From simple rooms up to luxurious villas and up to new buildings of socialitic style (Plattenbau) you have a lot of possibilities for staying. Sometimes foreigners and natives are treated in different ways. And sometimes there are still sitting so called deschurnajas - women who observe that everything is all right - at the floors.
People who prefer to get together with like minded people are always very well advised with one of the backpacker hostels. However, they are all - except for Baikalhostel - quite small and often fully booked in summer but the mainly young people are all very friendly and helpful.
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Where to stay - Irkutsk
From simple rooms up to luxurious villas and up to new buildings of socialitic style (Plattenbau) you have a lot of possibilities for staying. Sometimes foreigners and natives are treated in different ways. And sometimes there are still sitting so called deschurnajas - women who observe that everything is all right - at the floors.
People who prefer to get together with like minded people are always very well advised with one of the backpacker hostels. However, they are all - except for Baikalhostel - quite small and often fully booked in summer but the mainly young people are all very friendly and helpful.