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Royal Karbala Hotel

700 m10 min walkTo Imam Husayn’s shrine
1000 m15 min walkTo Abbas’s shrine
Shrine shuttle24 hours, every half hour
4.5-starHotel rating
Breakfast
Full boardMeals

Worth knowing

  • The hotel shuttle is poorly organised on the way back from the shrine.
  • On occasions such as Arbaeen, mid-Shaban and Arafah, traffic restrictions around the shrine, crowds and congestion may limit the shuttle; we do not recommend staying here at those times if you cannot walk to the shrine.
  • The food is poor, and we have repeatedly had complaints about the service and the staff.

Facilities and services

In the room
  • Split air conditioning
  • Fridge
  • TV
  • Safe
  • Electric kettle with tea and coffee set
  • Toiletries (towels, toothbrush, shampoo)
In the hotel
  • Three buffet meals a day
  • Coffee shop overlooking Bayn al-Haramayn
  • Husayniyya (prayer hall)
  • Lifts
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Laundry
  • Western and squat toilets in the lobby
  • 24 hours, every half hour

Location

AddressAl-Qazwini (Al-Mukhayyam) Street, Karbala
To Imam Husayn’s shrine700 m · 10 min walk
To Abbas’s shrine1000 m · 15 min walk
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About Royal Karbala Hotel

Royal Karbala is one of the largest and best-equipped hotels in holy Karbala. It opened in summer 2023, in time for Arbaeen, and is the main rival of Baron Hotel. Its main advantage over the Baron is that it is much closer to the shrine of Imam Husayn: it is on Al-Qazwini (Al-Mukhayyam) Street, about 700 metres from the shrine.

The walk to the shrine takes under 10 minutes, but guests can also use the hotel’s free shuttle, which runs around the clock to Al-Shuhada Street near Almas Hotel. A separate shuttle to the shrine of Abbas runs from 10 am to 10 pm.

Large, well-equipped rooms, two-person suites, a rooftop coffee shop overlooking Bayn al-Haramayn, a large, attractive lobby, a swimming pool and a games room are among its features.

Royal Karbala calls itself five-star, and its building and lobby are genuinely impressive, but its looks do not match the experience of pilgrims who have stayed there. Pilgrims who stayed there with Nebras have repeatedly reported problems with service, poor food and unhelpful staff. That is why we do not list Royal Karbala as five-star.

Because of these problems, Nebras does not take bookings for Royal Karbala. If you want a five-star standard in Karbala, see Baron Hotel, or choose from the hotels in Karbala and message us on WhatsApp for advice.

Nebras is not taking bookings for this hotel

Pilgrims who stayed at this hotel have repeatedly reported problems with service, poor food and unhelpful staff. For this reason Nebras does not take bookings for Royal Karbala.

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