Designed for both business and pleasure, this large-scale hotel is the ideal base for major deals to be made, in between a champagne reception and full-body massage in the spa. For a taste of the Kazakh corporate elite world, look no further.
Telephone: +7 3172 245 050
Url: www.rixosastana.com
Price: 42,5000–97,500 tenge
Named after President Nazarbayev the Rixos President Astana was the first hotel to be built on the city’s Left Bank.
Anybody who is anyone in business or government stays here. The huge palm tree and bamboo-filled lobby is the spot to meet, greet and network, and is often filled with trailing spouses too. The hotel’s 168 rooms are stylishly decorated in a minimalist fashion, and all have Jacuzzis in the bathrooms and 24-hour free internet access.
In addition, every guest is entitled to use the Rixos Spa in the basement, whose dark, chilled-out atmosphere offers a wonderfully refreshing change from the heat (or cold) and construction dust of Astana. While the level of service is sometimes not up to par, the Rixos’ location can’t be beaten for business and government meetings in the new heart of Astana.
