Accommodation

Accommodations can either be in hotels or in private apartments.During summer months, we need to look for accommodations a couple of months in advance. Hotel prices range from $30, $50 per day to up min $145 in five star Hyatt hotel.

A good accommodation option is apartments. The accommodations Habitat has made for those volunteers that requested them can best be described as minimalist, but clean. Habitat has reserved apartments very conveniently located in the center of the city in a large Soviet-era apartment building. Apartments are furnished, clean with full use of kitchen facilities in case volunteers wish cook by themselves. Each apartment has a telephone. There is one bathroom per apartment that has bath tube and shower facility, and toilet.

Apartments can be found for $25/£14 a night (4-5 people). In apartments each volunteer will have a bed. The classical apartment we rent has three bedrooms and is one bedroom has two beds, one has one bed, and the living room has a pull out sofa and a pull out chair. Some apartments have a washing machine, but volunteers can also use a laundry service.

Below are recent photos.

 

	Outside. Keeping in line with classic Soviet architecture, the builders of this apartment building made extensive use of prefabricated concrete.  Depending on the number of volunteers they are placed four or five people in apartments. Big groups stay in apartments of the same building or next door buildings.
		Kitchen. Basic affair. Small refrigerator and gas stove. Necessary utensils to cook     food and have a tea.
	Living room. Spartan, but clean.  You will not have a problem negotiating the furniture at night in this room. Bedroom.  Very functional, clean look for the bedroom.Beddings and linens are included. Towels are provided, too.
Bathroom, complete with modern shower.  Beautiful blue/white tile.  In keeping with the rest of the apartment, a very clean, minimalist, functional bathroom.
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