Hotel Mongolia (, ''Mongol Shiltgeen'') is a hotel in the form of a mock castle near Gachuurt village, in the

Bayanzürkh Bayanzürkh ( ; ) is one of nine districts of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 20 subdistricts. It is the largest district in the capital and lies in the southeast of the city. It was established in 1965. In 2023 it h ...

district of

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. It claims to be the only resort hotel in the country. Built in 2003, it is surrounded by a fortress wall with gates on the 4 sides and towers at the corners. Inside the fortress are Asian style houses and

yurt A yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger (Mongolian language, Mongolian) is a portable, round tent covered and Thermal insulation, insulated with Hide (skin), skins or felt and traditionally used as a dwelling by several distinct Nomad, nomad ...

s, which serve as hotel rooms. There is a restaurant in the central "palace". The hotel lies on the bank of the

Tuul River The Tuul River or Tula River (; , , ; in older sources also Tola) is a river in central and northern Mongolia. Sacred to the Mongols, the Tuul is generally called the Hatan Tuul (, ; "Queen Tuul"). It is long and drains an area of . The ''Sec ...

. The southern gate links to a riverside beach and an open sky stage for rock performances. The hotel is designed to resemble the ancient capital of

Karakorum Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, ''Kharkhorum''; Mongolian script:, ''Qaraqorum'') was the capital city, capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan, Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 1 ...

. The hotel is furnished in handmade carvings. One of the attractions is the Silver Tree fountain inspired by the Silver Tree of the ancient city of Karakorum. The central gatehouse displays an exhibition of the coins brought from all parts of the

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. The complex is a venue for rock festivals, wedding celebrations and international conferences. It hosted the 10th Conference of

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, the International Association of Buddhist Women, in July 2008. The hotel was featured in Season 10 of

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