Staying at the Musavvir guesthouse was one of the best hotel experiences in Uzbekistan during my entire trip to this country. And in this review I want to express my deep gratitude to the host and founder of the guesthouse, Sanjar.
An absolutely wonderful person, friendly, welcoming, open to the world and an educated intellectual with excellent English and Russian! He was always in touch, helped in every possible way and did his best to make our stay in the guesthouse as comfortable as possible.
Sanjar repeatedly helped us with advice from an experienced local resident, gave recommendations on the best restaurants and cafes, helped organize an interesting trip to Shakhrisabz with the help of his friend, and at prices lower than those offered in the city.
What I would like to immediately note is the design of both the hotel rooms and common areas, decorated in a cute retro lamp style. It is immediately clear that Sanjar has been collecting a collection of antiques with love and for a long time, which has become a decoration and a unique feature of the guesthouse.
Both the rooms and common areas are always very clean; everything is new, from bed linen to towels. Our room was very spacious, I could even do yoga in the room without hesitation :-).
There is no breakfast in the guesthouse, but given the huge number of catering outlets in Samarkand, this will definitely not be a problem for travelers and will allow you to maintain very reasonable prices for accommodation in the guesthouse.
As a summary: I 100% recommend the guesthouse to budget tourists, you can count on the owner’s help in any matter of “local orientation.” If I have the opportunity to return to Samarkand again, I will be very glad to stay with Sanjar again at the Musavvir guesthouse.
As a point of growth, and a bit of fair criticism, I note that a couple of times there were short moments when the hot water in the bathroom disappeared, but soon appeared back. If the administration of the guesthouse solves this problem, then I can safely add a plus to my rating of the guesthouse of 5 points!
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