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Budget Burkina Faso Hotels
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Laico Ouaga 2000
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3.5 Star Hotel
Splendid Hotel
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Pacific Hotel
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Azalai Hotel Independance
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Elite Hotel
Hôtel Mercure Silmandé
The owners of this former Sofitel have yielded to the inevitable and downgraded the hotel to a more reasonable four stars.
Centre D'accueil Des Soeurs Lauriers
This place, within the cathedral compound, promises the only budget beds that we can safely recommend for lone women travellers.
Hôtel Les Palmiers
This place is something special, an oasis blending the best of understated African style with European levels of comfort.
La Palmeraie
Whereas most of Ouaga's top-end hotels mimic a European apartment-style aesthetic, La Palmeraie has a more African ambience, with spacious rooms arranged around a shady courtyard.
Hôtel Ok Inn
If you can ignore the truck park through which you have to pass to reach the hotel, you'll quickly discover why this terrific French-run place is so popular.
Hôtel Watinoma
You won't be inspired by this place, but the clean rooms (with mosquito nets) and a good location - quiet but central - are just about worth the price.
Ran Hôtel Somketa
Amid the uncertainty regarding the future of passenger rail services, the RAN soldiers on, maintaining high standards with very large and comfortable rooms, most with balcony, satellite TV and tiny bathtubs.
Le Zion
Now here's a place that will change your experience of Africa. Run by a French and Burkinabé couple, Camille and Wassa, this place cannot be recommended highly enough.
Le Pavillon Vert
The closest Ouaga comes to a travellers' hang-out, Le Pavillon Vert is laid-back and highly recommended. The rooms (especially those with air-con) are spacious and all the facilities, from the rooms to the shared bathrooms, are spotless.
Hôtel Teria
This simple little place is good lower midrange value, with surprisingly good rooms (it doesn't look much from the outside) which are sheltered from the busy streets just outside the door.
L'auberge
Bobo's best hotel, L'Auberge is a well-run place with large and comfortable rooms, many of which have balconies overlooking the good-sized pool and fragrant palm-filled garden.
Hôtel Relax
While still one of Bobo's best hotels, and a favourite of tour groups, the Relax is overpriced.
Hôtel Les Manguiers
Removed from the centre and in a fascinating African quarter, Hôtel les Manguiers, off Ave de la Liberté, is terrific. The clean rooms bear hints of local character, and are set around a large, sheltered and shady courtyard.
Hôtel Yibi
In the government's rush to raze southern Ouagadougou, it's a good thing they spared Hôtel Yibi. The carpet may be peeling in the public areas but the rooms (with TV) are lovely, with some attractive decorative touches.
Hôtel Les 2 Palmiers
Run by the same people who own two similarly named and similarly excellent hotels in Ouagadougou, this fine hotel has traditional masks in all the public spaces and in the rooms, which are spacious, nicely decorated and quiet.
Hôtel Yennenga
Hôtel Yennenga represents top budget value and gets the thumbs-up from travellers. The rooms are simple, well-maintained and all come with mosquito nets. The location, just south of the city centre, is also a winner.
Hôtel Ricardo
If you look at the overall package - lovely, leafy and bird-filled grounds, a pleasant pool which you may share with local ducks, a restaurant, disco, quiet location and satellite TV in all rooms - it's not hard to see why the colonial-style Rica.
Hôtel Le Cocotier
Opened in 2003, this is Bobo's best budget hotel in the city centre. It has a good mix of bare but tidy rooms (all with mosquito nets), friendly staff and a rooftop bar-terrace, from where the nearby minarets of the Grande Mosquée are visible.
Hôtel Continental
Hôtel Continental is depressing on the outside and uninspired within, but the rooms are enormous, clean and the most expensive rooms on the third floor (no lift) have good views out over central Ouaga.
Hôtel Central
Although this hotel still stands in the centre of Ouaga, the energy has moved elsewhere since the Grande Marché (directly opposite) burned down. It's still a reasonable option, with tiled floors and decent bathrooms.
Casafrica
Casafrica is recommended, and is watched over by the friendly Ajuma, who provides a warm welcome. The simple rooms come with mosquito nets, the courtyard is attractive, and there's a decent cheap bar and restaurant.
Fondation Charles Dufour
An alternative to your usual budget hotel, this place offers a dark dorm (get there early to snaffle the only standing fan) with mosquito nets, basic doubles, a kitchen for use by guests, and a laid-back ambience.