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Concept visualisation: the hotel courtyard garden at sunset Concept visualisation
Under construction · Opening date to be announced

Samarkand · Future projectSofia Art
Boutique Hotel

A hotel where every corridor is a gallery: Silk Road murals, suzani and ikat, a garden courtyard lit at dusk. We are building it now.

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The concept
Not a hotel decorated with art — a gallery you can sleep in.

Contemporary comfort with the craft of Uzbekistan in every room: hand-embroidered suzani, ikat, carved wood and a story of the Silk Road along the walls.

Concept visualisation of the entrance gallery with the Sofia signConcept visualisation
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The entrance gallery

A warm, lantern-lit passage with a carved arch, ceramics on the walls and the Sofia emblem in light.

Concept visualisation of the Silk Road mural corridorConcept visualisation
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The Silk Road corridor

A full-length mural of caravans between Bukhara and Samarkand — the hotel's story told in paint.

Concept visualisation of the reception and loungeConcept visualisation
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Reception & lounge

Hand-painted plates, a long carpet runner and soft armchairs — a place to arrive slowly.

Concept visualisation of the courtyard garden and terraceConcept visualisation
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The garden courtyard

Lawn, olive trees, lanterns along the paths and a covered terrace for long dinners.

Film

Walk through it before it exists

Six short 3D walkthroughs from the design project, in the order a guest arrives. The finished hotel may differ.

Planned rooms

Three ways to stay

Room types from the design project. Prices and dates will be published before opening.

Concept visualisation of a double roomConcept visualisation

Double

A queen bed under a suzani, reading chair, tea corner.

Coming soon
Concept visualisation of a triple roomConcept visualisation

Triple

For friends and families — ikat linen, carved plaster, wide windows.

Coming soon
Concept visualisation of a shared roomConcept visualisation

Art dorm

A shared room with a portrait gallery — for travellers who like company.

Coming soon
Progress

Where we are now

From an empty plot to opening night · AI timelapse made from the design visualisation, not real construction footage. A real timelapse from the site will appear here.
  1. Done

    Design

    Architecture, interiors and visualisations.

  2. Now

    Construction

    The building is going up.

  3. Next

    Interiors & art

    Murals, textiles, furniture.

  4. Then

    Opening

    Date to be announced here and in our Telegram.

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