The main tourist site in Stepanakert is in the outskirts near the approach to town from Shushi . They represent the mountain people of Karabakh. In Stepanakert there are a number of choices of places to stay. There is the cheap two or three dollars a night Hotel Stepanakert which was built in Soviet times. The rooms are sparsely furnished and clean, with a questionable shared toilets at the end of each hallway.
Hot showers are usually available for a dollar upon request.
As with all Soviet hotels, parking costs about a dollar a night. The other well known hotel is the Hotel Lotus. There are a number of restaurants in Stepanakert to suite various tastes and budgets. This restaurant costs about a dollar a person, depending on meals. It can be hard to find, and often times you just eat whatever they have decided to prepare that day, but you will really like it.