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which contains Danzan Ravjaa's bones; his mummified body was burned along with his
monastery in the 1930s.
Sleeping
Sainshand, like most aimag capitals in the Gobi, does not offer anywhere decent to pitch
a tent. Try the hills between the train station and the town centre.
Lux Hotel
HOTEL$$$
( 9301 1278; tw T35,000-50,000; )
Simple, but neat-and-tidy rooms come with TV,
wi-fi (when it works) and attached bathroom.
Shand Plaza
HOTEL$$$
( 7052 3509; tr/q T30,000/25,000, tw T40,000-65,000; )
Very popular so often full,
this central hotel, with attached restaurant, disco and pool room has decent rooms, al-
though the cheaper ones are pretty basic and have bathrooms without showers. Some-
times has wi-fi.
Dornogobi Hotel
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 7052 3657; tw T55,000-88,000; )
The newest and largest hotel in Sainshand, its
five floors and circular design mean it dominates the northeast corner of the park. The
rooms are clean and smart and have fine views over the surrounding town from private
balconies. Showers are reliably hot, and there is a restaurant on the 2nd floor. Breakfast
is included with the higher-category rooms, as is wi-fi, which also extends to the restaur-
ant. Also has a very generous 6pm checkout!
Eating
Altan Urag
CHINESE$
(meals T4000-4500; 9am-11pm)
This unsigned restaurant can be found above a grocery
store in a building that looks like an Arabian mini-castle. It has the usual range of Mon-
golian dishes, but the draw here is authentic, if somewhat oily, Chinese meals. Servings
are large. No English menu.
