Must-see hotels in Kyrgyzstan

  • Garden Hotel

    Bishkek

    Friendly service and clean, cosy rooms make this a nice option out of the city centre, but with transport connections on nearby Sovietskaya to anywhere in…

  • Lotus Guesthouse

    Bishkek

    The extremely friendly family that runs this cosy two-storey guesthouse make stays a delight, and tasty breakfasts are a welcome start to each day. Not…

  • Park Hotel

    Bishkek

    Fronted by neoclassical columns, this discrete 34-room hotel has relatively stylish rooms fitted with flat-screen TVs, minibar and safe. Pool and sauna…

  • CBT Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    Next door to the CBT office, this CBT-run guesthouse is the only one in town with an indoor shower. It's popular, so worth booking ahead during the busy…

  • Tagai Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    This two-storey guesthouse up the small road across from the museum is spacious, and sitting down to share dinner with the family that runs it is a real…

  • Compass Hostel

    Bishkek

    We'd point you to Compass Hostel for the central location, and it's definitely on the right course, with bright rooms and a complimentary breakfast. The…

  • Gulsaira Toktosunova Homestay

    Kyrgyzstan

    In a large two-storey house down the street from CBT, cosy guest rooms and a comfortable common area make this the most welcoming place in town to stay.

  • Hotel Rich

    Bishkek

    Good value for its genre of nouveau-riche glitz, the rooms are fair sized and not as dazzling as the red-gold of the foyer. A glass-walled gym sits on the…

  • Grand Hotel

    Bishkek

    The overload of sparkling glitz and kitschy nouveau-riche decor is almost comical in this quiet yet reasonably central hotel for business travellers…

  • Geniy Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    This is a typical CBT homestay, except that they have an indoor bathroom and more carpets on the walls than normal. Turn north up the small road just to…

  • Central Hostel

    Bishkek

    The 10-bed dorms can feel a little busy, but private rooms are great and the location can't be beaten; plus there's a small outdoor space out the front…

  • Alpinist Hotel

    Bishkek

    Catering primarily to climbers and hunters, the slightly outdated rooms are more than made up for by the friendly staff and convenient location just…

  • Eliza Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    This CBT-affiliated guesthouse is popular with cycle tourists coming off the Pamir Highway, and the location just off the main junction is well-signed and…

  • Elvira Homestay

    Kyrgyzstan

    This basic family homestay is the only option in Suusamyr village, and the price includes dinner and breakfast to account for the lack of local dining…

  • Bishkek Boutique Hotel

    Bishkek

    Smart if compact, chocolate-and-cream rooms aimed at business clients on a (relative) budget. Vibrant location near Vefa Center restaurants, and coffee…

  • InterHouse

    Bishkek

    An upmarket hostel in the heart of the city, this is a great place for meeting other travellers. There's a second, slightly cheaper, branch at Toktogul…

  • Dushegul's Homestay

    Kyrgyzstan

    A typical, comfy three-bedroom apartment that is entirely used for guest accommodation in summer. Dushegul also has three other apartments at Razzakov 13.

  • Roza Park

    Kyrgyzstan

    The favoured Jalal-Abad address for visiting expats, the only real negative to this clean and bright hotel is the location well north of the centre.

  • Katya's Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    Two rooms with warm pallet beds off a central dining room at the southern end of town, with a nice tapchan out back overlooking the river.

  • Beyshegul's Homestay

    Kyrgyzstan

    Typical unsigned CBT apartment with private rooms and a shared common space and kitchen, with two apartments in this same building open to guests.

  • Damira Abdrahmanova's Homestay

    Kyrgyzstan

    A relatively new homestay house beside the almost silent main road, with 10 beds in three shared rooms and a delightful yurt for a dining room.

  • Asia Mountains-2

    Bishkek

    Out of the very centre but in easy walking distances to restaurants and cafes, this hotel's 20 rooms are comfortable if a bit dated.

  • Arslanbob Pansionat

    Kyrgyzstan

    This lovely summer resort is set around a hilltop lake about 4km before Arslanbob, with three other small lakes in the vicinity and fantastic views of the…

  • CBT Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    Attached to the CBT office in Kyzyl-Köl village, the family's basic guesthouse can serve as a starting point for long treks through the mountains to the…

  • Mira Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    Friendly Mira rents out two rooms of her family house – a small two-person room and the large common room – to guests passing through Eki-Naryn who need a…

  • Jannat Resort

    Kyrgyzstan

    If money is no object and you'd prefer to be close to the mountains, this luxury hotel some 20km south of Bishkek makes a great alternative to sleeping in…

  • Shamurat Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    Enthusiastic travel-fixer Shamurat supplements his wide range of ski and hiking tours with a guesthouse in town as well. The bathroom's outside and there…

  • Sakura Guesthouse

    Bishkek

    Run by a Kyrgyz-Japanese family, the fresh if somewhat bland block contains spotlessly clean rooms with shared hot showers. Communal space is limited to a…

  • Ultimate Adventure B&B

    Bishkek

    This good-value guesthouse has French owners and clean, simple bedrooms. Good, hot showers (shared) are set around a vine-terraced garden and a lavish…

  • Dreamhouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    Tucked into the residential area of Gulcha, this two-storey guesthouse is a good option for budget travellers intending to cook for themselves. The indoor…

  • Nomad's Home

    Bishkek

    This cheap backpacker pad has a small garden but only one bathroom to service a twin room plus a dim, rather scruffy, dorm packed with 12 bunks. There's a…

  • Sabyrbek's Yurts

    Kyrgyzstan

    Beautifully set in the valley junction 1.3km before the caravanserai, Sabyrbek's slightly ageing yurts have sturdy wooden-framed beds and there's a small…

  • Shepherd's Life Homestay

    Kyrgyzstan

    In a faintly signed house right beside the main road at the western end of Jumgal village is the basic homestay of Shepherd’s Life coordinator Stalbek…

  • Ashu Guesthouse

    Kyrgyzstan

    The Chon-Kemin valley's best accommodation, with fresh yet rustic feel, is tucked away in little Kalmak-Ashu village. The price includes full board and…

  • Ak-Jibek Hotel

    Kyrgyzstan

    Rooms here are dated but clean, much like the rest of the property, and the combined cafe/bar downstairs grills up tasty shashlyk to go with cold draught…

  • Hotel Ala-Too

    Kyrgyzstan

    Naryn's cheapest option, this Soviet-era hulk has a photogenically abandoned restaurant with smashed windows and trees growing out the roof. Repainted…

  • Celestial Mountains Guest House

    Kyrgyzstan

    Neat if unsophisticated rooms mostly share very compact bathrooms with half-sized tubs. Two 'lux' rooms are considerably more comfortable with en suite…

  • Yurt-Camp Alay

    Kyrgyzstan

    These simple digs offer a village alternative to Gulcha proper in three yurts and three guesthouse rooms, and there are day-hike possibilities up into the…

  • EcoTour Travel & Hostel

    Kyrgyzstan

    This small hostel has seven beds across three rooms, and access to a full kitchen makes it an appealing choice. The travel agency, based in the foyer from…

  • Ala-Archa Lodge

    Kyrgyzstan

    Recently renovated this small but very conspicuous five-level, A-frame building has hotel-quality rooms albeit with already-burping new bathrooms. Of the…

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