If you come in for a short period it is better to stay in hotel. If you will stay for longer (about a month) it is better (and cheaper) to rent an apartment. 

Hotels

First thing to know about Russian hotels is that foreigners are charged different rate than Russians.  That's official, they're not cheating on you. Yes, we know this is dumb, but that's really official - foreigners usually pay for rooms about two-fold than Russians. However, we have converted all prices here into 'foreigner's rate' for your convenience. 

'Kuzbass' hotel - located in the middle of the city, on Vesennyaya street, between Sovetskiy prospect and Krasnoarmeyskaya street. Probably the best hotel in town. Normal room for one is 788 Roubles (around 26 dollars) per day, half-lux is 1575 Roubles (52 dollars) and luxury apartment for one is 2050 Roubles (68 dollars). Normally luxury apartments are always occupied, so you have to book them up to a month upfront. Tel. +7 (3842) 25-02-54. Address: Vesennyaya str., 20. See the map

'Tom' hotel - located at a nice place aside a riverbank. Budget room for one (with no toilet, which is made common for all rooms on the storey) is 176 Roubles (5 dollars). Luxury room (including toilet and bath) for one is 800 Roubles (25 dollars). See the map

'Centralnaya' hotel - located also in the centre of the city, on Krasnoarmeyskaya street, between 50 let Oktyabrya street and Krasnaya street. One-person room is 273 Roubles (around 10 dollars) per day. This is actually 'budget-friendly' hotel, and it is in the way management understands the concept, so you probably would consider staying here only in 'emergency' case. Tel. +7 (3842) 23-14-91. Address: Krasnoarkmeyskaya str., 136. See the map

Renting an apartment

First of all, people here lives mostly in block apartments, private houses are occupied by either poor people (terrible living conditions) or by rich people (great living conditions), but they don't provide houses for rent, so you probably would find only flats available for rent.

Apartments here are measured in terms of all rooms, not bedrooms, so when you read 'two-room apartment' it means exactly two rooms: hall and bedroom, or hall could be converted into bedroom (kitchen doesn't count - all flats have it.)

Hotel rule of 'foreigners charged double' doesn't apply for apartments, but usually landlords will rise their price for foreigners just because they think they can afford it anyway.

Most important issue with renting a flat is that landlords mostly don't care about the product they offer, so you'll have to spend some time finding 'decent' apartment. Usually flats are provided without furniture or with just very basic one. One-room apartment in the centre of the city will cost starting from 1500 Roubles (around 35 dollars) per month. Decent apartment in the centre of the city with good furniture might cost 100 dollars and higher.

 

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