Must-see hotels in Eastern Europe

  • Marisha.net

    Chişinău

    Offers reasonably priced apartment accommodation in central Chişinău. Best contact is via email well in advance of your stay.

  • Kamp Oskorušica

    Korčula Island

    Plots are scattered under olive and fig trees at this small site, sloping up from the coastal road, 9km west of Korčula Town.

  • CampingIN Kanegra FKK

    Istria's West Coast

    There are 193 pitches at this naturist camp, spread along a long pebbly beach 8km northeast of Umag, by the Slovenian border.

  • Absolut

    Kyiv

    Slightly more upscale, with reasonable, if not great, service. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.

  • Hotel Planeta

    Western European Russia

    Simple, Soviet-style hotel close to the bus station with basic but functional rooms and free wi-fi. Note: there's no lift.

  • Cabana Codrin

    Transylvania

    These simple cottages and guestrooms are located on the road between Nucșoara and the edge of Retezat National Park.

  • Flamingo

    Transylvania

    Rooms feel faded, but Flamingo's location just outside the eastern gate of the citadel is hard to beat on value.

  • Stari Hrast Hostel

    Central & Eastern Istria

    This bare-bones hostel, right in the centre of Rabac, offers 12 basic dorms with bunks and a table or two.

  • Hotel Alpin

    Transylvania

    Pleasant rooms with alpine touches fill this amenity-rich hotel, which boasts a gym, jacuzzi and sauna.

  • Cosmos Hotel

    Ruse

    Handy for the bus and train stations but a long walk from the centre. It has a restaurant downstairs.

  • Hotel Tigara

    Bulgaria

    This friendly, family-run place in the centre, near the History Museum, has trim, balconied rooms.

  • Resting Rooms

    Western Siberia

    Spacious and with en suites, these are some of the best train station rooms we've seen in Siberia.

  • Best Kiev Apartment

    Kyiv

    Smartly renovated apartments. Has English-speaking representatives and accepts credit cards.

  • Minsk4rent

    Minsk

    Minsk4rent is one of several reputable local agencies that can arrange apartments for rent.

  • Intermark Hospitality

    Moscow

    Catering mostly to business travellers, Intermark rents apartments in the city centre.

  • Valalta Naturist Camp

    Istria's West Coast

    A vast, well-equipped and friendly naturist site on the Lim Channel, north of Rovinj.

  • Pensiuna Paulo

    Moldavia & the Bucovina Monasteries

    Simple, clean rooms, some en-suite, are available at this old Durău standby.

  • Rentguru

    Kyiv

    Rentguru have apartments that are cheaper and further away from the centre.

  • Uarent

    Kyiv

    Fair prices for centrally located apartments.

  • 9th Kilometre Complex

    Plovdiv

    Though it no longer offers camping, this low-price accommodation complex has simple, scantily furnished rooms and apartments (some a little on the musty…

  • Hotel Lybid

    Kyiv

    Lybid hails from the same Soviet architectural incubator as many other hotels in Kyiv. Rooms have seen varying degrees of renovation, but retain cheap…

  • Millenium Palace

    Ohrid

    This hotel is opposite a pleasant local park about a 15-minute walk east of the Old Town along the harbourfront promenade. The rooms are exceptionally…

  • Hotel Antik

    Varna

    This family-run hotel just down the road from pl Nezavisimost offers decent value, with basic and adequately clean rooms, but the facilities feel a little…

  • Vila De Niro

    Lake Ohrid

    Trpejca's only modern place, this yellow mansion is located where the walkway downhill diverges. It offers three doubles and an en-suite apartment for…

  • Lopushanski Monastery Guesthouse

    Bulgaria

    This simple guesthouse is situated within the grounds of the Lopushanski Monastery, about 21km west of Montana, near the village of Georgi Damyanovo…

  • Hotel Kargopolochka

    Northern European Russia

    The landing may look like something out of The Green Mile and the decor may be firmly Soviet, but the basic rooms are clean enough (the priciest have…

  • Solitudo

    Dubrovnik

    Solitudo is a strange name for a giant campground that's full to the gills in summer, but to its credit it has modern shower blocks, it's close to beaches…

  • Black Sea

    Kyiv

    A bit of a last resort if you need to be in Pechersk, where accommodation pickings are slim. It occupies the ground floor of an otherwise abandoned high…

  • Hotel Carpaţi Imparatul Romanilor

    Bucharest

    This popular backpacker option in an old early-20th-century landmark hotel exudes a kind of communist-era charm; nevertheless, some of the 40 rooms have…

  • Acktion Center

    Bulgaria

    Despite the name, the Acktion Center is a modern business hotel with trim apartments and rooms decorated in monochrome. It's reasonably central and offers…

  • Villa Forum

    Ohrid

    The tired yet functional Forum can at least boast a good position, with leafy balconies that have great views over Ohrid's Old Town and lake. It's a five…

  • Hotel Flores

    Poreč

    It's a little beige and not exactly attractive, but this unassuming hideaway has 39 spacious rooms, each with a balcony. A small indoor swimming pool, a…

  • Hotel New Tobol

    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…

  • Youth Hostel Rijeka

    Rijeka

    In the leafy residential area of Pečine, 1km east of the centre, this renovated 19th-century villa has clean, spacious (if rather basic) rooms and a…

  • Noviz Hotel

    Plovdiv

    Efficient and friendly, though rather lacking in personality, the Noviz has plain rooms, a moderate spa centre (massages from 32 lv), and it's a 10-minute…

  • Academia Sâmbăta

    Transylvania

    The plain rooms in a building adjoining the Brâncoveanu Monastery suit pilgrims, budget travellers, or anyone seeking a distraction-free environment near…

  • Studentski Centar Varaždin

    Zagorje

    This student hall functions as a hostel from July to the end of September. The small functional rooms have been renovated and are equipped with TV, cable…

  • Hostel Krk

    Krk Island

    This last-resort hostel requires a steep climb up to the top of the old town. The scuffed rooms are old-fashioned, the showers and wi-fi temperamental,…

  • Hotel Alpha

    Pirin Mountains

    While not always the friendliest place, the somewhat faded rooms at this backstreet hotel represent reasonable value for travellers seeking to stop…

    • placement: fullWidth
    • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
    • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [300, 250], [320, 50], [1, 1],
    • targeting:
      {
        "position": "superzone"
      }