Mali Hotels & Hostels (32)

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This intimate and pleasant place has attractively furnished rooms with some traditional design work (eg terracotta basins), but maintenance is not what it could be. The courtyard is cosy and deci…

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One of Bamako's premier hotels, the Salam is a classy place. From the marble-lined lobby to the warmly furnished rooms which are enormous and luxuriously equipped, it has everything to ensure a c…

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The rooms at Cauris Lodge are simple but spacious and nicely kept. African art fills the lobby and elsewhere in the public areas. It has only seven rooms and a quiet location which helps to creat…

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Styled like a Dogon village just off the road between Mopti and Sévaré, this charming Spanish-run place has expansive gardens, a rock pool for swimming and stunning bungalows that are shaped like…

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If we tell you that this used to be a Sofitel, you may arrive here with delusions of grandeur. The rooms, while comfortable, are faded and overpriced, although the desert-fringe location and trac…

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This hotel is not stunning value and is showing its age in places, but it's clean and offers a front-row seat for desert viewing. The annexe offers the nicest accommodation; they were overhauling…

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There's not much that can be said about the rooms at Hôtel Camping Tombouctou, a simple, old-style African campement (camp). To its merit, however, the place provides cool relief from the relentl…

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Spread over three buildings in the centre of town, the three Colombes have identical rooms which are generous in size, tiled and very comfortable. Where you'll see the difference is in the bathro…

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Although most rooms don't take advantage of the riverside location, walk out the front door and there's the Niger in all its glory. An overhaul is planned, which is just as well, as the rooms are…

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If this place wasn't 4.5km (3mi) south of town
, it would come close to topping our list. Its quality rooms are tastefully decorated and have considerable character. There's also a pleasant c…

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Although it looks better from the outside than it actually is, the rooms here are simple (if a touch depressing) and the ambience in the surrounding streets is discernibly African. Some rooms are…

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While there are more stylish places in town, the well-run Flandre boasts super-clean and spacious rooms that are well-appointed and come with satellite TV (one of only two hotels in the Mopti reg…

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The Hendrina Khan probably has the best rooms in town (the excellent bathrooms clinch it) and it's a very well-run place. The rooms are tiled and spacious, and include the essential mod-cons such…

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You get what you pay for here, with the highest prices in Mali outside Bamako, but there's quality in abundance to match. The rooms are classy if not particularly spacious and the bathrooms are s…

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This excellent French-run hotel has much to commend it. The rooms are stylish and each is different - some are brightly coloured, others have dark wooden beams. The bathrooms are also outstanding…

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This is our choice for the best hotel in town, combining a great location just back from the riverbank, large and pleasant rooms, and great service. There's also something to suit all budgets and…

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These bog-standard Mali hotel rooms are bare but clean and the whole place suffers from not receiving many tourists. Little wonder when the staff can take the duration of your stay to warm up. If…

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This peaceful hotel comes warmly recommended by travellers and by us. Rooms are cool, well-equipped, modern and spotless, if a little lacking in character. You're a fair hike into the centre of t…

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This charming hotel out by the Hippodrome is easily our favourite in Bamako. The rooms have character, the staff are among Bamako's friendliest and most laid-back, the bathrooms are immaculate an…

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Opened in 2003, this is probably Bamako's most intimate and atmospheric top-end hotel. The public areas boast African art and the rooms are large, supremely comfortable and have all the luxury be…

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Once Ségou's best hotel, L'Auberge is still a favourite for many travellers, thanks to its expansive courtyard, swimming pool, bar and pizza oven. The only drawback is that the rooms are a short …

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This sprawling, centrally located place is Djenné's tourism central with dozens of rooms across a wide price range, a large and pleasant open-air restaurant and clean and tidy rooms that have the…

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If you're tired of hotels that mimic a European ambience, Le Djenné offers an antidote as it's easily Bamako's most charismatic hotel. Local and West African artists were given free rein to decor…

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We like this place. The building may not appear to be Bamako's most promising from the outside but inside is another, completely renovated and altogether charming world. Rooms are light, airy and…

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The Mande wins the prize for the nicest location of any hotel in Bamako. Yes, it's a long way from the city centre but its perch on a quiet stretch of the Niger River riverbank is outstanding.

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If you don't mind being a pleasant 10-minute walk from the riverbank, Motel Savanne has spacious, sparkling rooms that have splashes of colour and character. It's also wonderfully quiet - a recur…

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Tucked away in the quiet streets of Niaréla, the Sarama is an excellent choice that's all the more attractive because it sees far fewer tourists than it deserves. Rooms are spacious, quiet and at…

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With its attractive garden, clean and comfortable rooms (the cheaper ones are a bit tatty), Teranga is the sort of place that you wish they'd open in Mopti. Located on the busiest part of Sévaré,…

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Around since the 1930s, this once-grand old colonial place has a past more glorious than its present. Renovations are always promised but little seems to change each time we come, so not everythi…

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No style or comfort awards here, but this ageing place, opposite the water tower, is one of the few places relatively close to the centre, and the rooms are tidy if unremarkable. The food is pret…

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Off Rue 381 southeast of the town centre, Sahara Passion is nicely done and is Gao's most switched-on place. The courtyard is lovely, the restaurant is one of Gao's best, although it's heavy on t…

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Village Tizi-Mizi , 4km along Route de l'Aéroport, is a step up in quality and a pleasant place to stay, although some rooms are overpriced; there's also a good bar.

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