Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855

Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855 Hotel in Kazakhstan

4.3 / 5.0

Excellent(898 Ratings)

Hotel in Kazakhstan

Reasons to book

Great for petsBring all your friends and family, even the furry ones

Includes essentialsGarden, Pets allowed, Kitchen or Kitchenette and more

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About this hotel

Featuring free WiFi, Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855 offers pet-friendly accommodation in a historical building in Khiva. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. Free private parking is available on site.

Amenities

Air conditioner

Pets allowed

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Wheelchair accessible

Garden

Family friendly

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Available Rooms

Single Room

1 Single • 150 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double Room with Two Double Beds

1 Queen • 215 ft²

Sleeps 3

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Twin Room

2 Double • 215 ft²

Sleeps 3

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Standard Triple Room

3 Single • 322 ft²

Sleeps 3

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Two-Bedroom Suite

2 Queen • 2 Queen • 1 Sofa • 1 Sofa • 1 Sofa • 1 Sofa

Sleeps 4

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££££

Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855

££££

4.3 / 5.0

Excellent(898 Ratings)

Hotel in Kazakhstan

Reasons to book

Great for petsBring all your friends and family, even the furry ones

Includes essentialsGarden, Pets allowed, Kitchen or Kitchenette and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

Amenities

Air conditioner

Pets allowed

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Wheelchair accessible

Garden

Family friendly

Map of Kazakhstan

Available Rooms

Single Room

1 Single • 150 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double Room with Two Double Beds

1 Queen • 215 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Twin Room

2 Double • 215 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Standard Triple Room

3 Single • 322 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Two-Bedroom Suite

2 Queen • 2 Queen • 1 Sofa • 1 Sofa • 1 Sofa • 1 Sofa

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Ratings and reviews

4.3 / 5.0

Excellent(898 Ratings)

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3.5 / 5.0

Jul 2024

Great location but a bit sloppy

Great location and stunning building.

AC and internet spotty at best. Breakfast buffet not ready at opening time.

5.0 / 5.0

Jul 2024

Beautiful historical site and perfect location

Located right inside the historical site. Great location to get everywhere and breakfast buffet was very tasty.

Credit card option is available, but mine didn't go through. Cash payment is preferred.

3.0 / 5.0

Apr 2024

Amazing location, but let down by poor cleanliness and lack of comfort, especially cold and humid.

Location was amazing, inside a madrassa and in the old city, close to all the attractions. Breakfast was ok, but could improved.

Room was cold and humid, the air conditioning had to be left permanently on 30C to make the room at least acceptability warm. Carpet was old and dirty, dust could be felt everywhere. Cleanliness in general has to be improved a lot.

4.5 / 5.0

Apr 2024

Great experience that you won't regret!

The breakfast is housed in another impressive madrasa just next to the rooms - really great setting and experience!

The room was quite cold, I think designed for the hot summer months but in early April it's still quite chilly. There is a heater in the room but not very effective...a couple of thicker blankets available in the room with some coffee/tea making facility would be a great addition!

2.5 / 5.0

Mar 2024

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5.0 / 5.0

Feb 2024

Perfect stay in the best location - would recommend +++

We loved our stay. The hotel is located in an old madrasah and so the surroundings are stunning. We were given an amazing room with a balcony with incredible views and leading straight out to the minaret. Breakfast is served in a beautiful building and there is a nice courtyard. Location is perfect - right in the middle of the old city but close to roads so our taxi could drop us off right outside the hotel (so we didn’t have to walk with our bags for long) would highly recommend!

More plug sockets in bedroom would be good

4.5 / 5.0

Dec 2023

歴史的建物の中で過ごす贅沢な時間

評判通りの素敵な滞在でした､歴史的でイチャンカラの象徴的ミナレットに隣接したホテルで､メイン通りにあり､夜遅くの散策もまったく問題ありませんでした。お部屋はこじんまりしているものの熱いお湯もたっぷり出てリラックスできました。朝食会場が別の建物で､博物館のような立派な外観と高い天井が圧巻な内観。素晴らしい朝の時間でした。

クレジットカードが使えずにとても困りましたが、施設内？にびっくりするくらい小さな銀行があり、そこで日本円も両替できて解決しました。シーズンオフに入っていたからか､朝食のバリエーションやお味が微妙だなと感じた点だけ残念でした。

5.0 / 5.0

Oct 2023

Beautiful, comfortable hotel in great location.

Loved this hotel. Beautiful building, excellent location, great staff, clean rooms, good breakfast.

I think the breakfast could be a little better.

4.0 / 5.0

Jul 2023

THE place to stay in Khiva 🤩

🤩 Fabulous location. The experience walking outside for the first time? Wow. Just wow. Lovely, helpful staff and excellent value for money. The internal courtyard is gorgeous too, there’s definitely an opportunity to make more of this with some covered / garden areas and maybe a cafe in which to relax, considering some of the tourist trap prices in the old town this would be a great option.

Nothing that would prevent me staying here again 😎 If I’m being super critical, the Wi-Fi only extends to reception - but it’s a nice opportunity to enjoy some reading instead. Steep stairs, but there’s always somebody to help you with your bag and it’s a small price to pay for such a historic and atmospheric experience 🙂

5.0 / 5.0

Jul 2023

Simply the best place to stay in Khiva

Excellent location, fabulous, and unique place to stay. Wounded people especially one of the female receptionist who told me the story of this place. Just great, would definitely recommend

5.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

You really can’t beat this location, really at the heart of Khiva!!!

The most perfect location, right inside the square with the most beautiful views. Definitely can’t beat this location!!! Also, they have the best staff ever! Thank you Munojat, who went out of her way to help us and make our stay the best! Thank you Toyir, and Muqaddas and the rest of the staff, they truly make you feel like family! If there is something you are not happy with, they fix it and make sure your stay is awesome!

Internet use is a little problem, but it’s given in those areas! You can however fully access internet at high speed in the lobby!

5.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

Great location

Great location and very helpful staff. They have many rooms and are willing to pick and choose the room. You can take half of all your photos at this hotel.

4.5 / 5.0

Jun 2023

amazing stay

Breakfast was great and the location is perfect. This was my second stay at the Orient Star and I'd go again!

Internet doesn't reach the rooms.

5.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

Exceptional

very friendly and helpful staff, the perfect location

4.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

Very good

location was excellent, great to stay in a traditional building in the region

they only accept cash payment. we missed this on the poking info which was our fault but good for others to be aware to have the cash lined up in USD to pay

5.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

Exceptional

Great location, atmosphere and super friendly staff

The door key was so hard to lock.

5.0 / 5.0

May 2023

Excellent location - very interesting experience

We liked this hotel very much. The location is excellent. Next to the famous unfinished minaret and inside a former madrassa. Very nice courtyard and the rooms also look good outside. You definitely come here because of the location, as otherwise the services are not perfect, but the location easily overweighs this. Breakfast is included and is served in a nice building nearby. The breakfast was also very good. A very wide choice including warm meals.

Internet is usually not working. I have seen a moment when it worked both at the reception and in the courtyard, but most of the time it does not work and anyway the signal does not reach the rooms. We had two rooms and in one of the rooms the bathroom was unusable as the water was not working properly in the bath tube (fortunately we could use the other one and it was fine).

4.5 / 5.0

May 2023

Centrally located historical building

Centrally located historical building.

Breakfast could be improved.

4.5 / 5.0

May 2023

Superb

Great, spacious rooms, a lovely courtyard and a good breakfast with loads of variety and options to cater for everyone and their food preference.

3.0 / 5.0

May 2023

Ovetprized

location

- staff - strange system of payment (two different amounts if you pay cash and via card) - no window in the room on the ground floor

4.0 / 5.0

May 2023

Very good

Breakfast was ok Location is ideal

Room Bathroom : - shower is living its last days - there is no furniture to put your belongings on (no chair, no cupboard, no hook…) Bedroom: - bed size is 1.9 m (instead of international std of 2m) - pillow lays on a wood plank. Springs of the pillow are rather present! - no Wi-Fi at all Management - Hotel proposes pickup at the airport but no answer (via mail as requested) for 2 months as to know how much would be charged (approx. 20% above normal rate) - Holding our passport to force us to use hotel service to buy a local sim-card - Hotel currency conversation rate is 10% above local (as later compared with other hotels, shops or tourists) - Additional charges for earlier room use before noon without warning, on arrival day - When asked how to get to the railway station, answer was: “there is no station in Khiva”. We checked and showed the reception, the well-existing station on Google. Their answer was, “yes, there is indeed one but no ticket can be sold. You should better use a taxi for your journey (in our case for 450km)”. We went to the station and bought our ticket very easily. We supposed they were trying to sell us a taxi to make some additional money on our hand. - Final bill (check out) was firstly calculated in $ US and then converted 20% above hotel rate (hence 10+20 = 30%) because we chose to pay with a Visa card. Difference was more than $ US 100 in our case! After long discussion and telephone call with the Manager, we managed to pay our bill at hotel rate (10%). - Apparently, Wi-Fi signal is only strong enough outside the hotel. Even at reception signal turned out to be too weak to use Visa! For all the above reasons we would not recommend this hotel for its lack of ethic. Fortunately, the hotel is an exception in our experience in Khiva. All other local contacts were (beginning and ending with a smile) gorgeous. Inner city of Khiva is an openair museum. Monuments are in very good condition, beautiful and loaded with impressive culture

4.5 / 5.0

May 2023

I can only recommend this hotel and will certainly come back

The hotel has a top location within the old city of Chiva. The hotel, which was previously a madrasah, has a very special atmosphere and nice and cozy rooms. The staff was well informed and supported me efficiently and promptly in organizing my trip (transfer from airport to hotel, organizing a guided city tour and further transfer to Buchara).

3.0 / 5.0

Mar 2023

Pleasant

The hotel was built as Madrasa in 1855(means Islamic school). So the architecture of building, atmosphere of environment was just fantastic.

But can't say same with hotel facilities in rooms and internet capacity. WiFi works at reception desk and 5 meter far of it,not in rooms at all:) Our taxi driver Sharaf informed us that this Madrasa used as hotel since soviet times until this days. So the hotel definitely needs renovation and modernization of facilities. At rooms there are no windows, there is door that opens to balcony.

5.0 / 5.0

Mar 2023

Don’t stay anywhere else in Khiva !

Lovely hotel in a stunning location within the walls of the beautiful old city of Khiva. Exceptional value for money, warm and friendly staff, and a real priveledge to stay in the old Madrasah. Would highly recommend a stay here.

Nothing

5.0 / 5.0

Mar 2023

I warmly recommend this hotel.

Splendid Madrassa located in the old city, very very clean, with a very good breakfast in another Madrassa, rooms confortables with a balcony..... And very pleasent, professional, and honest people at the reception and everywhere

Nothing

4.0 / 5.0

Mar 2023

Very good

The location at an old madras in the old area is excellent. Everythin else (room, breakfast) is more less like other same price hotels in Khiva

4.5 / 5.0

Dec 2022

Superb

Wonderful building, I was very happy to be able to stay in a former madrassa. It's beautifully renovated and the rooms were comfortable and nice. Good beds and a warm room. The staff was amazing, everyone was so nice and friendly! The breakfast is served in yet another beautifull building next door and was nice too. The location can't get much more perfect - the location is in one of gorgeous historical buildings, next to the main entrance (west gate) to the old town. The city is compact so everything is in walking distance (sightseeing & restaurants).

No hot shower, only barely lukewarm in December - so very quick shower it was. But since I travelled in December, with outside temperatures to -15C°, I can understand the infrastructure has a hard time providing hot water.

5.0 / 5.0

Dec 2022

Exceptional

This is straight out of a movie... It's one of the most immersive hotel experiences that I've ever had (and I'm in ~40 hotels per year since 2018). Also the location is really perfect. If you take the train and walk to the hotel, that is an amazing experience in and of itself. The staff is really friendly and helpful. Really nice people. I cannot imagine staying anywhere else in Khiva. Will 100% be back there. Amazing hotel.

5.0 / 5.0

Dec 2022

Our stay was great, we came here thank to the Lonely Planet's advice and we are super happy about it

We love love loved the hotel with my husband. The location was perfect and the view from our room was amazing. There was hot shower immediately. The rooms were warm enough despite the super cold weather.

The breakfast could have had a bit more variety, but the yogurt was amazing and eating in another restaurant was also a cool experience.

2.5 / 5.0

Nov 2022

Passable

Set in an old Madrassa this hotel is one of the most special places to stay in Khiva. It is very conveniently located. The rooms are small but comfortable and in the summer the beautiful courtyard would be the perfect place to soak up the unique atmosphere of this place.

The breakfast (which is located in a separate building) was disappointing, especially at this price point. Overall the facilities really need updating - both the common areas and the rooms need updating and do not meet the standard of any of the other Orient Star hotels. The rooms are comfortable but are in desperate need of renovation.

5.0 / 5.0

Nov 2022

Impressive

This hotel is impressive, it was a wonderful experience to be able to stay in such a place. It is the most amazing building of the city, and you are staying in a historical place. 100% recommended if you come to Khiva. The staff was very nice and super helpful, we also arranged a taxi to pick us up from the airport through them, and the buffet is in another historical and beautiful building, also lot of choices and really good! Honestly, we both loved it as it is not just an accomodation, it's an experince. We felt so fortunate to be able to stay in such a wonderful place.

4.5 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Superb

location was superb, the hotel is beautiful , like being on a film set

3.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

pleasant

location

dusty

5.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Exceptional

Very beautiful place

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Kazakhstan?

The average price for a rental in Kazakhstan is £31 per night. This rental is £10 less expensive than the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this hotel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855 pet friendly?

Yes! This hotel is pet-friendly. For more information, we recommend contacting the booking provider about animal policies.

What amenities are available at Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855?

We found 12 amenities for this rental. This includes air conditioner, pets allowed, kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, and smoking allowed.

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Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855

Hotel in Kazakhstan

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Kazakhstan

Available Rooms

Single Room

Double Room with Two Double Beds

Twin Room

Standard Triple Room

Two-Bedroom Suite

Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855

Hotel in Kazakhstan

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Kazakhstan

Available Rooms

Single Room

Double Room with Two Double Beds

Twin Room

Standard Triple Room

Two-Bedroom Suite

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Kazakhstan?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855 pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Orient Star Khiva Hotel- Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan 1855?

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