A perennially popular option with visiting media, the Gandamack Lodge is run by Peter Jouvenal, the acclaimed cameraman and Afghan expert. Now in larger premises with a nice garden, rooms are comfy and tastefully decorated in colonial fashion. The restaurant is excellent, and worth visiting for the full English cooked breakfast (US$12) alone, plus there’s the Hare & Hounds pub in the cellar. At the entrance there’s a simple memorial to peace activist–aid worker Marla Ruzicka.
Gandamack Lodge
Kabul