Karakol
Hunting lodge chic on the edge of Karakol, this is a great choice, especially for skiers who want to head up to the ski base each morning but stay closer…
Must-see hotels in Kyrgyzstan
Issyk-Köl Oblast
This family home has heating, showers and sit-down toilets and is one of the only homestays to open year-round, though in winter all 10 rooms may be full…
Kyrgyzstan
This is a typical CBT homestay, except that they have an indoor bathroom and more carpets on the walls than normal. Turn north up the small road just to…
Bishkek
The 10-bed dorms can feel a little busy, but private rooms are great and the location can't be beaten; plus there's a small outdoor space out the front…
Osh
The midrange rooms here are good value for the price, and though the northern location isn't terribly convenient, the 128 marshrutka route terminates just…
Karakol
Bunk down in this large house that has a bit of a lodge feeling to it, run by a friendly local family. It books up fast in high season, so call ahead and…
Bishkek
Catering primarily to climbers and hunters, the slightly outdated rooms are more than made up for by the friendly staff and convenient location just…
Kyrgyzstan
This CBT-affiliated guesthouse is popular with cycle tourists coming off the Pamir Highway, and the location just off the main junction is well-signed and…
Kyrgyzstan
This basic family homestay is the only option in Suusamyr village, and the price includes dinner and breakfast to account for the lack of local dining…
Karakol
Spacious dorms, a large well-stocked kitchen, bright and spotless bathrooms, and a large outdoor common area all point to this as one of the best hostels…
Issyk-Köl Oblast
Directly across from the museum, this dorm-only hostel is a simple but friendly family-run affair associated with the establishment of the same name in…
Bishkek
Smart if compact, chocolate-and-cream rooms aimed at business clients on a (relative) budget. Vibrant location near Vefa Center restaurants, and coffee…
Bishkek
An upmarket hostel in the heart of the city, this is a great place for meeting other travellers. There's a second, slightly cheaper, branch at Toktogul…
Kyrgyzstan
A typical, comfy three-bedroom apartment that is entirely used for guest accommodation in summer. Dushegul also has three other apartments at Razzakov 13.
Karakol
This entry in the full-service hotel sector features large rooms and a sauna, though the location a bit out of the centre will be inconvenient for some.
Kyrgyzstan
The favoured Jalal-Abad address for visiting expats, the only real negative to this clean and bright hotel is the location well north of the centre.
Kyrgyzstan
Two rooms with warm pallet beds off a central dining room at the southern end of town, with a nice tapchan out back overlooking the river.
Kyrgyzstan
Typical unsigned CBT apartment with private rooms and a shared common space and kitchen, with two apartments in this same building open to guests.
Damira Abdrahmanova's Homestay
Kyrgyzstan
A relatively new homestay house beside the almost silent main road, with 10 beds in three shared rooms and a delightful yurt for a dining room.
Bishkek
Out of the very centre but in easy walking distances to restaurants and cafes, this hotel's 20 rooms are comfortable if a bit dated.
Karakol
It's certainly simple, but for some of the cheapest private rooms in town it's hard to beat the value of this clean new guesthouse.
Issyk-Köl Oblast
More central than most of CBT's homestays, a friendly family and great food make this an excellent option.
Issyk-Köl Oblast
English-speaking Tatiana Kemelevna and her son understand budget backpacker requirements. They offer advice on local activities and their horse-trekking…
Karakol
Like stepping into your great-aunt's summer house, rooms here are old-world creations that ramble on for days. Decoration with framed embroidery and…
Kyrgyzstan
This lovely summer resort is set around a hilltop lake about 4km before Arslanbob, with three other small lakes in the vicinity and fantastic views of the…
Osh
Osh's unlikely traveller hub has expanded into a collection of apartments, and signage off Masalieva now points travellers straight in. English-speaking…
Kyrgyzstan
Attached to the CBT office in Kyzyl-Köl village, the family's basic guesthouse can serve as a starting point for long treks through the mountains to the…
Kyrgyzstan
Friendly Mira rents out two rooms of her family house – a small two-person room and the large common room – to guests passing through Eki-Naryn who need a…
Kyrgyzstan
If money is no object and you'd prefer to be close to the mountains, this luxury hotel some 20km south of Bishkek makes a great alternative to sleeping in…
Kyrgyzstan
Enthusiastic travel-fixer Shamurat supplements his wide range of ski and hiking tours with a guesthouse in town as well. The bathroom's outside and there…
Bishkek
Run by a Kyrgyz-Japanese family, the fresh if somewhat bland block contains spotlessly clean rooms with shared hot showers. Communal space is limited to a…
Issyk-Köl Oblast
Founded in 1937, this well located but architecturally drab spa-centre has been somewhat spruced up but retains a distinctly Soviet atmosphere. Although…
Bishkek
This good-value guesthouse has French owners and clean, simple bedrooms. Good, hot showers (shared) are set around a vine-terraced garden and a lavish…
Kyrgyzstan
Tucked into the residential area of Gulcha, this two-storey guesthouse is a good option for budget travellers intending to cook for themselves. The indoor…
Osh
Unlike most of Kyrgyzstan's big, concrete former-Soviet hotels there are no foreigner supplements here, the receptionist speaks some English, and the…
Bishkek
This cheap backpacker pad has a small garden but only one bathroom to service a twin room plus a dim, rather scruffy, dorm packed with 12 bunks. There's a…
Issyk-Köl Oblast
Run by Boris, son of Karakol's old-guard Yak Tours guesthouse, the family has set up temporarily in a smaller lodge at Altyn-Arashan while planning a…
Kyrgyzstan
Beautifully set in the valley junction 1.3km before the caravanserai, Sabyrbek's slightly ageing yurts have sturdy wooden-framed beds and there's a small…
Kyrgyzstan
In a faintly signed house right beside the main road at the western end of Jumgal village is the basic homestay of Shepherd’s Life coordinator Stalbek…
Kyrgyzstan
The Chon-Kemin valley's best accommodation, with fresh yet rustic feel, is tucked away in little Kalmak-Ashu village. The price includes full board and…
