Mongolia Hotels & Hostels (87)

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One of Ulaanbaatar's biggest and most reliable hotels, the Bayangol is very popular with both tour groups and business travellers. It consists of two, 12-storey towers that dominate the skyline s…

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Glass elevators are all the rage these days in Ulaanbaatar and the Bishrelt contributes to this trend by sticking one in its interior atrium. Other than that, it's a fairly standard hotel, with a…

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The Chinggis Khaan is a big, brash hotel lying close to downtown. It was built soon after the fall of communism in the early 1990s and designed as a place of refuge for visiting diplomats and hea…

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This rather incongruous hotel looks like a cross between the White House and a Greek temple. Behind the Corinthian and Doric capitals it offers 37 spacious and simply furnished rooms. Views to th…

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With its slender tower and minimalist, black-on-black design, the Corporate looks like a slice of Tokyo lost in the tangle of Ulaanbaatar's ungainly Soviet architecture. It has a restaurant, saun…

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Close to the embassy district, the Edelweiss has a quiet, reasonably secure location. Its 23 rooms are built around an atrium that has a skylight, allowing plenty of natural light inside. Despite…

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With its striking green facade, high-quality rooms and delightful service, the Evergreen is worth considering, especially for the reasonable rates. The reason for the low prices is the unsightly …

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Once one of Ulaanbaatar's better hotels, the Flower is starting to show its age. It's a rambling place with a variety of rooms that are clean and relatively spacious. Note that the standard rooms…

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Genex is a straight-laced hotel with bland rooms overlooking a quiet street close to Gandan Monastery and Peace Ave. Some attempt has been made to create a European atmosphere, including frilly d…

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One of the few consistently reliable hotels in the city centre that offers decent rooms at low rates. Bathrooms are spacious and the hotel workers do a great job with keeping the place clean. It …

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This place has the makings of a great boutique hotel; it's compact, overlooks a park and is right around the corner from Sükhbaatar Sq. Sadly, it remains a neglected dinosaur from the Soviet-era,…

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At a dusty junction in the east end of town, the Khan Palace aims to be the best hotel in the city. Rooms are plush, with a tasteful design and little extras like slippers, a robe, hair dryer and…

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The Kharaa is one of the few hotels in this range to have been tastefully renovated. Hallways are decorated with Mongolian-art themes while the rooms have beige hues and wood furnishings. Each of…

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Michelle offers clean, no-nonsense rooms and a central location, close to embassies and university buildings. The building itself has obvious design flaws (ie. oddly-placed support columns in the…

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In a quiet area surrounded by embassies, the Mika is a retreat from the downtown hustle and bustle. It's small, containing just 22 rooms, but offers a business centre and sauna. Rooms come equipp…

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One of Ulaanbaatar's newest landmark hotels, the German-built Narantuul occupies a 12-storey block at the eastern end of town. Eye-pleasing rooms have modern but subtle decor, with a few nice tou…

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This 31-room hotel just off the Square is a popular choice with visiting journalists and diplomats wanting to be close to the action. Overall the service is good and there is an excellent Indian …

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A Japanese-oriented place located southwest of Merkuri market, in the midst of apartment blocks and patches of wasteland. Rooms are large and there have been some improvements (like new carpeting…

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The latest contender in the race to build the best hotel in UB is this stunning edifice on the eastern edge of Ulaanbaatar. The Korean investment shows with the hotel's efficient service and atte…

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This hulking concrete pile doesn't look like much from the outside, except perhaps, some Soviet-era government fortress. Yet whatever this may have been in the past, it is now one of Ulaanbaatar'…

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The Ulaanbaatar Hotel is the grande old dame of Mongolia. Built in 1961, this is where Soviet dignitaries hung their hats during courtesy visits to Outer Mongolia. It hasn't changed much since th…

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Representing good value, the 30-room Voyage has attentive staff and tastefully designed rooms. There are two restaurants (European and Korean) and free Internet for guests. The low price is a ref…

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This somewhat average hotel in an unspectacular location is well known primarily for its restaurants. The 60-room hotel has the popular Strings nightclub, plus Korean and Japanese restaurants. Br…

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One of Ulaanbaatar's oldest hotels, the Zaluuchuud (young people) has been given a lick of paint and extensive renovations to enter the midrange category. Not all the rooms are the same size so y…

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This place is bigger and more commercialised than the others in the valley; it comes complete with Chinggis Khaan statues and a ger gift shop. Meals are also available. It's in a great location i…

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This is the place to come if you have a burning desire to join Mongolian families on holiday. The rather run-down resort offers hot-water bathrooms or you could bury yourself in mud on the shores…

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A similar option to the Bata, about 800m past the Wrestling Palace. The price includes a breakfast of toast, bread, jam and eggs (Baigal raises chickens so you can be sure the eggs are fresh).

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This welcoming hotel has a variety of rooms including a handy three-bed dorm with two couches and a TV. The lux room includes a cosy living room and attached bathroom. Other rooms use a share bat…

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Located in an unexciting brick heap, lux rooms have their own bathroom with TV. The management informs us that hot water is available on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday - but even those days are a b…

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This place has five clean, carpeted rooms. The half-lux and lux rooms have clean bathrooms with 24-hour hot water. The attached restaurant is one of the best places in town to eat.

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If you prefer a midrange hotel rather than a ger, this is the best choice. All rooms are clean and comfortable and the lux room with attached toilet is good value. No rooms have hot water but you…

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This charmingly run-down Soviet hotel is in a peaceful location overlooking the park. With its decaying moose head on the wall and a Ping-Pong table upstairs it's has more character than most pla…

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Choibalsan's newest hotel, 250m north of the library, is also its best. It has clean rooms with cable TV (including BBC news), reliable internet and 24-hour hot water. It also does laundry for ar…

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This resort has a nice location on the shore of a lake about 2km from Dadal village. Meals are around 1500. There are no gers. A good hiking trail starts from the back of the camp.

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Stuck halfway between the new and old towns, this has modern amenities and nice bathrooms. Note that the standard rooms use share a bathroom.

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This Soviet-era monster has scruffy old standard rooms and slightly better lux rooms, all with attached bathroom and hot water. It has a restaurant, sauna (around 1000) and a billiards room (arou…

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The name of the place is a little self-defeating but in fact this is the best hotel in town. All rooms have been renovated and come with a modern bathroom, IDD phone and cable TV. The standard ro…

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This place has good-looking rooms and the reasonably priced lux options have TV, comfy beds and 24-hour hot-water showers. The only problem is the noisy disco downstairs.

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Rooms at this new hotel are small but well-maintained. Only the lux rooms have a shower. It's behind the library.

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