Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace

Tashkent


This grand Soviet-era place (built in 1958 as Tashkent's first hotel) is now Korean run but still enjoys the same superbly central location. The fully renovated rooms are a good size, many with balconies and fridges and use of the pool, sauna and gym is free for guests. Online discounts of 25% are standard.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tashkent attractions

2. Romanov Palace

0.36 MILES

The animal-festooned brick facade of the Tsarist-era Romanov Palace is worth a quick look but the building itself is closed to the public.

3. Senate Building

0.37 MILES

The shiny white edifice on the western side of the Independence Square is the Senate building. The president's office and most ministries take up the…

4. Art Gallery of Uzbekistan

0.46 MILES

One of the more recent additions to Tashkent's museum scene is this impressive building, which presents rotating exhibits of Uzbekistan's top contemporary…

5. Crying Mother Monument

0.52 MILES

North of Mustaqillik maydoni is the Crying Mother Monument. Fronted by an eternal flame, it was constructed in 1999 to honour the 400,000 Uzbek soldiers…

6. Statue of Timur

0.58 MILES

Tashkent's main streets radiate from Amir Timur Maydoni, where this statue of Timur (Tamerlane) takes pride of place.

7. State History Museum of the Timurids

0.6 MILES

Shaped like a Mexican sombrero, this museum was built to commemorate the 600th birthday of Timur. There are almost no genuine artefacts here, but there…

8. State Fine Arts Museum

0.68 MILES

The four floors of this excellent museum walk you through 1500 years of art in Uzbekistan, from 7th-century Buddhist relics from Kuva and the Greek…