Homestays in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Great place to stay in Bukhara. Convenient location on a quiet street, you can sleep even until lunch) Near the historical center and shops, everything is there. Bukhara, heat, July. And the owner turned on the air conditioning in the rooms before our arrival - he hit the heart!) The rooms are with all amenities, fresh, clean and beautiful. A cozy courtyard where you can sit in the evening and relax. There is a kitchen - you can cook. There were few guests and we were given private rooms at no additional cost. The owner is a generous soul; they fed us a delicious breakfast and gave us tea and sweets. In general, the holiday was a success, thank you very much to this house!

There is probably no more pleasant stay for a tourist in Bukhara than around the old pond of Lyabi Hauz. To the 'Salom Inn' it is hardly 100m meters from there through an arch onto a pedestrian alley. The hotel is in an old town house with a lovely courtyard, where one can sit down and relax and where also breakfast is served (for colder times there is an indoor breakfast area). My room was in a corner of the first floor, thus I had the privilege of windows on the side towards another alley. I was glad that I had booked a twin room, so I could profit from the unused bed as a storage place, since that was missing. There were some hooks on the wall with metal cloth hangers and also two drawers, but full with blankets and bed covers (completely useless in this season). What I liked was the old ceiling with beams, the carpets and the well sized bathroom had shampoo and bath gel dispensers in the shower. Also the bed was comfortable. In the evenings one gets asked about the preferred breakfast time, which is served as of 8am. Fruits are brought, usually melons, then bread, margarine, slices of cheese, yoghurt and two very sweet jams. It was fun to watch that the wasps and bees always went for the quince jam, not the cherry. There is also a choice of omelette or fried eggs. It was strange to observe that every time breakfast was served, with all the food, coffee cup and cutlery, never a plate came along. Was one supposed to smear the margarine onto the bread slice in one's palm? A plate only comes with the eggs, if one has ordered any. They have beautiful plates and maybe there had been a problem, that they got stolen. Even when one has hardly finished eating, the plate gets taken away without asking by a rather unfriendly lady, who also works at reception. The leftover food though can stay there for a long time afterwards. My suggestion to the hotel is to use cheaper plates and to leave all that stress.

Family-owned boutique hotel in the historic centre of beautiful Bukhara. To manage expectations: don’t expect a five-star hotel experience as the rooms are not very luxurious and the breakfast is relatively basic. So why then highest rating? That is a combination of the excellent location, the cleanliness of the rooms and, above all, the friendliness of the owners. Yes, it is so much nicer to support a family-owned hotel in a 500+ year old house that is trying to make a living than staying in a larger hotel part of a bigger chain!

Great place to stay in Bukhara. Convenient location on a quiet street, you can sleep even until lunch) Near the historical center and shops, everything is there. Bukhara, heat, July. And the owner turned on the air conditioning in the rooms before our arrival - he hit the heart!) The rooms are with all amenities, fresh, clean and beautiful. A cozy courtyard where you can sit in the evening and relax. There is a kitchen - you can cook. There were few guests and we were given private rooms at no additional cost. The owner is a generous soul; they fed us a delicious breakfast and gave us tea and sweets. In general, the holiday was a success, thank you very much to this house!

There is probably no more pleasant stay for a tourist in Bukhara than around the old pond of Lyabi Hauz. To the 'Salom Inn' it is hardly 100m meters from there through an arch onto a pedestrian alley. The hotel is in an old town house with a lovely courtyard, where one can sit down and relax and where also breakfast is served (for colder times there is an indoor breakfast area). My room was in a corner of the first floor, thus I had the privilege of windows on the side towards another alley. I was glad that I had booked a twin room, so I could profit from the unused bed as a storage place, since that was missing. There were some hooks on the wall with metal cloth hangers and also two drawers, but full with blankets and bed covers (completely useless in this season). What I liked was the old ceiling with beams, the carpets and the well sized bathroom had shampoo and bath gel dispensers in the shower. Also the bed was comfortable. In the evenings one gets asked about the preferred breakfast time, which is served as of 8am. Fruits are brought, usually melons, then bread, margarine, slices of cheese, yoghurt and two very sweet jams. It was fun to watch that the wasps and bees always went for the quince jam, not the cherry. There is also a choice of omelette or fried eggs. It was strange to observe that every time breakfast was served, with all the food, coffee cup and cutlery, never a plate came along. Was one supposed to smear the margarine onto the bread slice in one's palm? A plate only comes with the eggs, if one has ordered any. They have beautiful plates and maybe there had been a problem, that they got stolen. Even when one has hardly finished eating, the plate gets taken away without asking by a rather unfriendly lady, who also works at reception. The leftover food though can stay there for a long time afterwards. My suggestion to the hotel is to use cheaper plates and to leave all that stress.

A lovely family run this guest house, and the location is excellent, but I cannot recommend it for anyone other than backpackers. The four bed room we booked is an annex of a dorm, and whilst it had a lockable door, it still lacked privacy. There is only one western toilet and one shower for all guests. Unlike our other guesthouses, breakfast was not included in the rate. Lastly, there are a series of rules guests are expected to follow. Whilst these were not unreasonable, I felt more like a student on school camp than a paying guest!

Family-owned boutique hotel in the historic centre of beautiful Bukhara. To manage expectations: don’t expect a five-star hotel experience as the rooms are not very luxurious and the breakfast is relatively basic. So why then highest rating? That is a combination of the excellent location, the cleanliness of the rooms and, above all, the friendliness of the owners. Yes, it is so much nicer to support a family-owned hotel in a 500+ year old house that is trying to make a living than staying in a larger hotel part of a bigger chain!

Great place to stay in Bukhara. Convenient location on a quiet street, you can sleep even until lunch) Near the historical center and shops, everything is there. Bukhara, heat, July. And the owner turned on the air conditioning in the rooms before our arrival - he hit the heart!) The rooms are with all amenities, fresh, clean and beautiful. A cozy courtyard where you can sit in the evening and relax. There is a kitchen - you can cook. There were few guests and we were given private rooms at no additional cost. The owner is a generous soul; they fed us a delicious breakfast and gave us tea and sweets. In general, the holiday was a success, thank you very much to this house!

There is probably no more pleasant stay for a tourist in Bukhara than around the old pond of Lyabi Hauz. To the 'Salom Inn' it is hardly 100m meters from there through an arch onto a pedestrian alley. The hotel is in an old town house with a lovely courtyard, where one can sit down and relax and where also breakfast is served (for colder times there is an indoor breakfast area). My room was in a corner of the first floor, thus I had the privilege of windows on the side towards another alley. I was glad that I had booked a twin room, so I could profit from the unused bed as a storage place, since that was missing. There were some hooks on the wall with metal cloth hangers and also two drawers, but full with blankets and bed covers (completely useless in this season). What I liked was the old ceiling with beams, the carpets and the well sized bathroom had shampoo and bath gel dispensers in the shower. Also the bed was comfortable. In the evenings one gets asked about the preferred breakfast time, which is served as of 8am. Fruits are brought, usually melons, then bread, margarine, slices of cheese, yoghurt and two very sweet jams. It was fun to watch that the wasps and bees always went for the quince jam, not the cherry. There is also a choice of omelette or fried eggs. It was strange to observe that every time breakfast was served, with all the food, coffee cup and cutlery, never a plate came along. Was one supposed to smear the margarine onto the bread slice in one's palm? A plate only comes with the eggs, if one has ordered any. They have beautiful plates and maybe there had been a problem, that they got stolen. Even when one has hardly finished eating, the plate gets taken away without asking by a rather unfriendly lady, who also works at reception. The leftover food though can stay there for a long time afterwards. My suggestion to the hotel is to use cheaper plates and to leave all that stress.

A lovely family run this guest house, and the location is excellent, but I cannot recommend it for anyone other than backpackers. The four bed room we booked is an annex of a dorm, and whilst it had a lockable door, it still lacked privacy. There is only one western toilet and one shower for all guests. Unlike our other guesthouses, breakfast was not included in the rate. Lastly, there are a series of rules guests are expected to follow. Whilst these were not unreasonable, I felt more like a student on school camp than a paying guest!

Family-owned boutique hotel in the historic centre of beautiful Bukhara. To manage expectations: don’t expect a five-star hotel experience as the rooms are not very luxurious and the breakfast is relatively basic. So why then highest rating? That is a combination of the excellent location, the cleanliness of the rooms and, above all, the friendliness of the owners. Yes, it is so much nicer to support a family-owned hotel in a 500+ year old house that is trying to make a living than staying in a larger hotel part of a bigger chain!