Best hotels and hostels in 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. Opened in 2015, the hotel occupies a newly renovated palace....

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 convenient location, about 200m from the Kazan Kremlin....

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 well as the clean, well-appointed rooms and excellent...

This old luxury pile, dating from the 19th century and situated two blocks from the waterfront, has been given a thoroughly decadent makeover, with expensive carpets, crystal chandeliers and high-thread-count...

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 of the kremlin. The spacious rooms cosily decorated in...

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 on the beds and gleaming baths. Staff are friendly and...

This reliable chain offering doesn't disappoint: large, clean rooms, good breakfasts and helpful multilingual staff. The central location is convenient to the Volga River and ferries. Some rooms have views out...

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 but they’re neat and breakfasts are superb.

Behind the Univermag shops and part of the same building, this modern minihotel has nicely furnished rooms with individual touches. It’s especially worth trying if the larger hotels are full.

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

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

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

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 seen better days. The ornate lobby is eye-catching. The...

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 rooms, good breakfasts and efficient staff. Be sure to request...

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 unmistakable period character, though many rooms are located on...

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, ultra-clean rooms. One has a small balcony and all have...

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, one block south of the Alley of Heroes park area. From...

This hotel offers excellent value, given the central location and quality of the rooms and service. Rooms are decorated in postmodern tones and spread over several floors. From pr Kirova, enter a small alley to...

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 centre, a sauna and a 25m pool. The location is ideal, close...

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 dorms. There's free tea and coffee, separate male and...