Must-see hotels in Volga Region

  • Astrakhanskaya Hotel

    Astrakhan

    This old luxury pile, dating from the 19th century and situated two blocks from the waterfront, has been given a thoroughly decadent makeover, with…

  • Hotel Polina

    Volga Region

    Smallish, family-run hotel located on a quiet alley, about 2km southwest of the centre. Spotlessly clean rooms, panelled in light woods, with crisp sheets…

  • Jouk-Jacques

    Nizhny Novgorod

    This cosy boutique hotel is one of the best in town. Rooms are modern and decorated in soft tones, some facing the yard. The cheapest are a bit cramped…

  • Stary Stalingrad

    Volgograd

    Behind the Univermag shops and part of the same building, this modern minihotel has nicely furnished rooms with individual touches. It’s especially worth…

  • Hotel Giuseppe

    Kazan

    Run by a family with Italian ancestry, Hotel Guiseppe has spacious, comfortable rooms, with corridors decorated tastefully to give the atmosphere of a…

  • Smile

    Nizhny Novgorod

    Bright, friendly and efficient, this centrally located hostel has two doubles with twin beds that can be booked as a single, and five-, six- and eight-bed…

  • Hilton Garden Inn

    Volga Region

    Despite the 'Hilton' name, this beautiful four-star hotel in the centre is a surprisingly affordable option and the best lodging option in the city…

  • Center Hotel Kazan Kremlin

    Kazan

    This former Marriott has retained a luxury feel at reasonable rates for what's on offer. Chief advantages include well-proportioned, spotless rooms and a…

  • Park Inn

    Volgograd

    This mid-market chain is highly recommended both for its excellent location, just behind the train station and five minutes' walk from the bus station, as…

  • Al Pash Novomoskovskaya Hotel

    Astrakhan

    This is arguably the city's most impressive hotel, occupying a late-19th-century palace situated on one of the stateliest pieces of real estate, 100m east…

  • Holiday Inn Samara

    Volga Region

    This reliable chain offering doesn't disappoint: large, clean rooms, good breakfasts and helpful multilingual staff. The central location is convenient to…

  • Hotel Intourist

    Volgograd

    This is a vintage Soviet-era gem with the high level of service matching the bright, welcoming lobby. Rooms are well lit and tasteful.

  • Zolotoy Lotos

    Astrakhan

    A good floating hotel that offers various excursions. It has one building on land and another on the water.

  • Bristol-Zhiguli Hotel

    Volga Region

    This art nouveau diamond in the rough recalls Samara's heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, though from the outside at least the hotel has…

  • AZIMUT Hotel Astrakhan

    Astrakhan

    This acceptable business and tourist hotel not only has the best river views in town, it offers some of the best value, with comfortable, refurbished…

  • Hotel Europe

    Volga Region

    This hotel is housed in a lovely, mustard-yellow mansion from 1902 and is quirky in both good and bad ways. The stairways, corridors and rooms have…

  • Hotel Ostrovok

    Volga Region

    This small, family-run hotel does not look very promising at first glance, but fortunes improve once you go inside and walk upstairs to find four stylish,…

  • Bely Lotos

    Volga Region

    The serene 'White Lotus' is professionally run, friendly and arguably the best of a small number of hotels in the city. It's tucked away on a quiet street…

  • Pioner Lyux Bohemia

    Volga Region

    This hotel offers excellent value, given the central location and quality of the rooms and service. Rooms are decorated in postmodern tones and spread…

  • Shalyapin Palace Hotel

    Kazan

    Named after Russia’s greatest opera singer, whose statue greets you at the door, this large hotel has rooms decorated in a classical style, a fitness…

  • Hotel Shushma

    Kazan

    This modern hotel is a solid choice if being close to the main train station (Kazan-1) is a priority. Rooms are on the small side, but the furnishings and…

  • Hotel Volgograd

    Volgograd

    South across pl Pavshikh Bortsov, this hotel has professional staff and clean and comfortable rooms in one of the few buildings remaining from Tsaritsyn…

  • Hotel 7 Nebo

    Astrakhan

    This hotel, upstairs in a modern office building, offers good value with clean, parquet-floored rooms in tasteful colours. From the train station, take…

  • Zhiguli Star

    Volga Region

    This comfortable business hotel in the central district (Tsentralnyy rayon) is your best option if you're staying overnight. The restaurant (mains R400)…

  • Lotus Hotel

    Astrakhan

    This is a top-quality minihotel with a small pool for sauna-goers. Rooms are modern and spacious. The location is terrific, about 5 minutes' walk from…

  • Rybnoye Mesto

    Astrakhan

    Unless you speak Russian, Rybnoye Mesto is best booked through agencies in Astrakhan – it’s a small hub for boat hire and transfers in this part of the…

  • Hotel Ibis Kazan Centre

    Kazan

    This centrally located chain hotel offers excellent value, close to ul Baumana. The reception gets high marks for English skills. Breakfast costs R420.

  • October Hotel

    Nizhny Novgorod

    This old-timer from the Soviet era has been renovated and is a comfortable option, with bright rooms, some with great views over the Volga.

  • Ibis Hotel

    Nizhny Novgorod

    Nizhny’s Ibis offers a high standard of rooms and comforts, with the advantage that it's large enough to cope with busy periods.

  • Hotel Art

    Kazan

    This central design hotel is close to the lively ul Baumana pedestrian zone. Sleek with modern rooms. Good rates apply for kids.

  • Hotel Slovakia

    Volga Region

    A towering Soviet block on the Volga waterfront, Hotel Slovakia is the most common option for visiting businesspeople. Rooms come in several classes,…

  • Hotel Volga

    Kazan

    The furbishing can be a little tired in some of the rooms and breakfast is a meagre affair, but the Volga is clean, welcoming and convenient to the main…

  • Volga Hotel

    Volga Region

    This hotel gets knocked down in reviews for its location, at the northern end of the embankment and a 30-minute walk from the centre, but in a city that…

  • Hotel Elista

    Volga Region

    This Soviet relic occupies two large buildings (Korpus 1 and Korpus 2), on the city's main street ul Lenina, which almost behave as separate hotels…

  • AZIMUT Hotel Nizhny Novgorod

    Nizhny Novgorod

    This ugly concrete eyesore has good refurbished rooms, some with fabulous river views. Steps just to the left as you exit lead directly to the…

  • Hotel Finanz-Yug

    Volgograd

    Occupying floors seven, eight and nine in the modern office tower of Sberbank, Hotel Finanz-Yug offers modern rooms, with breakfast served in the canteen…

  • Hotel Volna

    Volga Region

    With its superb location inside the river-station building and reasonable prices, this place is popular with Russian travellers. It has some very cheap…

  • Hotel Delta

    Astrakhan

    This well-run hotel is located just west of the enormous Yarmarka (Ярмарка) shopping centre, within easy walking distance of the train station. It also…

  • Hotel Venets

    Volga Region

    This formidable piece of Soviet hotel architecture in a towering block has clearly seen better days, though it is clean, central to sights, and has…

  • Victoria Palace

    Astrakhan

    A shiny business hotel with 36 rooms and the usual ‘business’ facilities such as a bar, a disco and a sauna. The hotel is located just north of the centre…