Russian Hotels

 

If you can’t find these hotels in your guidebook… it’s because Russia Experience are destination specialists with their own staff on site in Russia… and we sign-up the best new hotels as soon as they open, years before the guidebooks find them! They don’t call St Petersburg “the Northern Venice” for nothing – it’s built on a network of canals and re-routed rivers planned by Tsar Peter the Great in person. You don’t need to be an engineer to understand that you can’t put a metro tunnel through a canal! So some parts of the city don’t have nearby metro-stations… even Palace Square and the Hermitage are over 25 minutes walk from the nearest metro!

 

HOTEL VESTA 3*

92 NEVSKY PROSPEKT; METRO PLOSCHAD’ VOSSTANIYA

“Step onto Nevsky Prospekt” wrote Russian C19th author Gogol, “and you instantly step into the atmosphere of a fairground. All of smart society life is here!”. And that’s exactly where you step out of this hotel, because it’s on the “highstreet of the Russian Empire” itself, the poshest address in town! They’ve upgraded the rooms too – as well as tv, en-suite bathrooms and telephone, they’ve now got air-conditioning too. Still family-run, with charming service and an elegant breakfast on offer – one of the few hotels where you may still find the owners serving breakfast on occasion. Oh, and did we mention it has the best location in town? Book now, before the guidebooks all find it. All located in a carefully converted C19th apartment-house in a quiet courtyard 50m off Nevsky Prospekt – so you get the fab position, but you’re isolated from the traffic’s din – it’s so quiet and safe there’s a playground for tiny tots in the courtyard. Nearby: Nevsky Prospekt is lined with cafes, bars and eateries for every pocket and palate, the entire old city is at your feet, and the belle-epoque building of Stakhenschneider’s “Moscow Station” is just five convenient minutes walk away for your train to Moscow.

 

TRIP PRICE	Single	Additional Nights	Twin	Additional Nights
1 Jan-30 April 09
1 May-30 Sep 0
1 Oct-31 Dec 09

 

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, AND INCLUDE BED & BREAKFAST FOR 3 NIGHTS.

 

HOTEL DYNASTY 3*
26-28 UL RUBINSTEINA; METRO NEVSKY PROSPEKT or DOSTOEVSKAYA

Location, location, location! And in this case the location is Rubinstein Street, named after the legendary C19th pianist and composer, which leads from fashionable Nevsky Prospekt to the area where intellectuals and authors like Dostoevsky lived (his house-museum is around the corner)… so you really are at the centre of the Imperial city here. Again, we’ve stolen a march on the guidebooks – we knew about this hotel long before the doors opened in June 2007, and we’ve offered it since they opened… It’s a delicious new property with a flavour of the old (old wrought-iron rails on the staircases) – the rooms are light, modern and airy, with soft colours and gleaming bathrooms. If you’re waiting for the downside – there isn’t one! Nearby: the Zazerkale Theatre is just a few doors down the street, where you might find The Magic Flute, or Porgy & Bess, for pocket-money prices, the eateries of Nevsky Prospekt is just five minutes walk, and if even that’s too far there’s a great Colombian coffee-shop just steps from your hotel.

 

TRIP PRICE	Single	Additional Nights	Twin	Additional Nights
1 Jan-30 April 09
1 May-30 Sep 09
1 Oct-31 Dec 09

 

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, AND INCLUDE BED & BREAKFAST FOR 3 NIGHTS.

 

HOTEL Engecon 1 & 2*

SOCIALISTICHESKAYA 16; METRO VLADIMIRSKAYA

A super new (opened 2006) hotel with a “young” feel to it, located in the very heart of the “Dostoyevsky” part of the old centre – 6 mins walk from metro Vladimirskaya/ Dostoevskaya. With Universities and Colleges all around it’s a lively and trendy student and theatreland neighbourhood, with metro-chic but affordable bars and restaurants (like “Imbir”) on every corner. One metro stop takes you to Nevsky Prospekt – but frankly you can walk it in 10 minutes since you’re already in the heart of the city-centre anyhow. Hotel Engecon has rooms in two categories: 1* hostel-style rooms with modern furniture and super modern wc/shower facilities on the corridor; or 2*+ rooms with the same modern furniture, tv & telephone plus en-suite spacious scandi-style bathrooms. Internet facilities on site. Breakfast served until 11am! (no lunch or evening meals served, though). If you want top-value, bright, modern rooms in the centre, then look no further! Nearby: Zagorodny Prospekt is lined with great-value places to eat, including the Ukrainian “Shinok” café.. or treat yourself at Imbir (nouvelle-cuisine at wallet-friendly prices with a boho crowd of young Petersburg trendies). The area’s always had boho appeal, and there are museums of authors like Dostoevsky nearby too.

 

TRIP PRICE	Single	Additional Nights	Twin	Additional Nights
1 Jan-31 Dec 09
1 Jan-31 Dec 09 without ensuite

 

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, AND INCLUDE BED & BREAKFAST FOR 3 NIGHTS.

 

SPICING IT UP!

Linking the two cites together could not be simpler, with frequent, high quality sleeper trains between the two. Please see spicing it up , which lists a full range of additional services: which includes train tickets, transfers, and local city experts.

Which Moscow do you want? The medieval onion-domed capital of Europe’s most east-lying country? Or modern Europe’s fastest-booming capital? Why choose? Take both! Budget/Medium hotels have been squeezed out of the very centre by the HQs of banks and oil-empires... our on-the-spot staff have pinpointed the best of the new hotels to spring-up on the centre-periphery!

 

Kebur Palace (formerly TIFLIS HOTEL) 4* OSTOZHENKA, 32;

METRO PARK KULTURY

If you ever find yourself in a racing-car chasing a dog and a boot around Moscow, you’ll be playing the Russian version of “Monopoly” – and this is the hotel built on the “Mayfair” square! Locations don’t get better than this in Moscow – even Count Leo Tolstoy had to be content with the next street for his mansion, despite his monumental wealth. The “restaurant with rooms” concept has come to Moscow - but when the restaurant is the most exclusive Georgian gourmet mecca in town, you know their hotel is going to be a little special! You might find yourself rubbing shoulders with media and showbiz stars here in the elegant ancient-Greek-style swimming-pool and spa – in fact we’ve booked a Covent Garden star into the hotel ourselves. But real stars prefer exclusivity and privacy, and there’s no marble-fountain or gold bath-tap vulgarity at this secluded and discreet little gem of a hotel. Nearby: neighbours are the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour – and Count Tolstoy’s Mansion. Our prices are based on standard rooms – there’s a supplement (prices on request) for rooms with views onto Ostozhenka itself. There are lots of elegant dining options nearby, but frankly the finest gourmet cuisine in town is in the hotel’s own restaurant.

 

TRIP PRICE	Single	Additional Nights	Twin	Additional Nights
1 Jan-31 Dec 00

 

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, AND INCLUDE BED & BREAKFAST FOR 3 NIGHTS.

 

ZOLOTOI KOLOS HOTEL 2*

15 YAROSLAVSKAYA ST, METRO: VDNKh.

The hotel opened in the 1950s, and like many soviet hotels of the period, occupies several adjacent blocks along one street. Although the architecture is unlovely from the street it’s practical from within – the rooms are quite spacious with large windows, and even the “unrenovated” rooms have been cheerfully redecorated and are kept spankingly clean. Nearby: there are a few cafes along the 6-7 minute walk to the oddly-named Metro “V.D.N.Kh”, which Muscovites pronounce as “Vaden-Ka”, but is actually short for “Exhibition Of Economic Achievement” – a bizarre Soviet Disneyland in which the USSR Government showed-off those elements of the Soviet Union which were working as intended… which included everything from Space Achievement to Beekeeping. Even though most of the pavilions are closed these days, the XXL-sized architecture, grounds and gardens are still open as a pleasure-garden, and children of all ages can even take a road-train around the (enormous) landscaped grounds. Adjacent is the Space Memorial and eternal flame to those cosmonauts who never came back.

 

NB This hotel has multiple blocks that feature some grim 1* rooms we don’t use; and some 3* rooms – but if you are after 3* there are better-value hotels we’d prefer to offer!

TRIP PRICE	Single	Additional Nights	Twin	Additional Nights
1 Jan-31 Dec 09

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, AND INCLUDE BED & BREAKFAST FOR 3 NIGHTS.

 

IRBIS HOTEL 3*

GOSTINICHNAYA 12; METRO PETROVKO-RAZUMOVSKAYA

Inside the unpromising-looking red-brick buildings of this hotel are some of the best 3* rooms you’ll find in Moscow – spacious, airy, with big bathrooms, new Scandinavian-style furniture and excellent facilities that even include a private chilled filtered water-fountain in each room. The hotel has an internet room and wi-fi (small fee applies) in the lobby-bar, plus an ATM. Russia Experience have their Moscow office located in this hotel, too. Nearby: although there no real “sights” nearby, there’s a huge outdoor market for everything from winter coats to cream cakes. Petrovsko-Razumovskaya Metro Station is five minutes walk (around the market) away, and the handy “grey” line drops you at the Circus, Pushkin Square or the Kremlin within 5-6 direct stops.

TRIP PRICE	Single	Additional Nights	Twin	Additional Nights
1 Jan-31 Dec 09

 

PRICES ARE PER PERSON, AND INCLUDE BED & BREAKFAST FOR 3 NIGHTS.

 

SPICING IT UP!

Linking the two cites together could not be simpler, with frequent, high quality sleeper trains between the two. Please see extra services which lists a full range of additional services: which includes train tickets, transfers, and local experts.