East Star Khiva — Hotel in Khiva

The hotel reception staff officially did not register our stay, which would have meant that we would have to pay a high fine at the Uzbekistan border if we were leaving the country immediately. Fortunately, the next hotel in Tashkent where we stayed corrected this oversight.

In Uzbekistan, there is a strict requirement for every tourist’s overnight stay to be registered, and this responsibility lies with hotels and hostels. If a tourist is not registered, they face serious consequences such as a high fine (up to 1,000 euros) or even deportation from the country.

The reception staff were rather unpleasant and unprofessional; one of them was loudly playing a computer game...

First of all and most importantly: they do not register your stay. Registration is strictly required and if you don’t do it you may get a big fine. When i asked about it they told me to leave my WhatsApp number and they will send it but no they didn’t even when i tried to text them several times , they ignored me. Secondly, the toilet is super super dirty they don’t even try to clean it. I wouldn’t advise anyone to stay here especially if you don’t want to get a big fine leaving...

Private rooms were excellent apart from the broken airconditioning which unfortunately didn’t get fixed. Luckily it wasn’t that warm, so it was doable. Hostel bathrooms were disgusting and were almost worse than the literal holes next to a highway but the private room’s bathroom was clean. Breakfast was two eggs and some bread, and tea or coffee, so not really worth it if you have to pay extra for it. Price is...