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Elite Hotel, Baku: Hot and Expensive

by patro_sg

This hotel is set next to a supermarket in a nondescript rectangular building. The lobby has nice Azeri carpets and furnishings and the bell boy was very helpful, even carrying my heavy luggage up the stairs to my room (there is no lift).

The room was only ok. It is supposed to be a 4-star hotel, but by US, European or SE Asian standards, I'd call it a 1 to 2 star place. The room was a bit rundown and the bathroom was only mostly clean.

The worst part was that the air conditoning was broken and it was a pretty hot day. The management promised to fix it but never did.

They gave us a discounted rate because of the broken air conditioning but it was still about US $70, with the company discount, per room. Regular price should be around US $100, with no discounts. Far too expensive for a place with zero character, although it did include breakfast.

There was really nothing remarkable about this hotel except for the good bell boy service.

Duyma hotel: Duyma means Feel It!

by Minashka

Duyma is a new hotel, just opened at the beginning of May 2005. It's a 4-storey building right at the foothill of a beautiful mountain with green forests. It is in the deep end of Vandam village in the region of Gabala. I would recommend anyone traveling to Gabala to stay there. Because you are near all the sightseeing. 7 beauties waterfalls is only 15 mins away driving and downtown Gabala is also not faraway.

The location of this place is the best thing about it. It's surrounded by Caucasus mountains, there is a river running near the hotel and right next to the building there is a beautiful small pond. Also you can find a number of waterfalls if you hike up the mountain behind the hotel.
The hotel has its own restaurant and bar. The food is not bad, however you may want to try the other restaurants along the road going to the village. The rooms are clean, have A/C and hot water. The staff is very friendly!

Hotel: Hotels

by EllaIrz

There are quite a few very good western style hotels in Baku such as the Europe hotel, or the ISR plaza hotel or the Hyatt Regency hotel.
I would personally recommend staying at ISR plaza because it is located in the very centre of Baku. Baku is very centrered and you will find the most life going on only in the centre. ISR plaza is located around 5 minutes by foot from the most popular place in Baku- Torgovaya street. You will find very many shops, restaurants there. It is also around 15 minutes by foot from the Bulvar which is the sea shore. If you stay in the Hyatt Regency hotel even though it is technically in the centre, you will not be able to get to anywhere without taking a taxi. The prices of ISR plaza and Hyatt Regency are usually close and not cheap.

Long Forest Chalet Resort: Stay in the apple orchard

by Minashka

I went to Guba in winter and stayed at the Long Forest. If you're in Guba and looking for a European holiday resort, then Long Forest is the place for you. With ten air-conditioned timber chalets scattered throughout the forest and with a central bar/restaurant offering a quality menu, it provides the perfect escape from Baku. In addition to the sauna and steam-room facilities the complex also contains conference facilities. Horse-riding, mountain biking, table-tennis, volleyball, paintball and trekking are available whilst fishing, camping, off-roading can be arranged on request. The entire resort has 24 hour security.

Long Forest is in Guba region of Azerbaijan, situated in the foothills of the Great Caucasus Mountain Range. This beautiful region offers many days of exploring nature's sights from the waterfalls at Tange Alty to Khinalig, the highest inhabited point of Azerbaijan. Staying at the Long Forest, you can take advantage of Guba's attractions.

Cottage Houses in the nature: Getting a good night's sleep in Azerbaijan

by Minashka

Almost anywhere outside Baku you're likely to come across a set of cottage houses that serve as hotels. They are usually neat and will have clean set of bed linen. However, you may want to bring your own towels. Sometimes shower facilities will be couple of cottages away, but toilets are usually built inside the cottage houses. Service is pretty good but you may not always find it easy to explain your needs to the staff that most likely won't know a word in your language. But if you're patient and use a correct body language, you will get what you need... eventually :)))
The food is available in most places, though it may not be included in the price. However, it is really good and cheap. You can have tea brought to your room in "samovar" with tea jam and light snacks. If you are uncomfortable with the temperature of the room, ask for either heaters or fans. They'll be provided free of charge. So if you're traveling within Azerbaijan, cottage houses are recommended for getting a good night's sleep!

The best thing about these cottage houses is that they are usually located near rivers, mountains or at beautiful landscapes. They are within walking distances from hiking places or waterfalls. They won't have swimming pools or anything but you won't even crave for one as there will definitely be a lake or a river nearby.

Hotel Apsheron: An interesting hotel......

by grets

A leftover from the Soviet era, this hotel can only be described as Interesting. Now sub-divided into various different commerical venues, only a couple of floors are actually used as a hotel.

The lift from the ground floor does not go to our floor, it only stops on certain floors. We have to take a lift to the 6th floor, then change to another lift for the 7th floor.

The room is OK, like thousands of hotel room all over the globe.

The breakfast room is another Interesting experience. A converted bedroom where the balcony is the kitchen with a one burner hot-plate for cooked food. We both orderd egg, so we had to eat after each other as she could only cook one egg at a time!

The hotel is fairly well positioned on the sea front and an easy walk along the Promenade to the old town where there are several bars and restaurants.

Accommodation outside Baku

by maykal

Accommodation outside Baku is a bit of a problem, to say the least, apart from one exception...so I'll start with that. In Sheki, you shouldn't even contemplate staying anywhere other than the Kervansaray Hotel...I think if it was anywhere else in the world, it would be charging a fortune, but my room cost me US$8, and because I stayed for three nights, I was upgraded to the best room, the 'Luks Suite', at no extra cost. The Kervansaray is a beautifully restored former caravansaray (a place where traders used to stay...and their camels and horses remained on the lowere levels with their goods), and would be a fantastic place to stay if electricity and water were guaranteed...they both come on at 7pm, and are off by midnight, which makes for some fun finding your room if you are late to bed!! The staff are very friendly and helpful (the manager used to work in yemen and spoke fluent Arabic, so we got on very well!), and the prices have literally halved since my guidebook was published (1998). It is convenient for the Shah's palace compound, has it's own restaurant, and can organise a minibus to pick you up for the bus station when you leave, so it is the perfect place to stay. My guidebook says that this is the best place to stay outside Baku, and I can well believe it...mind you, it doesn't really have much competition!!! The other hotel in Sheki looked to be OK, but it was a 5 storey concrete edifice which certainly isn't as enticing as a 15th century caravanserai.

In Zaqatala, the only place to stay was the dreadful Hotel Azerbaijan, the former Intourist hotel in Soviet times. Mostly filled with refugees from Nagorno Karabagh, only a few room on the first floor are available for guests. Conditions were shocking...the room stank of urine, there was nothing in the bathroom, apart from a hole and a bucket of murky water, sheets on the bed were so well worn that they were moulded to the bed frame, and the balcony looked as if it was about to fall off. Conditions for the refugees were much worse, as I saw when one of them invited me to see his 'home'...the balcony had been converted into a makeshift kitchen with plastic sheeting, the bathroom doubled as a bedroom for three of their children, the other three sharing a bed with a cousin, while the husband and wife slept on a thin mattress on the floor....it made me feel very guilty for paying to stay there. Gold-toothed Gulia originally wanted US$30 for the privilege of staying there, but when I almost choked in amazement, this rapidly became US$2.50. Not recommended, and I sincerely hope that another place opens soon.
In Quba, the situation was much better...another former Intourist hotel, but this was actually clean, and had OK rooms for US$4 per night. The shared toilet was quite an experience, though, and not one I'm rushing to repeat! It took quite a while to actually find someone to show me a room, but eventually an octagenarian arrived, vigorously shaking my hand and repeating 'Welcome!'. Not the only guest this time; there were four Turks also staying there 'on business', and we shared jokes about the 'wonderfully clean' bathroom!

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Other Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

Elite Hotel, Baku: Hot and Expensive

Duyma hotel: Duyma means Feel It!

Hotel: Hotels

Long Forest Chalet Resort: Stay in the apple orchard

Cottage Houses in the nature: Getting a good night's sleep in Azerbaijan

Hotel Apsheron: An interesting hotel......

Accommodation outside Baku

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