Budget
Hotel Odon
Gagarin str., 43 a 5 minute walk from the railway station. tel:+7 3012 443-480. popular with chinese businessman, rooms and hygiene standards reflect the low price. single rooms from 400r, doubles from 600r. cheaper rooms don't have a shower, and there aren't shared facilities on site. consider getting a better room or hitting up the banya.
Baikal Ethnic Hostel
(http://www.baikalhostel.com), 450-1650 rub including breakfast. 12a flotskaya street, poselye village, ulan-ude. tel. +7 9021 616322. far from city center, take the no. 4 bus to lenin head for 14r. on average, the bus takes 25-35 minutes including wait. wait is much longer at night with bus service stopping altogether by 11pm. at that point you must negotiate for a taxi, typically 150r-200r.
Midrange
Hotel Geser
Ranjurova ul., 11. tel.: +7 3012 211-178, 215-383. fax: 216-151 e-mail: [email protected] (http://www.geser.burnet.ru) a cozy hotel with english speaking staff. sgl room 2300 rub summer 2008
Hotel Baikal Paza
Erbanova ul., 12. tel.: +7 3012 210 770. fax:463-828, e-mail: [email protected]. recently refurbished hotel on the central square. a single room w/o a/c is 2000 rub; twin room with a/c is 3000 rub. no elevator. 'burnet' wireless internet available access cards cost 100 rub. summer 2008
Hotel Buryatia
Kommunisticheskaya ul., 47a. tel:+7 3012 31-18-35. fax: 21-15-05, e-mail: [email protected] about a 10-minute walk from the train station, this central hotel is located in a large and some-what run down complex. rooms from 700r. however, if you talk to someone from baikal naran tours their office is conveniently located in the lobby, they may be able to book rooms for 500r.