Budget Hotels & Hostels
Apartments
Guesthouses and B&Bs
Golden Apple Boutique Hotel
'Moscow's first boutique hotel'. A classical edifice fronts the street, but the interior is sleek and sophisticated...
Casa Leto Guest House
A dramatically lit stone stairwell sets the scene for this discreet and stylish boutique hotel. The Anglo-Italian owners have named the five guest rooms after famous St Petersburg architects...
Rossi Boutique Hotel
This fantastic new addition to the local hotel scene is a beautifully restored building on one of St Petersburg’s prettiest squares. The 46 rooms are all designed differently, but their brightness and moulded ceilings are uniform...
Renaissance Moscow Olympic Hotel
This gigantic complex, now operated by Marriott, was originally built for the 1980 Olympics, as was the enormous indoor Olympic Sports Complex next door. It has over 500 rooms and five different restaurants (including Moscow's first Starbucks!)...
Hotel National, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Moscow
For over a century, the National has occupied this choice location at the foot of Tverskaya ul, opposite the Kremlin. The handsome building is something of a museum from the early 20th century, displaying frescoed ceilings and antique furniture...
Sretenskaya Hotel
Special for its small size and friendly atmosphere, the Sretenskaya boasts a romantic, Russian atmosphere. Rooms have high ceilings and tasteful, traditional decor...
Historical Hotel Sovietsky
Built in 1952, this historic hotel shows Stalin's tastes in all of its architectural details, starting from the gilded hammer and sickle and the enormous Corinthian columns flanking the front door...
Hotel Metropol Moscow
Nothing short of an art nouveau masterpiece, the historic Metropol brings an artistic touch to every nook and cranny, from the spectacular exterior to the grand lobby, to the individually decorated rooms...
Cosmos
This gargantuan hotel opposite the All-Russia Exhibition Centre is a universe to itself (appropriately enough for a place called Cosmos)...
Katerina City Hotel
Swedish built and Russian operated, this smallish hotel advertises 'European comfort and Russian hospitality.' It is indeed a delightful combination...
The Ritz Carlton, Moscow
This beauty opened in 2007 on the site of the much-maligned Soviet-era Intourist Hotel. The Ritz is everything that the Intourist wasn't: the guestrooms are spacious and sumptuous; service is impeccable; and amenities are virtually unlimited...
Hotel Sputnik
This hulk of a hotel is rather Soviet, but the rooms are quite attractive, with contemporary Ikea-style furnishings and flat-screen TVs. It's just a short walk to Sparrow Hills and the leafy campus of Moscow State University...
Budapest Hotel
This 19th-century neoclassical edifice is an atmospheric option to retire to after shopping on ul Petrovka or seeing a ballet at the Bolshoi. Indeed, guests have been doing exactly that for more than a century...
Arbat Nord Hotel
The appeal here are the seafront rooms with balconies hanging over Naberezhnaya. The rooms are clean and simple.
Grifon Hotel
The furniture and fittings might be rather cheap and boring, but this hotel, named after the famous nearby Griffin Bridge, is friendly and comfy. The 12 rooms are all quite spacious, have TVs and good bathrooms...
Park Inn By Radisson Ekaterinburg
This large and new hotel offers rooms with cheering colour schemes and all amenities you would expect for the price.
Magister Hotel
Quaint, comfortable rooms and accommodating staff make the Magister a long-standing favourite with visitors to Yekaterinburg. New windows block out the noise from the busy street below...
Art Hotel Mokhovaya
Art Hotel is a cheerful place with nice rooms. Breakfast is R150.
Triumph Palace Hotel
Newly opened top-end hotel.
Azimut Hotel Samara
This historic hotel was the National in its last reincarnation. Having been taken over by the Azimut chain, it was not so much refurbished as de-Sovietised...
Premier Hotel
A small and personable European-style hotel. Rooms can be a bit stuffy in winter when air-con is not working, but otherwise they are spacious and stylish...
Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow
This bombastic beauty sits majestically on the banks of the Moscow River facing the White House, meaning superb vistas from some rooms. The hotel used to boast that it had preserved the atmosphere of the 1950s, which was no empty assertion...