Shiny River Hotel

Kazakhstan


This excellent modern hotel overlooking the Ulba has sober but tasteful and very comfy rooms, with shiny silk cushions and bedspreads, plus two bars, two classy restaurants and an in-house travel agency. Avoid the cheapest rooms that face the corridor.


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Nearby Kazakhstan attractions

1. Ethnography Museum Korpus No 2

0.64 MILES

This branch of the ethnography museum is devoted to the many different ethnic groups in the region, with traditional embroidery, birch-bark craft and more.

2. Park Zhastar

0.67 MILES

The pretty, beautifully maintained central park makes for a pleasant stroll, and several of Ust-Kamenogorsk’s oldest buildings and some worthwhile museums…

3. Historic Houses

0.68 MILES

In the northern part of Park Zhastar, you can check out a number of historic log cabins, furnished and decorated in period style: early twentieth century…

4. History Museum

0.73 MILES

The good History Museum has a natural history section with stuffed regional wildlife, including a snow leopard and a giant maral deer, and human history…

5. Ethnography Museum Korpus No 1

0.74 MILES

The Ethnography Museum is in two buildings facing opposite corners of Park Zhastar. This branch exhibits the traditional culture of the Kazakhs of east…

6. Afghan War Monument

0.77 MILES

This poignant memorial is inscribed with a poem, dedicated to the mothers of soldiers who never returned from Afghanistan.

7. Strelka

1.14 MILES

A pedestrian/cyclist promenade runs to the Strelka (Arrow), the point of land where the Irtysh and Ulba meet, marked by a large Heroes of the Soviet Union…

8. Levoberezhny Park

1.22 MILES

This large park on the south bank of the Irtysh contains several interesting exhibits and is well worth a couple of hours of your time. Moving west from…