, opposite the Liab-i-Khaouz, the location is ideal for staying comfortably in Bukhara. The house is large and has a large courtyard with iwan around which 10 rooms are divided. The old entrance with its wooden door was replaced by a new building with four new luxury rooms. Fatima has always been able to combine business and hospitality, and in addition to an incomparable welcome, its rates include a rich breakfast among the city's richest.

A good address for tight budgets that don't want to excentrer. The house of Rustam and Matluba is located 200 m east of the Liab-i-Khaouz. The hotel was very close to the city centre and the city centre. Don't announce to Rustam the rates charged by its competitors, it borders the fainting every time. For him, luxury is in the city, and the rooms serve only to sleep. Rustam and Matluba speak only a few words in English, which gives a more authentic character to their warm welcome.