Omsk Travel Forum

I plan to visit Omsk in the second week of January 2006. Various websites and discussion groups mention prices around $20 night. But, after hours of searching, I can only find three hotels (Tourist, Molodyozhnaya and Omsk) all quoting rates around $80-90. But then, none seems to be available in January! Do they close when the weather gets cold? Has anyone in Omsk got any ideas about where to stay - (closer to $20 than $90) and available?
Thanks

Here are 13 hotels: http://www.komandirovka.ru/tema/Hotels/omsk.html

Business class:
1. "Irtysh" *** (3812)23-2702, (3812)23-2212
2. "Molodezhnaya" *** (3812)15-1816, 13-4855
3. "Tourist" (3812)31-6419
Econom class:
4. "Automobilist" (3812)41-1650, 51-0650
5. "Vzlet" ("take-off" ;-)) (3812)21-6362
6. "Mayak" ("lighthouse") (3812)31-5431
7. "Ogni Manega" ("lights of the circus ring") (3812)41-1701
8. "Oktyabr'" ("october") (3812)24-2887, 24-2886
9. "Omsk" (3812)31-2571
10. "OmskGrazhdanStroy"(3812)25-4779, 25-1247
11. "Sibir'" (3812)31-2571
12. "Fakel" ("torch") (3812)65-5937
13. "U Fonarya" ("nearby street lamp") (3812)138-453

Unfortunately there are very few info about all of them - "Mayak" and "U Fonarya". Last one seems to be very small and pretty (11 rooms only). If I were you, I will start with that one - 13th. ;-)

Cheers,
Pavel

Sorry, I wanted to say that on this site there is info only about 1, 2, 6 and 13. For my personal view 13th is the best option.

You should know that there are Christmas hollidays in Russia from Jan 1 till Jan 10. So, some hotels could be overbooked.

Just have in mind that most (if not all) hotels that Pavel quotes will not provide registration to foreigners, and will not accept a foreigner to stay more than three days.

hi
then where do you stay if you are a foreigner?as far as i get it,you are in big problems the moment you leave st.petersburg or moscow

It's not as dire as that. most hotels are just not very connected to the Internet, and you simply have to call them and speak to them in Russian. Okay, that may or may not be simple, but it does work. Broken Russian will usually work as well.

I know this is late but maybe it will be helpful for future reference...


I have stayed at the Tourist during cold months and they do offer visa registration too.

The Tourist and Mayak hotels are in the city center (downtown) next to each other, they are on the river front. The Molodyozhnaya is a distance from the city center which is where many restaurants and store are. However, I think the accomodations there may be better.

If you know someone there, you could also inquire about an apartment. The only problem would be registration then you would have to go to an office (I forget the name) and get your visa registered.

But let me backup, you will need an invitation letter in order to be issued a visa. There are some agencies that can do this for you and if you know someone there, they may be able to do this too.