Park & garden · Samarkand
University Boulevard
The shady avenue between the old city and Russian Samarkand
Hotel · Samarkand
A 64-room four-star hotel built in 2022, with a heated indoor pool, sauna, hammam and jacuzzi, on University Boulevard 460 m from Gur-e-Amir.
Continental Hotel Samarkand is a 64-room four-star business hotel on University Boulevard, built in 2022. Its location is among the most convenient in the centre: the middle of the boulevard is about 200 m away, the Amir Temur Monument 300 m, the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum 460 m and the Registan 1.3 km as the crow flies.
There is a heated indoor pool, sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and gym, a restaurant, a summer veranda and a conference room; breakfast is a buffet. Airport transfers can be arranged, and parking is charged.
Information checked: October 2026. Prices and hours can change — call ahead before you go. We do not take bookings: contact the venue directly.
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