Stay at the Grand Mir Hotel, Tashkent when you visit the Uzbekistan capital on business or for pleasure. The 4 star Tashkent hotel has a great location downtown, with easy access to the Tashkent tourist attractions and the offices of many international organizations. The Grand Mir Hotel is a modern, multi-storey hotel geared toward the professional traveler. Its 150 person conference hall overlooking the city is well appointed with microphones, simultaneous translation equipment, multimedia projectors, and more. The hotel staff can assist you with business services (photocopying, faxing, computer workstations), airline bookings, tour arrangements, taxi service, tourist information, and currency exchange. Additional amenities include an Italian and Turkish restaurant on the first floor, a Western-style restaurant on the open terrace on the eighth floor, a lobby bar, a fitness room, a massage room (subject to charges), a jacuzzi, a sauna, a beauty salon, and a 24 hour souvenir shop. This hotel is located approx. 7.8 km/4.8 miles southwest of Tashkent’s historic city centre, the Chorsu Bazaar, near the Kukeldash Madrasah. Fortunately, the hotel is within walking distance of 2 major stations – Oybek and Ming O’rik – of the Tashkent Metro, the only currently operating subway system in Central Asia. The subway offers transportation to tourist attractions such as Independence Square, the largest city square in the former Soviet Union, which once held a 30 metre/98 foot tall statue of Lenin; the Bolshoi Navoi Theatre, which hosts Russian ballet and opera; and the Amir Timur Museum. The Grand Mir Hotel is a 15 minute drive from Tashkent International Airport (sometimes called Vostochny-Tashkent) the largest Uzbekistan airport.