Sands of Time
36 reviews
August 1, 2024
The hotel is located in the center of the old town, which is of course very convenient. The metro is nearby. The embankment is within walking distance. The room has everything according to the standard, but if you want to have a view from the window, then you definitely are not here. You will have a view of another building, and window to window with a distance of 3 meters. Then you will have problems with water. One day we swam under absolutely cold water in the evening, the other day it was not cold. Then we were told that we need to swim until 23 o'clock, then there will be no hot water. Breakfast is there late at 9 o'clock, and if you want to have breakfast early, then you will face the displeasure of the woman who cooks, and who will tell you all this. I don't recommend it.
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February 14
A wonderful cozy hotel in the center of the old town (but it's easy to go straight to the new part). The staff is very nice, the rooms have everything you need (slippers, bathrobes, toothbrushes, drinking water, TV and air conditioning, etc.). A varied breakfast, they can make porridge or omelet according to your taste. I recommend it!
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May 19
Nice, intimate hotel. There are young guys at the reception who help solve all the issues. They are friendly and helpful. The soul of the Anya Hotel. A hostess who keeps everything in order and prepares delicious breakfasts.
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December 15, 2024
The rooms are clean and cozy. Very meager and monotonous breakfasts, only fried eggs are hot. The staff is polite and attentive. The location of the hotel, although far from the entrance to the fortress, but after a couple of days you can already start to navigate the area.
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May 10
This is a boutique hotel. Without stars.
In fact, there are two two-storey private houses.
It consists of two parts: the hotel and the apartment.
We rented a device, the room has a double bed, air conditioning, TV, refrigerator, safe, wardrobe, private bathroom with shower, heater, hairdryer.
The device has a separate entrance.
The second rooms with separate beds have a toilet with a separate entrance outside the room.
There are no questions about the room, the bed is clean, towels were changed once a day, two bottles of water were put on every day, disposable slippers, two disposable toothbrushes, hotel cosmetics.
The hostess prepares breakfast in the hotel herself, monotonous, but enough.
There is a grocery store and a 1380 restaurant around the corner from the hotel, which has a discount.
The location is perfect, everything is nearby, excursions come and go nearby too, taking into account traffic jams, this is a big plus.
In general, if there are no expectations, as from the 5th hotel, then the price / quality .
You can't get to the hotel by taxi, you have to walk a little bit through the streets.
On Bruschatka Square, it's hard with a suitcase.
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December 11, 2024
Of the advantages: the location, in the old town-everywhere is at hand..it is convenient for traveling and sightseeing.
A good mattress and pillows.
Do not expect anything from this hotel, so as not to get upset.
Minuses:
There is no hood in the hotel at all, everything that is cooked for breakfast ... all the smells will be in your room, without exaggeration.Things absorbed all the smells.
The room is wildly cramped-the standard room, there is a wardrobe with a mirror, but it is impossible to look in the mirror, since the wardrobe is adjacent to the bed and the doors do not open fully. There are few outlets, the only one was by the bed and a plus for the refrigerator.
If the neighbors smoke (and they smoke everywhere and always), then you will have a strong smell of smoke in your room.
Breakfast-they try, but it's not tasty at all: to understand, the meal area is a reception area in the format of small 4 tables.
At the same time, guests from a nearby hotel come here to have breakfast and they stand in their clothes and wait for a table to be available.The audibility is very high, the reception staff is very noisy, they can be heard in the room all the time.
I was there for 4 days, to be honest-I was very tired at the hotel from all these nuances.
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April 29
During the actual check-in, there was a disgusting confusion with the rooms, half of our group was sent to another part of the city, and then moved back, even though we had booked rooms 9 months in advance.The hotel itself is not very good: the walls are cardboard, the breakfast is disgusting, the room where everything goes is both a reception and a recreation area (this is a very small room at the entrance), clean beds can be noted among the advantages. I didn't think the staff could be so selfish and narcissistic! The overweight cook is a very arrogant woman with an ever-displeased face, insulted us as much as possible and said she would pray that we would finally leave, and for her, guests are purses that she absolutely does not respect. Let him learn to talk calmly, and then work! In general, I do not advise anyone to be here.
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April 23
This is not the first time I have stayed at this hotel. To be honest, it got a little worse. Overall, the hotel is still quite decent and cozy. The restaurant is still good.
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March 31
A pleasant hotel in the old town in all respects. Friendly staff, cozy rooms. It's the best thing for a tourist.
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October 29, 2024
The hotel is located in a wonderful place, in a fortress, in old Baku. The main thing is to drive up to it correctly: from the side
of the former Communist street (the new name cannot be pronounced). We were placed in a new building with only 3 rooms, but there is a patio and a balcony. On the second floor there is a cozy hall with a grand piano and a fireplace, it is a pity that there was no time to sit there. All the furniture is new, the room and bathroom are clean, towels were changed every other day, too often. We went to the next building for breakfast (the same hotel), we were fed at home: simple and delicious. Very friendly and friendly staff, I really liked it.
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September 27, 2023
Nice hotel in the old town. Clean, cozy rooms, a beautiful place for breakfast.
The room itself is small, but very clean and tidy, without foreign odors. The air conditioner is working.
Very polite owner.
Cleaning and change of towels on request, good Wi-Fi. To explore the center itself - an excellent location. A simple breakfast, but delicious.
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December 6, 2023
A nice, small hotel, only 6 rooms, three minutes from the Icheri Sheher metro station ... but there are a number of disadvantages: lack of sound insulation as such, you can hear everything from the first floor!!!! Breakfast is prepared on site, scrambled eggs, omelets, pancakes, but!!! A lady who would cook at 7 in the morning, rattles the dishes, discusses the past evening, and the smell of food in the room is such that it's like you're already in the kitchen!! It is impossible to sleep. And so: clean, cleaned every other day, dental kit immediately in the room and not on demand, for breakfast: scrambled eggs, omelet, boiled eggs, yogurt, sausage, cheese, olives, olives, bread (there is a toaster) tea, coffee, juice, jams, cucumbers, tomatoes, tangerines, bananas ...and so every day without changing anything
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November 8, 2024
The fat lady who cooks your breakfasts arrives constantly in a bad mood.I think she hates everyone in advance.Hence the food of the appropriate quality.(she's cooking it)She also presents herself as a manager and an orderly.She can come up with her own rules (if she doesn't like you).Boorish and habalistic.By the way, there are no prescribed rules of arrival on the website!!!!Don't take any chances!!!
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January 10
It's a very cozy place. It's worth the money. Atmospheric, comfortable, caring. I recommend
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April 17, 2024
A good family hotel in the heart of the old city of Baku. Soulful service. Handmade breakfasts)) If you are used to buffets in expensive chain hotels, you will probably be unhappy. And so, everything is delicious and plentiful.
Among the disadvantages are noisy rooms due to poor sound insulation.
But all this is redeemed by the location.
I recommend
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March 31, 2024
The hotel is located at the very top of the old town. Taxis are not allowed there, and it is unpleasant to carry a suitcase up the mountain. There is no elevator in the hotel, the stairs are very steep. The rooms are more or less neat, only the bathroom leaves much to be desired. Instead of a shower stall, there is a curtain, after each bath, a flood is provided. The shower splashes in different directions and falls on my head. The beds are decent, they don't creak. The doors are plywood, there is no sound insulation, but the most unpleasant thing is that all the smells from the kitchen in the room, you wake up from the stench of fried onions. The breakfasts are modest: cold sausages, an omelet floating in vegetable oil, slices of cheese under a food film, cold tea in ordinary cups, or instant coffee. The room is cleaned every two days, only in the bathroom. In general, it feels like I came to visit distant relatives. On the first day they pretend that they are glad to see you, on the second they are interested in when you will leave, and on the third they begin to send you away. You can stay for the weekend, no more.
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March 6, 2024
The hotel is not bad, very polite staff, standard breakfasts. The room itself was not small, everything you need is there. There were dirty pillowcases and a bedspread (maybe just unwashed stains, but still unpleasant). The room smells strongly of sewage from the bathroom, there is no shower cabin as such and all the water draining into the drain periodically stagnates. This makes the entire toilet bowl and floor wet, respectively. I lived alone and there was such a result after taking a shower, and it turns out that there is an opportunity for 3 people to live in the room. I imagine what will happen after everyone takes turns taking water treatments. Another point is noise insulation. I lived on the second floor and every time I jerked when falling asleep from the doorbell and from when someone started talking loudly at the reception. The view of the city that was stated on the Island is, to put it mildly, not true. Those who have not been to Baku should understand that the old city is narrow streets where all the houses look out the windows. My windows overlooked the Folklore Institute. And when students and staff come there on weekdays, don't even count on sleeping longer on your vacation. If you open the window a crack, and even if you don't, there is a lot of hubbub, conversations can be heard even if people are talking in a normal tone. I didn't want to write anything bad, but I think that people who want to stay at a hotel should know about all sides and make the right decision.
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June 2, 2024
There is no view, the audibility of the neighbors is 100%, there were interruptions with water, it is difficult to find, it is difficult to drag a suitcase along the paving stones into the hill. There is breakfast, but for three. The owners of the hotel are very pleasant and helpful, as are the Azerbaijanis in general) but there are many more comfortable hotels in the Old City for the same money.
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May 14, 2023
Of the pros: Good location, in the heart of the old town away from the roads and within walking distance to all attractions. At night, the room is quiet, you get enough sleep. There is a lovely woman in the hotel (Aika), she is also a cook and a room cleaner, makes delicious coffee and omelet with tomatoes in the morning))) Room cleaning every day. Well, that's it! And now about the cons: the room did not match the photo, the furniture was old, the refrigerator did not work, there was no bottled water in the room, the TV did not work (they asked to fix it several times) they did just before leaving 🙈 The bathroom is terrible! Mold on the corners of the shower. There were dirty towels on arrival in the room. Several times in the evening and in the morning there was no hot water. There is no liquid soap in the soap dish, a meager and not always replenished assortment of gel and shampoo in bubbles. In the morning, the smell of food being cooked for breakfast in the room, I had to wake up at 7 in the morning and open the window. The audibility of voices from the corridor and from the reception is great 🤣😂🤣 Especially at 6 in the morning 🙈 And this is for 5K ₽ per day!!!!! Administration, you either lower the price or make repairs. We lived in a Deluxe type 🙈🙈🙈🙈 in fact, the standard for staff. The room is small, there are no chairs, the view from the window is right on the roof, the window is really on the roof)))) There's a mountain of cigarette butts under the window. We ordered a transfer to the airport, an old garbage dump arrived for 35 manats, the driver of which got lost in the streets of the old city, In short, I definitely wouldn't have stopped there for the second time. The review is purely personal, maybe someone was lucky with the number more, but definitely not us!
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August 3, 2023
Very convenient location, located in the old city of Baku, however, it was difficult to find from the first time. The hotel is 2019, relatively new. The room is small, but everything you need is there. WiFi on 5+. Cleaning every day. Towels were also changed every day, the rest was given as needed. We had breakfast. They included: cheeses (different), eggs, sausages, vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, olives are different), bread, coffee, tea, honey, jams, yoghurts. If desired, Aitan can cook porridge or fried eggs. She also baked delicious pancakes. We had enough. Elnur is an administrator, always helped with advice or business. Very responsive and calm. Aitan will always support you with conversation and advice.
The linen is clean, the beds are comfortable. The plumbing was working properly. It's just a pity that the shower is separated from the toilet by a thin curtain, nothing else. But nothing can be done. In old cities, houses and apartments are always very compact. In general, a very cozy, homely, calm hotel.
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April 9, 2023
Excellent mini-hotel in the heart of the old town of Icherisheher, near the Shirvanshahs Palace in Baku. You have never regretted that you stayed here, you immerse yourself in the oriental flavor of the old town and all the sights are within walking distance. Friendly staff, delicious breakfasts.
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August 6, 2024
1. Upon check-in at Sands of time, it turned out that there was a "plumbing problem" with our room and it was impossible to check into this hotel. 2. They settled in the neighboring Utopia, saying that it was the same level 3. In fact, these are furnished rooms, broken furniture and plumbing in the bathroom (see photo), door locks that do not work. 4. The level of this "hotel" is absolutely not comparable to the declared level of The Sands of Time, it is a maximum of 2 stars. 5.They asked us to wake us up at the airport at 4 a.m., and also to leave a dry ration instead of breakfast for the road, because we had paid for a room in The sand of time with breakfast. In fact, no one woke up, of course, no breakfast was prepared, there was no one at the reception at all!. 6. It's all very similar to fraud - to sell another hotel under the guise of 4 stars and beautiful photos in general. 7. If we wanted to book a simpler hotel, we would have ordered a simpler one, but we chose a hotel in the local flavor and history, and expected to get it, not furnished rooms! be careful, I do not recommend this hotel, you may be deceived and will not be compensated for anything!
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July 19, 2023
Pleasant staff, responsive. The hotel is in the old town, the finish is fresh, I liked everything. The only thing is to look for a long time, you won't find it without a map, it's better to call in from the main gate.
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July 18, 2024
The hotel is in the center of the old town, delicious breakfasts, small rooms. A colleague complained about the room on the ground floor, where there is good audibility. Minus (and plus) - you can't get to the hotel by taxi. Stop at the metro station, from there the fastest way to the hotel
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July 5, 2024
Excellent location, courteous staff, clean and spacious room
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January 9, 2022
We would like to express our gratitude to the staff and management of the hotel, especially Aityan Khanum, for the warm welcome and positive mood. The hotel is very cozy, clean, quiet, delicious hearty breakfasts. Excellent location of the hotel. We will definitely come back here many more times. Further success.
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April 9, 2024
Problems with the staff: the premises smell of old rags, the TV remote control does not work - the batteries are dead. There is no lobby. The lobby employee did not offer to help with things
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April 13
Very helpful staff
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April 13, 2023
Not very clean in the room and the view from the window on the wall of the house, the breakfasts were "poor" in February. One of the advantages is the attentive staff and not too far from the sea.
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March 31, 2024
Everything is great , the breakfasts are great , the staff is great
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February 29, 2024
In the heart of the Old Town!!! Cozy, quiet and great!!!
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July 29, 2023
A wonderful hotel in the old town. Very atmospheric!
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August 30, 2020
Convenient location in the old town, near the Palace of the Shirvanshahs. Cozy family hotel. Good breakfasts. Among the disadvantages: a cold floor in winter, take warm socks, in summer, I think, the most😊
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May 3, 2024
3 stars
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January 9, 2020
Good location, friendly staff. Not a bad kitchen.
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February 6, 2020
The rooms are not very well cleaned. Strong audibility.
Good breakfasts.
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