Accommodation used on the Central Asia Roadtrip - August/September 2011
Accommodation prices based on two people sharing an en-suite room
*** Poland ***
Wroclaw
Hotel Wienianwa – Gajowicka 130
£15.20 Comfortable en suite room. Shocking red carpet. Cheap choice. Parking outside. (1 night)
*** Ukraine ***
L’viv
Hotel Nton – 154b Shevchenko St
£29.58 OK room. Breakfast included. Didn’t use the gym/sauna Secure parking. Outside the centre on road from border(1 night)
Kirovhrad
Dvorcoviy West Court – 16 Frunze St
£33.80 Clean, comfortable room. Breakfast included. Difficult to find in backstreets. Secure parking. (1 night)
Donestsk
Ramada Hotel – Shevchenko Boulevard 20
£62.12 Small room but everything new. Central location. Parking. Recommended.(1 night)
*** Russia ***
Highway
Motel – 60km west of Volgograd
£36.80 Typical Russian motel. Run down but we were pleased to find anything at 10pm (1 night)
*** Kazakhstan ***
Atyrau
Victoria Palace Hotel, 17 Vatulina Street
£73.50 Comfortable room. Breakfast included. Secure parking. Helpful staff. (1 night)
Aqtau
Silk Way Hotel, District 3 between 4 & 7 houses (their address!)
£59.70 New hotel. Clean, comfortable. Very helpful staff. Parking. Recommended. (1 night)
*** Turkmenistan ***
Turkmenibashi
Turkmenibashi Hotel, by sea just north of centre
£? Good quality hotel by sea. Swimming pool. Breakfast included. Just outside centre. Part of tour. Recommended. Description (1 night)
Ashgabat
Hotel Asia
£? Nice spacious room. Breakfast in Chinese restaurant. Watch out for inflated beer prices in Russian bar. Part of tour. (1 night)
Mary
Hotel Rakhat, just outside town coming from Ashgabat
£? Run down hotel. Isolated. PArt of tour. Good cheap restaurant next door. (1 night)
*** Uzbekistan ***
Bukhara
Hotel Bukhara Palace, 8 Navoi Street
£36.20 OK room (though toilet stopped flushing). Helpful staff. Central. Recommended. (1 night)
*** Tajikistan ***
Dushube
Hotel Shaf
£49 Got a huge suite. Central. Helpful staff. Recommended. (2 nights)
Khorog
Parinen Inn – Main Street
£38.05. Clean comfortable room. Breakfast. Close to centre. (1 night)
Murgab
Homestay
£14.08 Communial room ( but only us in it). Squat toilet. No washing. No electricity (Battery power). Whole town is like this. Nice couple running it. Cheap. (1 night)
*** Kyrgyzstan ***
Osh
Ata-Batay Guesthouse, 22/1 Sultan Ibraimov Street
£27.58 Clean comfortable room. Breakfast. Out of centre and difficult to find. Friendly family. Recommended. (2 nights)
Bishtek
Radisson Guesthouse, 259 Abdumomunova Street
£30.67 Central. Our room was a little run down – but it was the last one and we were glad to get in. Other rooms looked excellent. Breakfast. (1 night)
*** Kazakhstan (Part 2) ***
Almaty
Turkestan Hotel, 49 Matkatayeva Street
£28 OK room. Central location. (1 night)