{"type":"city","city":"Astana","citySlug":"astana","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/kazakhstan/astana","description":"Astana was built to be looked at. The capital that Nursultan Nazarbayev relocated to the Kazakh steppe in 1997 became a proving ground for architectural spectacle — Norman Foster's Khan Shatyr, the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, the EXPO 2017 sphere — and the hotels that followed have largely taken their cues from that ambition. What makes the city genuinely interesting to a design traveler isn't the excess, which is easy enough to find, but the moments where the architecture starts to negotiate with its own improbability.\n\nThe Talan Towers complex, a pair of twisting residential and commercial skyscrapers that punctuate the Left Bank skyline, houses the Ritz-Carlton Astana. The property sits within a building whose geometry is hard to ignore from any angle, and the interiors lean into the formal drama of the structure rather than softening it with conventional hotel warmth. A short distance away, the St. Regis Astana occupies the Central Park district, and its approach is more composed — the brand's characteristic restraint applied to spaces that feel calibrated for the particular weight of Kazakhstani state formality. Both properties operate at a high level of finish and at broadly similar price points, making the choice between them less about budget than about disposition: the Ritz-Carlton rewards those drawn to architectural theater, while the St. Regis offers something closer to controlled elegance.\n\nThe Veil, positioned along the Ishim River at a noticeably lower rate than its counterparts, is the more unexpected entry in the three. The Ishim waterfront has become one of Astana's more considered urban edges, and a hotel at that address carries a different register — less attuned to the grand civic gestures of the Left Bank towers and more grounded in the texture of the city as it meets the water. For a traveler whose interest in Astana runs toward the genuinely contemporary rather than the ceremonial, The Veil offers a useful counterpoint to the international brand properties. The city is young enough that its design identity is still forming, and these three properties — each occupying a distinct geographic and atmospheric position — map that formation with reasonable clarity.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. 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The building's sculptural exterior, with its deep arched cutouts and warm oxidised cladding catching the low Central Asian light, draws a deliberate visual line between the hotel's name and its physical presence: the structure itself performs the gesture it describes.\n\nInside, two distinct registers operate simultaneously. Guest rooms are finished in wide-plank oak, with floor-to-ceiling buttoned headboards in camel velvet rising almost to the ceiling, globe pendant lighting in a lineage that traces back to Michael Anastassiades, and a palette of forest green, plum, and warm grey that feels closer to contemporary European hotel design than to the maximalism more commonly associated with the region's newer properties. The restaurant takes a harder industrial turn — exposed black steel ductwork, dark brick, bottle-lined columns, and iron-frame casement windows framing the city skyline — functioning almost as a separate design statement within the same building. The spa completes the sequence with travertine mosaic, curved polished concrete walls, and a fibre-optic ceiling, the arched window frames echoing the facade's signature curves from the inside out.","snippet":"Astana hotel with a rippling copper facade and interiors balancing European minimalism with industrial design.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Astana","vibe":"Sculptural-contemporary · refined","highlights":["Copper facade with vertical fins evoking steppe wind patterns","Rooms in oak with camel velvet headboards and Anastassiades lighting","Industrial restaurant with exposed steel and brick overlooking the city"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$128","pricePerNightExclTax":"$128","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujign042z15ymb3eon34v1713361285119_99672b33-3e43-4395-a840-3ab33ff0874d.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Veil — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Veil · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Veil captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujo81054p15ym7dv7qpr81713361285924_8d2838bd-e4ea-4766-a246-8408d705a84a.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Veil — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Veil · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Veil, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uju70066f15ymavth67r51713361284141_7b446c6c-8f40-40d6-8b17-165a517fec0d.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Veil — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Veil · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Veil — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk00b078715ym0jqfbfln1713361286586_fb434b94-00c8-4767-9434-70aaff2ee1fd.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Veil — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Veil · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Veil, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk5yb08a115ymenm6soo21713361287259_57c839dc-2e4e-4618-b961-1b5c8a0ba21e.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Veil — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Veil · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Veil — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"The St. Regis Astana","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/kazakhstan/astana/the-st-regis-astana-the-st-regis-astana","city":"Astana","cityHeader":"Astana • Central Park • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Central Park","loyaltyProgram":"Marriott Bonvoy®","designSummary":"Two symmetrical white wings framing a gilded rotunda, the whole composition mirrored perfectly in the still waters of the Ishim River — this is how The St. Regis Astana announces itself to Kazakhstan's capital, a city that has spent the past quarter-century constructing an identity from scratch. WATG designed the building with that ambition in mind, giving the 2017 property a massing that gestures toward neoclassical grandeur while the rotunda's golden dome and flanking spire-like fins introduce something altogether more singular, closer to a civic monument than a conventional hotel block.\n\nWimberly Interiors carried that dialogue indoors, threading neo-classical architecture — coffered ceilings, deeply panelled walls in pale leather, dark-stained oak floors — with a contemporary sensibility that keeps the 120 rooms and 23 suites from feeling merely formal. Fur-throw bed runners and small bronze horse sculptures scattered through the guest rooms quietly reference Kazakh nomadic heritage, while the upper-floor pool and restaurant operate in an entirely different register: floor-to-ceiling glazing frames the illuminated arc of a cable bridge against the night sky, the mosaic-tiled pool glowing electric blue against taupe limestone, the restaurant wrapped in burgundy velvet banquettes and dark-veined marble tabletops. More than 400 pieces of contemporary art commissioned for the property draw on the steppe's visual culture without resorting to ethnographic illustration — a distinction that gives the interiors genuine depth.","snippet":"A 2017 neoclassical landmark in Astana with gilded rotunda, leather-paneled rooms, and 400+ commissioned artworks.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Central Asia's newest capital","vibe":"Civic-monumental · contemporary-classical","highlights":["WATG-designed neoclassical massing with gilded rotunda mirrored in Ishim River","120 rooms with coffered ceilings, leather paneling, and Kazakh nomadic references","400+ commissioned contemporary artworks drawn from steppe visual culture"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$235","pricePerNightExclTax":"$235","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8yh9y014t85uwwodo05vz1717078697914_fcde1fb5-3dd6-4b49-9619-f2b997a3b8e8.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The St. Regis Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The St. Regis Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The St. Regis Astana captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8zm7q01kf85uwsdv4cijc1717078713795_555127c8-8a0f-48cb-a19d-5743596ac62d.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The St. Regis Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The St. Regis Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The St. Regis Astana, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt90r50020185uwyxl7ykp51717078729820_1339954b-fe50-4b62-8ff2-e58ec4224db5.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The St. Regis Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The St. Regis Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The St. Regis Astana — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt91w0j02fn85uw02207ooi1717078681847_056539a7-6b0c-4f67-8dc0-1a4cb127ddb8.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The St. Regis Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The St. Regis Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The St. Regis Astana, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt930q002v985uwzbm7okap1717078743645_3540d3f2-1198-4b3f-bac3-557e2b0cd838.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The St. Regis Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The St. Regis Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The St. Regis Astana — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"The Ritz-Carlton, Astana","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/kazakhstan/astana/the-ritz-carlton-astana","city":"Astana","cityHeader":"Astana • Talan Towers • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Talan Towers","loyaltyProgram":"Marriott Bonvoy®","designSummary":"Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Talan Towers announced Kazakhstan's ambitions with two curving glass shafts rising from the steppe capital's skyline — and it is within the lower 17 floors of this LEED Gold-certified complex, the first in the country, that The Ritz-Carlton, Astana has been fitted since 2017. The hotel's low-slung podium, its cantilevered entrance canopy, and the large bronze sculptural grouping visible through the ground-floor glazing establish a civic grandeur at street level that the towers alone could never quite achieve. Richmond International handled the interiors across 157 rooms and 32 suites, threading a consistent design language through spaces that range from the intimate to the theatrical.\n\nThe interiors carry a confident dual identity — international luxury vocabulary grounded by genuine local reference. Illuminated relief panels depicting birch forests line the guest room headboards, drawing on Kazakhstan's landscape in a way that feels considered rather than decorative. The suites push further into richness: warm walnut panelling, gold-leaf ceiling reveals, and brass-drum pendants suggest a restrained Art Deco sensibility. Most arresting is the bar, where layered timber fins wrap both ceiling and walls in a sculptural topographic sweep, the counter set in veined green marble and backed by glowing onyx. The pool level balances dark veined stone against cedar-slatted timber walls — a calmer, more Nordic register that gives the wellness floor its own distinct atmosphere entirely.","snippet":"Ritz-Carlton within SOM's iconic Talan Towers, featuring Richmond International interiors that blend international luxury with Kazakh landscape references.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Central Asia's capital","vibe":"Civic-grand · locally-rooted","highlights":["Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's curved glass towers, LEED Gold-certified","Interiors by Richmond International with birch-forest relief panels and Art Deco suites","Sculptural timber-fin bar with green marble counter and glowing onyx"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$248","pricePerNightExclTax":"$248","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8ya4a012185uwmapn8y521717078625321_01581cfb-2ce2-4e94-952d-eb4afe8b6e7c.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · The Ritz-Carlton, Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of The Ritz-Carlton, Astana captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt8zex001hn85uw0rvx5au41717078663928_6ed620d9-35eb-487f-bf14-b3fc68b50de6.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · The Ritz-Carlton, Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Astana, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt90jz401x985uw0pd6ow9e1717078697024_079579dc-9e75-4a3b-a171-313a440340c9.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · The Ritz-Carlton, Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt91ops02cv85uwx19xvlhm1717078680853_ff0001d8-1ac5-48db-9f9a-773ebdd71b9d.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · The Ritz-Carlton, Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at The Ritz-Carlton, Astana, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clwt92tiz02sh85uw0uv6wu5f1717078711326_0238b915-1e39-4caf-b9ce-6d45bdfaa060.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · The Ritz-Carlton, Astana · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at The Ritz-Carlton, Astana — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}