Must-see hotels in Russia

  • Khabarovsk City Boutique Hotel

    Khabarovsk

    Khabarovsk’s most foreigner-friendly hotel has large, attractive rooms adorned with black-and-white photos from a bygone era. Throw in gorgeous bathrooms…

  • Bulgakov Mini-Hotel

    Arbat & Khamovniki

    The classy rooms, graced with high ceilings and Master and Margarita inspired art, are as good as it gets in Moscow for this price, especially considering…

  • Solovki Hotel

    Northern European Russia

    With three double-storey log houses, a fine restaurant and a woodsy setting, this is the island’s poshest hotel. Standard rooms are cosy, with wi-fi,…

  • Hotel Polina

    Volga Region

    Smallish, family-run hotel located on a quiet alley, about 2km southwest of the centre. Spotlessly clean rooms, panelled in light woods, with crisp sheets…

  • Hotel Kaiserhof

    Kaliningrad

    Part of the Fish Village development, this stately hotel overlooking the river offers spacious, light-filled rooms, friendly and gracious service and a…

  • Chaika

    Kaliningrad

    On a leafy street near the picturesque Amalienau area, the ‘Seagull’ is a delightful 28-room property occupying an early-20th-century mansion and…

  • Hotel Angliter

    Northern European Russia

    With tirelessly helpful, multilingual staff and a super-central location, this very comfortable boutique hotel is still Vologda’s top choice. Some rooms…

  • Jouk-Jacques

    Nizhny Novgorod

    This cosy boutique hotel is one of the best in town. Rooms are modern and decorated in soft tones, some facing the yard. The cheapest are a bit cramped…

  • Stary Stalingrad

    Volgograd

    Behind the Univermag shops and part of the same building, this modern minihotel has nicely furnished rooms with individual touches. It’s especially worth…

  • Hotel Chekhov

    Yekaterinburg

    Hotel Chekhov offers modern, stylishly furnished rooms that make good use of exposed brick in a historic building. Take bus 23 from the train station to…

  • Hotel Giuseppe

    Kazan

    Run by a family with Italian ancestry, Hotel Guiseppe has spacious, comfortable rooms, with corridors decorated tastefully to give the atmosphere of a…

  • Friends Hostel by Gostiny Dvor

    St Petersburg

    Sharing the top floor of a renovated historic building with a budget hotel, this is one of the best branches of the Friends chain. There are no dorms here…

  • Art Hotel

    Golden Ring

    Double rooms and cottages are set amid flowering gardens with pet rabbits, with an on-site art gallery and banya (available at extra cost); interiors are…

  • Hostel Arbuz

    Altai

    The rooms and dorms here might be small, but this is still one of the better hostels in southwest Siberia. The shared bathrooms are unusually impressive …

  • Rossi Hotel

    St Petersburg

    Occupying a beautifully restored building on one of St Petersburg’s prettiest squares, the Rossi's 65 rooms are all designed differently, but their…

  • Ays Club

    Western Siberia

    Hip and funky, Ays is a self-contained party zone – a hostel, a pumping basement nightclub ('Bunker'), a cafe and the Clever Irish pub rolled into one…

  • Pansionat Energetik

    Russian Caucasus

    Superbly maintained with some quirky retro interior design touches, the Energetik offers spacious rooms, all with balconies overlooking the rushing…

  • Volga-Volga

    Golden Ring

    A large wooden building resembling a traditional Russian gingerbread cottage and perched on the slope of a deep ravine leading to the Volga, with…

  • Hotel Priyut

    Northern European Russia

    Charming, family-run Priyut comprises two homely converted houses. The cheaper Yellow House (shared bathrooms) is adorably kitted out with dried flowers…

  • Surikov Guest House

    Suzdal

    This 11-room boutique guesthouse is positioned at a particularly picturesque bend of the Kamenka River across from the walls of the Saviour Monastery of…

  • Hotel Grafskiy

    Arbat & Khamovniki

    Live next door to Leo Tolstoy at this new boutique hotel, in a building dating from 1866. Both service and style are simple but quite delightful. Some of…

  • Bed & Breakfast Bravo

    Yakutsk

    Bravo is a little tricky to find and is not marked at all from the street. But once you get here, you'll find several apartments stitched together to form…

  • Bristol

    Mineral Water Spas

    The pair of armoured knights guarding the entrance to this hotel signal a note of old-world glamour, reinforced by motifs of antique maps in the…

  • Yaroslavna

    Golden Ring

    For a taste of country life, try this resort on Lake Nero 7km south of Rostov-Veliky. Pine-log cabins contain duplex doubles; the 'family' cottage (from…

  • Hostel Kalinin

    Western European Russia

    Brightly painted rooms are comfortable and remarkably clean at this well-located hostel. Spacious dorms (mixed or female-only) come with lockers and…

  • Ioann Vasilyevich

    Yaroslavl

    If you don’t mind a Soviet spy or a medieval tsar staring at you from the wall when you wake, here's your chance to immerse yourself in Russian cinema…

  • Usadba

    Western European Russia

    In a quiet residential area that’s still close to the city centre, this cute boutique hotel offers 22 comfortable rooms with good facilities (room 5 has…

  • Retrotur

    Western European Russia

    Sitting pretty on the banks of the Oka River, this hotel is within walking distance of the centre but offers respite from the hubbub. Despite being close…

  • Nachalnik Kamchatki Mini Hotel

    Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

    A much-needed new midrange hotel, the 'Chief of Kamchatka' occupies a cute collection of buildings in the city centre, just a short stroll from the beach…

  • FunKey Hostel

    Novosibirsk

    'Funkey' indeed. It backs up its quirky name with one of Siberia's most creative hostel spaces. Bright colours and eye-catching photos enliven walls,…

  • Hotel Sibir

    Western Siberia

    Sibir’s rooms are comfortable, spacious and festooned with fading old photos, dark-wood furnishings and old-fashioned wallpaper, which gives it an…

  • Izborsk Park

    Western European Russia

    This is country living, Russian style, at its finest. Rooms are inviting and cosy, the air smells of wood fires, and the grounds themselves are…

  • Hostel Valencia

    Khabarovsk

    Named after the city where the owners lived for many years, this friendly eight-room guesthouse has bright, attractively designed rooms that are kept…

  • Respect Hotel

    Western European Russia

    In a great location between the Assumption Cathedral and the city centre, this cosy hotel deserves some respect for its spacious, modern and sparkling…

  • Kochenik Campsite

    Altai

    Sweet little riverside camping ground and hotel with simple wooden tent-shaped cabins (shared bathrooms) and a fewer posher, self-contained rooms. There's…

  • Hotel Parus

    Khabarovsk

    Part of a century-old brick building near the water, the 82-room Parus is definitely the smartest and most atmospheric top-end accommodation in Khabarovsk…

  • Kuptsov Dom

    Yaroslavl

    A central location just off Volkov pl and elegantly decorated rooms with white furniture and light floral wallpaper make this new hotel in a historic…

  • Hostel 65

    Sakhalin Island

    A well sign-posted Russian hostel – rivals, please take note – you'll find Hostel 65 centrally located on the ground floor of an apartment building. It…

  • Hotel Golden House

    Sakha Republic & Magadan Region

    The smartest option in town is this discreet but very warm and welcoming hotel on the 2nd floor of a business centre. It's not perfectly located, but the…

  • NasHotel

    St Petersburg

    This spotless, smart and stylish hotel occupies a very tall, beautifully remodelled building with a striking exterior on this quiet side street. Its rooms…

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