Krasnoyarsk
Every Soviet metropolis has one: a concrete lumpen hotel celebrating the city’s name in metre-high lettering. But unlike many of these stale relics, the…
Must-see hotels in Eastern Siberia
Eastern Siberia
The town’s only decent digs reside in the fading grandeur of a 19th-century palace, half a block southeast of the Martyanov Museum. The 24 rooms range…
Ulan-Ude
The mammoth Buryatiya, the former Intourist hotel, has 220 rooms of wildly differing sizes and standards: from Soviet-era broom cupboards with dodgy…
Eastern Siberia
There’s a bamboozling array of room categories at what was Abakan’s first hotel, from the five unrenovated ‘third class’ pits to the 19 fully renovated,…
Listvyanka
There were once (now mothballed) plans to transform Listvyanka and other villages on the shores of Lake Baikal into purpose-built resorts with plasticky…
Tuva
In a peaceful location by the Yenisey, this rapidly renovating hotel offers 28 en-suite rooms of varying standards. Whatever you choose, make sure you get…
Lake Baikal
For the brave and intrepid who have made it all the way to the top of Chersky Peak, spartan dorms equipped with a gas cooker are available as an…
Eastern Siberia
Unbeatably located overlooking the main square, the cheaper renovated rooms at this huge complex are a fairly good deal. The hotel has a huge range of…
Lake Baikal
This unmarked pink building was the best budget choice in Arshan at the time of research. Rooms are dim and spartan, and facilities display the pressures…
Lake Baikal
Located near the Sayany Spa, this purpose-built two-storey guesthouse has cosy timber rooms with shared showers, free banya and a small cafe.
Lake Baikal
This Western-standard hotel boasts a lakeside location right beside a beautifully renovated monastery.
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