25 rooms: 22 double rooms / 3 suites / cold and hot water / centralized heating / autonomic electricity / TV set with satellite programs. Restaurant / Sauna / Billiard / Bar / Laundry / Cloakroom / Secured car parking / Air tickets booking / Playground for kids / Room service 24 hours. Hotel Snow Bars was built and inaugurated in 2005 on the picturesque highland of mountain resort Chimgan, close to the chair-lift (rope-way). All suites are equipped both for long terms and for short stay of VIP guests. Excellent location of the hotel allows you to use at the maximum level the endless potential of the leisure. Near the hotel you can find the chair-lift, sledge route, skiing equipment rent and training route for the beginners.

35 double bedrooms (4 de-luxe ones) with two single beds each + cots if necessary / bath or shower / air conditioning / telephone / Internet / satellite TV / mini-bar. Pool. Conference hall. Currency exchange office. Souvenir Shop.

The Hotel "Orient Star" had been started up in April 2001. It has very good location. Really, location of some inns inside of residential areas, perhaps, can provoke some poetical feelings. But as a matter of fact this more often cause problems. The Hotel "Orient Star" can easily be found because it's situated at one of main streets. At the same time only the distance of 10 minutes walk serve as the boundary between hotel's place and the historical center of the city. In addition, the Hotel provides customers with all attractions, which are commonly essential to private inns.

Bogiston (Bogustan) village is a birthplace of two prominent figures of Tashkent history: Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur), who was born at the end of 13th century and Sheikh Uboydullo Khodja Ahror (1404-1490). Sheihantaur came from the family of Saints (Khodja), who were the offspring of Muhammad prophet. His father, Sheikh Omar, is believed was the direct descendant in the seventeenth generation of the second godly caliph Omar ibn al-Hattab and was the devoted Sufi, one of the followers of dervish Hasan Bulgari. Bogiston village belongs to the Brichmulla-Nanai area, which incorporates villages situated in the south-east of the Charvak water reservoir at 960 m above sea level of western extremity of the Koksu ridge (West Tien Shan). Population of the village is about 2000 people. A great majority of population are ethnic Tajiks. The villages of Brichmulla-Nanai area have well kept traditions and customs of mountain Tajiks. The dish "Hashkak", the honey with nuts and "Urosh", the yogurt with spices can be called as distinctive feature of cookery. Bogiston is located near 120 km far from Tashkent. The roads are paved with asphalt and suitable for buses. There are two ways of reaching the village from the town of Gazalkent located 57 km from the capital city of Uzbekistan: Via the dam of the Charvak water reservoir; via pass Melovoy and the Chimgan recreation area. On the picture: Nearby Bogiston village.

Tashkent. The Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshiy.
The mausoleum was built in honor of imam Abubakr ibn Ali ibn Ismail Al Kaffol al Shoshiy. The first burial vault was not kept safe. Actual mausoleum was built in 1542 by Gulyam Husain, who was Khan's architect at that time. It is an asymmetric domed portal mausoleum - khanaka. Khanakas were erected to give pilgrims from distant lands a shelter in living cells - hujras. Mausoleums' complexes also often included mosque and an eating-room called oshkhana with a kitchen. There is a late burial place (sagana) on small yard south of the main building. The mausoleum is built of baked bricks. Proportions: 13.3 x 12.5 m., room: 6 x 6 m., the cupola: 16.4 m. high. Near this mausoleum is located the house where Khodja Akhrori-vali lived, who was follower of Kaffol al Shoshiy. Khodja Akhrori-vali was also a follower of Bahovutdin Nakshbandy and he asserted that people of belief must not beg alms; they should live with their own labor. In his own life he followed Nakshbandy's motto - "Dil ba eru dast ba kor", which means: heart with the God, arms in labor. Khodja Akhror was both a Sufi master and a statesman. He was buried in Samarkand.

Local interpretation of luxury in the private hotel "Kamila".

29 rooms: 11 single rooms (four of them with the king-size beds); 8 double bedrooms with two single beds; 10 double bedrooms with double beds (one of them de-luxe); 1 double room can be transformed for three and one for four beds; air conditioning / satellite or local TV / bath or shower. International telephone at the reception. Restaurant. Laundry. Summer swimming pool. Conference hall.

"Kamila" is three-star hotel. The hotel place located in very traditional residential area, on old street arranged in Uzbek genuine spirit. Made recently but brought into line with concept of local style of life, the hotel became a harmonious constituent of traditional area. When you come from Tashkent, most easily to reach "Kamila". Combination of conveniences, relatively low prices and fascination of oriental abode attract attention of many guests.

This lately built modern hotel was opened in 2004, and it supplemented number of best private B&B inns of Samarkand. Now it's a three-star hotel. The Hotel's facilities are convenient for those who make a business trip or traveling for tourism. At the erection and decoration of the hotel's building natural building materials and refined folk arts' work were used. The hotel is ideally located in the center of the city that is full of unique ancient monuments. The most significant historical sights of Samarkand are situated at a walking distance from the hotel's place. At the same time, to close the distance between hotel and International Airport of Samarkand or City Railroad-station nothing but fifteen minutes' ride by car is necessary. There are City Park, a few restaurants and nice open-air cafes beside the hotel. When you look for a path to the hotel place, keep in mind the sign on opposite side of the street that it's easy to memorize. It's the functioning Catholic temple named after Saint John..

When you go into the hotel building, the first room where you find yourselves is a cozy hall well appointed with the modern furniture, bar and TV set. The hall is equally good as to be used as cocktail lounge and for business meetings as well. Recently "Sherdor" had put into operation new summer restaurant with Uzbek national, international and kosher food.

Hotel has a charming courtyard where an inimitable climate of oriental dwelling house is waiting for guests. A courtyard is of the necessities of life when you live in hot weather. The evening cup of tea with friends on oriental courtyard is truly unforgettable.

The hotel has 20 living rooms. Each room is arranged for two persons and has two single beds. Upon the customer's request the beds can be pushed together. All beds have the same standard size: 200x90 centimeters. The rooms cannot be transformed for an abode of three persons. As an exception, a child can be the third person when it is convenient to share a bed with one of parents. Each room equipped with a lavatory and shower cubicle, hair dryers are available. The rooms also equipped with satellite television system with more than 300 international TV channels available. The telephone sets with international access and consequently Internet and e-mail services are also available in each room. Because of air-conditioning system, which is perfectly working, in all of the living rooms remains stable a thermal regime. The mini-bar service as an additional service can be provided upon the customer's request. The price of beverages is extra, which is not included in room service price. Recently constructed sauna is waiting for guest.

The campsite is a place in mountains near to Samarkand, on about 6 hectares of land. The combination of clean air, mountain stream, sunshine and a picturesque natural environment makes this campsite a perfect place for a holiday. Those who love to live outdoors, to breathe country air and to be in close contact with nature, can feel there all the amenities of outdoor life. The holiday camp consists of some simple facilities that, nevertheless, have the only mission to sink customer into nerveless rest.

Samarkand Hotels: Information and Reservation Now, when you seek accommodation in Samarkand, you don't have to feel uncertain about accommodation. On this page you find the adverts of 14 hotels, which are not of the kind of soviet fashion hotels, but the modern inns of present-day Samarkand. The existence in itself of such hotels became possible only when soviet regime fell.

Except two palaces all inns presented are private. Therefore the difference between them is as the difference between people. Some is rich, another isn't too rich, but is assiduous. We should then learn the difference between substantials and circumstantials.

Substantials: Conveniences. The foremost hotels "Orient Star" and "Malika" are close to satisfying requirements of most tourists, not only of ordinary taste, but also of refined. To speak naturally, their conveniences often are not only useful for satisfaction of body necessities, but also are aesthetically beautiful.

Perhaps, "Furkat" hotel is not so advanced as "Orient Star" or "Malika" but in its own way "Furkat" is also well-found inn with modern conveniences and good reputation.

Among starless inns "Sherdor" hotel takes a particular place. At the erection and decoration of Sherdor's building natural building materials and refined folk arts' work were used. The hotel is congenial to Jews. In next season they will be prepared to offer the kosher food in new built restaurant.

"Kamila" is also very nice and richly decorated place. Except TV and telephone services everything else is on very good level.

"Zarina" is currently mounting certain energetic attempts on perfection of some of the parts of their services. Anyway "Zarina" is very attractive and nice.

"Shakhname" is recently built B&B with common modern conveniences. "Sevara" isn't big, but cozy place with sauna and small gymnasium. After all there is no difference worth to be cited for conveniences among all other private inns.

Location. "Zarina", "Muhandis-1" and "Bonu-Sh" are nonpareils in this category, each in its own place. Right behind them go "Bahodir B&B" and "Furkat". When you come from Tashkent, most easily to find "Kamila" and "Orient Star". But, as a matter of fact, in Samarkand you don't have to be too much wary about inn's location because the city isn't large. Regardless of location you can reach most remarkable places within 15-20 minutes walk. You can also compare location of all hotels with the help of our e-map.

Communications. "Malika", "Orient Star", "Sherodor" and "Zariana" provide International telephone service and Internet access (with guest's notebook) directly from the hotel rooms. All other private inns have at least telephone set in Reception and computer with an Internet access.

Prices. "Bahobir B&B" is indubitably leading in this category. If you would regard as acceptable co-use of conveniences as shower and W.C. with other guests, then price could come to $5 per person including breakfast. On the whole, prices in other private inns vary from $15 to $30 per person including breakfast. In "Orient Star" the price of breakfast, which amounts $7, can be excluded from the whole price. In "Kamila" drivers / interpreters reside free of charge.

Safety and legality. All hotels you find on this page are licensed enterprises. The general rule is you must be registered within 72 hours of entering the country. Every tourist as a rule must be registered in a hotel. So make sure that you receive registration in hotel where you stay. Every licensed hotel must unconditionally provide you with registration. "Orient Star" has own security service. All other private hotels do not have security services, but all the same are safe enough.