Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 02362-40371; per hr T3000, s/d T7000/12,000)
No-frills rooms with shared facilities in a
building attached to the train station; travellers can take a room and pay per hour.
Hotel Nine
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 7036 3433;
www.hotelnine.mn
;
d/lux US$60/90; )
This new lime-green hotel is the
swishest stay in town. Rooms are decorated in soothing pastel shades, there's on-site
pampering in the form of sauna, Jacuzzi and massage. Little English spoken.
Khairkhan
MONGOLIAN$
(meals T4000-9000; 9am-10pm)
Popular restaurant near the town square gets packed at
lunchtime with locals. The extensive picture menu features hearty soups, good dump-
lings and meat-and-rice dishes.
Modern Nomads
MONGOLIAN$$$
(Hotel Nine; mains T6000-12,000; )
This branch of the popular Modern Nomads chain
restaurant is a breath of fresh air in a town where, frankly, good eateries are thin on the
ground. If you can get the nervous staff to serve you, you can choose from meat dishes,
soups, dumplings and vegetarian-friendly salads.
Information
Private moneychangers appear at the station whenever a train arrives. If you are leaving
Mongolia, try to get rid of all your tögrög - they are worthless outside Mongolia.
Khan Bank
( 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat)
Changes money and has an ATM.
Telecom Office
(Tsagaan Eregiin Gudamj;
8am-10pm)
The post office is also located
here.
Getting There & Away
MINIVAN & TAXI
The road to Ulaanbaatar (311km) through Darkhan (92km) is well paved. Shared
vehicles to Ulaanbaatar (T25,000, six hours), Darkhan (T10,000, two hours) and Altan-
bulag (T3500, 20 minutes) depart from outside the train station.
