Ahmed Ali hotel

Overview

Right by the General Bus Stand and Fawara Chowk, Ahmed Ali hotel is built for the traveller arriving in Abbottabad with a bag in hand and a night to spend before moving on. The location is its stronge... read more

Right by the General Bus Stand and Fawara Chowk, Ahmed Ali hotel is built for the traveller arriving in Abbottabad with a bag in hand and a night to spend before moving on. The location is its strongest card: the bus stand is barely a hundred metres away, the National Savings Centre is close, and Company Bagh is a short walk if you fancy stretching your legs. Nightly rates sit between PKR 7,000 and PKR 9,000. Rooms come with beds and mattresses provided, there's parking for anyone driving, and a TV lounge to unwind in after a long day on the road. CCTV security keeps watch over the premises and Wi-Fi runs throughout. The campuses are a genuine distance from here, with both COMSATS Abbottabad and Ayub Medical around seven kilometres off, so this isn't a base for university visits so much as a convenient stopover for those passing through the city centre. For a night near the transport hub with the basics well handled, it does exactly what a good roadside hotel should.