Samarkand Travel

I do not recommend staying at this hotel. The girl and I arrived in Samarkand late at night (or even early in the morning, around 4 am). Booked a hotel in advance, but different. It turned out to be very cold there, and in a hurry I had to call hotels from the ***********. We settled on Samarkand Travel Hotel: we liked the reviews, photos and location. We arrived here at 04:00 on the 11th. We agreed with the hostess that we would pay for two nights: from the 11th to the 12th and from the 12th to the 13th. Especially immediately upon arrival, so as not to find out anything later. On the 12th, the hostess said that the night we checked in (from the 10th to the 11th) is also considered, and you need to pay for the third, despite the oral contract. In principle, the policy is clear - you can’t even call it an early check-in: the time was very non-standard, early check-in is usually considered from 8 in the morning and all that. However, due to other circumstances, I did not want to pay extra at all. Here are all the aggravating ones: 1. Still, we specifically agreed at the beginning, clearly discussed all the dates and costs so that such a situation would not happen. This is the main jamb; 2. On the booking there is a green mark: "the price includes an excellent breakfast." In fact, for breakfast there was a wooden samsa, cottage cheese that had sour as if yesterday, and a melon, a quarter of which I saw in the refrigerator upon arrival. Pancakes still turned out to be quite good, tea and coffee too, but even this breakfast still could not be called acceptable. Very disappointing; 3. The room with a double bed in which we lived is a room with two single beds pushed to each other, with a very uncomfortable mound in the middle; 4. Hot water is available only in the tap in the sink: it was not possible to go to the shower for three days, although they tried to get hot water in the shower at different times of the day every day; 5. The room itself is very, very cramped: two single beds pushed together (there was no place for a bedside table on either side), a small bedside table and a chair, it is not clear why it was present in the room in the absence of a table; All in all, this place is good for a night or two of "canting" and then moving to a really nice place. In order to comfortably live for a longer time, this place is absolutely not suitable. Especially considering the fact that our room was the second most expensive among the rest: $45 per night + $3 tax per person. It becomes even more offensive from such an attitude because there is something to compare with. In Tashkent (considered a more expensive city because it is the capital), for exactly the same amount you can rent a spacious junior suite with constant hot water, a full bed, friendly staff, a really wonderful breakfast, and not far from the center. Please listen to this feedback. And happy travels!

Albergo carino, in cui le camere sono disposte su tre livelli. Al piano terra le stanze si aprono intorno ad una piccola corte centrale. All’ultimo piano c’è un ampio terrazzo. Le camere sono spaziose e ben pulite: vengono riordinate ogni giorno. Posizione non comodissima: il Registan è a circa 20 minuti a piedi e non ci sono molti locali o market in zona. Servizio cortese e molto disponibile. La colazione è abbastanza varia, offre diverse scelte dolci o salate, yogurt e succhi di frutta. L’unica pecca è racchiusa in quelle che vengono vendute come escursioni, ma che sono in realtà semplici transfert: abbiamo speso 30 euro a testa per un’”escursione” a Shahrisabz con una “guida” che in realtà era solo un autista, non parlava una parola di inglese e guidava in modo spericolato facendo sorpassi azzardati in piena curva in montagna. Se avessimo organizzato il transfert da sole ci sarebbe costato un terzo.