Tomsk
This centrally located old hotel is popular, despite its largely unimaginative singles and doubles. It does, however, offer great suites with real…
Must-see hotels in Western Siberia
Novosibirsk
With down-to-earth English-speaking staff, a superb sightseeing map and an ideal location within walking distance of the train station, the Zokol is a…
Altai
This smart business hotel is built almost to international standards. It has a plum position, large subtly toned rooms, a prime breakfast buffet and…
Altai
Delightfully situated several kilometres southeast of Chemal, down a narrow wooded country lane and beside a twisting, bubbling river, the Areda 2-3 has…
Altai
Popular with bikers on a budget because of its central location just off the Chuysky Trakt and its nice kitchen. The rooms are quite basic, although some…
Altai
On the third floor of a run-down shopping centre just next to the bus station, the Alexander House has large and very orange rooms with bathrooms that are…
Tomsk
The large rooms here have comfortable, good-sized beds and polished-tile bathrooms, but are otherwise very plain. The walk-in rates (quoted here) aren't…
Novosibirsk
The apparently only half-finished concrete steps leading up to this hotel, which is located in a tower block, are a little off-putting, but otherwise this…
Western Siberia
In the eye-catching rounded end of the vaguely ship-shaped art-deco river station, the Mayak has small, modish rooms with artistic lines and good…
Altai
Small and quiet hotel just back from the main street. By Russian standards the rooms are positively palatial and the walls are covered in photos of pretty…
Western Siberia
Right behind a Dostoyevsky statue, this large hotel has spacious rooms that are a tad overdone with velvet curtains, satin bedspreads and the like, but at…
Tomsk
The winner of Tomsk’s first hotel competition in the 1990s, the Sputnik may have lost its 'town's best hotel' status, but it remains decent value if…
Altai
Great-value log cabins set in attractive grounds on the Katun River 6km south of Manzherok. Also offers excursions. The name translates as ‘Two Bears’ –…
Western Siberia
Clean and friendly. The location is utterly impractical for visiting the city, but ideal if you’re arriving late or waiting for an early-morning…
Western Siberia
The sparkling ensuite resting rooms in Novokuznetsk's flashy train station are a logical place to lay your head if laying over in Novokuznetsk.
Altai
The flashiest hotel in town by a long shot is the often booked-out Rasul Hotel, easily spotted on the left as you enter town from the north.
Western Siberia
Spacious and with en suites, these are some of the best train station rooms we've seen in Siberia.
Altai
In the plaza opposite this hotel stands a statue of Lenin, hand pointing forcefully towards the hotel apparently commanding you to enter. And like the man…
Western Siberia
The New Tobol looks like a shopping centre from the outside and things don't get much better on the inside. Rooms are dark and dated with generic…
Altai
Of the renovated Soviet ilk, the Tsentralnaya is in an impossibly ugly building and has an apparently endless number of rabbit warren tiny rooms. It's…
Altai
A basic hotel right in the centre of town with an English-speaking receptionist and good-sized rooms. The hotel seems to attract all manner of interesting…
Western Siberia
This compact hotel near the Vostok has somewhat run-down and anonymous rooms with shower booths. There are much better deals to be found.
Western Siberia
If you get stuck in Tashtagol the ensuite resting rooms above the bus station are an option.
