Country Info
- Bishkek
- Capital
- Som (KGS)
- Currency
- 4,753,003
- Population
- KG
- Country Code
Bishkek Slideshow
Top Hotels in Bishkek
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Hyatt Regency Bishkek
54 reviews -
Best Eastern Issyk Kul Hotel Bishkek
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Hotel Dostuk Bishkek
20 reviews -
Best Eastern Pinara Bishkek
4 reviews -
Hotel Jannat Bishkek
9 reviews
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Golden Dragon Hotel Bishkek
16 reviews
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Royal Beach Hotel Bishkek
2 reviews
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The Alton Bishkek
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The Silk Road Lodge Bishkek
27 reviews
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Hotel Asia Mountains Bishkek
9 reviews
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KyrgyzAltyn Hotel Bishkek
2 reviews
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Salima Bishkek
1 review
Bishkek
Travel Blogs from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Gamburgers on Ice, Twister in the Marshrutkas
This is a top pick! ... allow for much time to travel. I had also stayed in Bishkek for two nights before leaving for Karakol. My first experience with Bishkek, while walking to a hotel was this: I was asking for directions at a car repair shop, with a good man trying to ...
Wild Kyrgyzstan - Part 2
This is a top pick! ... that 'Russian only' will win over friends and businesses. And there is no guarantee that the future generations of Kyrgyz will continue to learn Russian and be bi-lingual. Only time will tell how the future of Kyrgyzstan and its people will turn ...
Wild Kyrgyzstan - Part 1
This is a top pick! ... model they could get abroad or on the domestic market. The majority of cars in Kyrgystan are Mercedes Benz. Not just in Bishkek but everywhere you look, people are driving a big Benz, even the families that put up their yurts during the summer months ...
Back to Bishkek
... departing we asked him did he know where to get a patch for Dan and on returning, while it was not a patch, he gave Dan a Kyrgyzstan flag pin and some cream for my ankle. On returning to our flat I was greeted by a family who were staying there. A ...
Champions League Final
... enough the others that planned to camp at another nearby gorge were unable to find a camping spot so ended up back in Bishkek overnight anyway. A walk around the city was very enjoyable. At the top floor of the main department store there were numerous ...
Badass'stan
... as he got off the bus. Cholpon Ata surprised us in being so much more developed than the rest of Kyrgyzstan - even Bishkek. There was a tarmac main road and street lighting and a bustling restaurant scene and nightlife. Houses were also being developed. ...
Not a nyet but not a da either
I'm off to the Russian consulate at the crack of dawn and get there at 08.15 for the 09.00 opening. There is already a very large queue waiting. Fortunately a young Russian woman tells me to put my name on the list otherwise I'd be still there wondering ...
Kyrgyzstan (1)
... site. If you do not wish to receive these messages, please unsubscribe yourself or send me an email. Sublime. I'm back in Kyrgyzstan, its election season, and the mountains are glimmering in the summer sun. Could I ask for more? Once I decided ...
another natural disaster?+ I loathe corrupt police
... road, taking out the concrete wall then flying off the 50 meter shear drop the other side. Knowing that most of the roads on Kyrgyzstan were prone to landslides I straight away assumed this was what is was, jumping out of the van and moving to safety. But ...
Leaving Bishkek
Salaam Aleikum, ich bin vom Issyk-Koel See zurueck nach Bishkek gefahren, diesmal im Shared Taxi, das ist mit 4h schneller als der Minibus (5h). Urspruenglich hatte ich ueberlegt via Naryn zu fahren, aber die Strassen durch die Berge sind erst ab Ende ...
First taste of "Chinese" food
... except two, are closed as well. In this town, I met a lady from Moscow who speaks English very well. She was originally from Kyrgyzstan so she came back here every summer. It turned out she's a tea connoiseur. We shared some very good Chinese tea at ...
Biskek at Last
Having landed in ______ for a few hours, we well and truly ready to arrive in Bishkek, not quite knowing what to ...
In to the Hills
We arrived in Kochkar with a beautiful back drop of the mountains. We were in a homestay, so we all got split up into 3 different houses and were welcomed by some of the friendliest people into their home. They are extremely house proud people, and made ...
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
... off the coast of Burma and Thailand. They had very fond memory of each other. Tomorrow, I will travel, probably by shared taxi, to another (more remote) part of Kyrgyzstan. If everything goes according to plan, I should be in Xinjiang by Friday ...
Some interesting observations in Central Asia
... in Central Asia seem to be very high. Anyways, the place I'm staying at is a very nice bed and breakfast in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Now, a lot of things have happened since the last time I wrote a blog, and it wasn't even that long ago. I ...
Defeated by the Mountain
... wouldn't be stepping foot on this glacier. Unfortunate but no point being stupid. We trekked back to the guesthouse and spent the evening drying our clothes and gorging ourselves on our food! We'd be returning to Bishkek the following ...
Feux d'artifices a l'arrivee
Salut a Tous, L'ambiance a Bichkek est au beau fixe, avec bal musette et feux d'artifices tous les soirs, dans la perspective des elections presidentielles qui auront lieu dans deux jours. Dans mon avion sont arrives quelques observateurs dont je n'ai ...
Wandering Hands
... man where to go. Ireland 1 - Taximan 0 A bus ride and another fairer priced taxi got us dropped to our guesthouse in Bishkek. Unfortunately it was full but they had a second place, so we crashed there and returned to the house to go drinking with the ...
Kyrgyzstan (2)
... emails after the last blog. Back by popular demand... ...my top taxi snippets from the last month of traveling around Kyrgyzstan: 1) Offending the driver by attempting to put on my seatbelt 2) Noticing that most taxis have a crack in the windshield ...
The End
... keep going. My Grandparents very kindly bought me one to take away with me and I've had it with me my whole trip, but before Kyrgyzstan had not had an oppertunity to use it as I had done not trekking/ outside stuff. But I've been using ti here on ...
Market day and Kyrgystan's finest
... the agreement, the satisfaction. It is the antithesis of going to the supermarket. The ride from Karakol along the plain to Bishkek starts with the snowcapped Central Tian Shan mountains to the south, Lake Issy Kol to the north overlooked by another range ...
A little nippie
Just a little south of Bishkek we were back camping for a couple of nights at a nice canyon and glacier. More walking for the others while I sat around camp relaxing a little more enjoying the views. In the evenings it got very cold, one night dropped to ...
Kyrgyzstan - Yurts and Out of Control Horses
... as a summary and not a blow by blow, as our access to internet was limited throughout our time in Kyrgyzstan.... We touched down in Bishkek after a short flight from Tashkent. We immediately noticed the numerous U.S. Air Force planes next to us on ...
Who turned out the lights??
... grey US Air Force planes parked in neat rows on the tarmac. Following a scenic taxi ride beside the snow-capped mountains that surround Bishkek, we got to our scuzzy $10 hotel in the evening and promptly went out looking to be fed. Although the centre of ...
Kyrghyzistan, avec un "K", comme "Kerros"
... italiano vero, la felicita, voulez-vous, voulez-vous danser, oh cheri cheri damdoudam et toute cette sorte de choses). La route Osh-Bishkek est reputee pour etre l'une des plus belles de la region, et aussi l'une des plus dangereuses. Ceux qui l'ont deja ...
My City of Ruins......
So the "Johnny Nomad Experiment" has made it to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan! So here we are one step closer to Europe! Our introduction to Kyrgyzstan was not half as eventful as ours was to Kazakhstan. More on Kyrgyzstan after we figure out how things work ...
Tash Rabat
Wednesday - after border picked up our Kyrgyzstan guide Adelle and Russian drivers in two vehicles for drive across steppes - seen first marmot and wolf today. Stay in Yurt camp at Tash Rabat. This is hidden green vale surrounded by hills, with ...
Bishkek Thursday
Long ride from south to North Kyrgyzstan to capital Bishkek. Glorious scenery - kind of wild alps - with hills and mountains and rolling steppes in different hues. Vehicles small to cope with rough roads and passes. Periodically spying eagles hovering, ...
Uzbekistan--From a Distance
It's only now that we are in a new country (Kyrgyzstan) that we can begin to reflect with some distance on our experiences in Uzbekistan...and what experiences they were! We have so little time to do justice to our trip on this blog. Here are some ...