Baghdad Hotels

• jayrandom
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• 1W1V
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Flowers Land Hotel: Safety first !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beware, in Baghdad, quality of accomodation do not have the same standard than somewhere else !
1/ Location
2/ Exposure to potential "problems"
3/ Neighbourhood security "team"
4/ Hotel security
5/ Generator capacity & Airco system
6/ Indoor communication facilities
7/ size of the windowns, bullet proof

Unique Quality: In April 2004, my house being looted and not safe for use, I decided to stay in Flower Land hotel in Jadriah. Located opposit Hamra Hotel, the location is not too bad and surrended by a cluster of other accomodation facilities. The security seems to be ok in the neigbourhood but the back of the hotel is exposed to an empty field perfect for sniper, mortar and RPG geek ! So, do not stay at the back of this hotel ! worste than that, the generator is working 16/24H and is of course located just under your window !!! enough reason to change asap.
The hotel is not that good (the breakfast is even worste) despiste the fact that it only opens in late 2002. It's of course overpriced but has your safety a price ?
I would recommand to stay at Hamra Hotel but seems to be always full of contractors and media people.
Other hotel around but never investigate them as I was told they were full !
Not far from Firdous square, there are a couple of Hotel like Swan Lake, Palestine Hotel and Ishtar. The two last are really expensive.
In 2002/2003, I stayed a couple of time in a pretty good hotel called Sultan Palace (Qasr Sultan). Unfortunately, the hotel is sandwiched between a police station and a US company so I gave up the idea to stay there again. The same kurdish guy has another one called Kandeel hotel on Karada road. According to people, rooms are not as good as Qasr Sultan.
Anyway, bad, good, better, none of all these hotel are up to western standard !!!!

• Opinion of Price: N/A
• Address: Jadriyah, opposite Hamra hotel
• Related to: Business Travel
• Written August 17, 2004

view from my room in Flowers Land

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• american_tourister
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Hotel California: A quaint 6 story walk up

This was the old headquarters for Iraqi Air. We were housed on the 6th floor. It had no elevator, running water, or electricity until we installed a generator.

We were crowded 12-16 to a room and I slept in my boss's office. We worked 16-18 hours a day. Thank god we finally moved into tents!

Unique Quality: It reeked of stale pi$$ all the time. It was dirty, dingy, and falling apart. The best thing I can say about it is that it was a safe place to sleep during mortar attacks.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Address: Baghdad International Airport (Formerly Saddam International)
• Related to: Business Travel
• Written April 22, 2004

NICE! 4 months in this spot was enough.

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• PrincessTigra
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• fabrice
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hotel palestine

very nice rooms with view on a beautiful mosque

Unique Quality: at the restaurant I asked for nice music ; and the waiter chose the mexican singer juan gabriel !

which gave :

ayyyy ayyy ayyy mexico quien te amo como yo ayya yayayaa yaay

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Historical Travel
• Written January 7, 2004

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• OMR
• Reviews: 21

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Al Mansour Hotel: Baghdad City Hotels

the hotel contain 306 rooms and a floor.

Unique Quality: Services: Health club, Swimming pool gardens, laundry and bank services.
central heating and air conditioning, coloured tir, vidio, radio, music, mini bar.

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Address: Baghdad - Al-Karekh Side of Baghdad
• Phone: 009641 8853323
• Written March 17, 2003

Al Mansour Hotel

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• OMR
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Ishtar Hotel: Baghdad City Hotels

Ishtar Hotel considered as the highest build as Baghdad. It 1/8m height above sea-level. This hotel is built on Baghdadan architecture style.

Unique Quality: The hotel contain 17 floors 310 rooms; 91 single rooms; 100 double rooms; 92 normal rooms; 11 big department; 1 president dept.

Rooms and Department details.
Colour T.V, indoor cinema, micrphone, music, direct T.V, mini bar, private bath, especial palace for dressing up, private central heating and air conditioning, control system on purchage control.
The hotel face the river Tigris. The hotel consider as an excellent class hotel.
Services. Bank services for exchanging foreign currency

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Address: Al-Jadria Districit in AL-Rasafa Side of Baghdad
• Phone: 009641 8860039
• Written March 17, 2003

Ishtar Hotel

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• marimar_72
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Hotel Rashid: after the bombing!

This is the picture of the Rasheed Hotel after it was Bombed...
On 17/1/1993, a cruise missile hit just outside the entrance of the Al-Rasheed.
(copy right/Google images).

• Opinion of Price: N/A
• Written February 27, 2003

After the bombing

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• OMR
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Al-Rashid Hotel: Baghdad City Hotels

This Hotel is the biggest and the best Hotel in Baghdad; 5 stars hotel

Unique Quality: which has 338 rooms; 14 Hoors; 52 department; 26 president departant; Car Park. Evelaters; Out door swimming pools.
Bank services. Hair dressers; beauty parlor and barbershop; Coloured T.V.; central heating and air conditioning; telephone, Radis with two wares (FM- AM); refrigerates room services; batnes; direct- phone, morning darm; music channel; indervidio; Business men services; Laundry services.
Defferent halls for defferent use and bowling and aspace for practces sports.

Hotel prices.
Single room $ 48
Double room $ 60
Small room $ 90
President room $ 121

• Opinion of Price: most expensive
• Phone: 009641 8851000
• Related to: Business Travel
• Written September 12, 2002

Al-Rashid

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