Must-see hotels in Ulan-Ude

  • Ulan-Ude Travellers House

    Ulan-Ude

    So central is this high-ceilinged apartment hostel, you might even catch a glimpse of Lenin’s conk from one of the windows. The 14 beds are divided…

  • Mergen Bator

    Ulan-Ude

    UU’s only 21st-century hotel is a swish pad indeed and completely on a par with any Western four-star establishment. From the trendy retro-veneered…

  • Hotel Sagaan Morin

    Ulan-Ude

    The gleaming 17-storey, 89-room ‘White Horse’ offers spacious, crisply designed, almost understated rooms, lots of amenities and a 14th-floor restaurant …

  • Hotel Ayan

    Ulan-Ude

    The inconvenient location 2km south of the city centre is more than recompensed by pristine international-standard rooms, some with air-conditioning. The…

  • Hotel Ulan

    Ulan-Ude

    This tiny hotel, with 10 comfortable rooms on the 1st floor of a Soviet apartment block (entrance at the back of the building), is good value for money…

  • Hotel Geser

    Ulan-Ude

    Fully modernised, the former Party hangout is a popular if slightly overpriced option. Most of the 70-plus rooms are of a decent standard – the only…

  • Hotel Baikal Plaza

    Ulan-Ude

    The 68 modern, if slightly cramped, rooms were arguably UU’s finest offering when first renovated a few years ago, and the central location overlooking…

  • Hotel Shumak

    Ulan-Ude

    Sleeping on a comfy bed amid a wood-dominated interior, you may very well forget it's just another apartment-block hotel in a not-so-pretty location. But…

  • Hotel Buryatiya

    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…