St Petersburg
This small, cheerfully decorated mini-hotel has nine rooms tucked inside an apartment building a short stroll from Alexandrovsky Park. It's a colourful,…
Must-see hotels in Russia
St Petersburg
Pack a copy of Dostoevsky’s final novel to read while staying at this attractive boutique hotel – the great man penned The Brothers K while living in the…
Russian Caucasus
This central hotel has modern rooms with red-wood furniture, attractive bedspreads and efficient service. It's so close to the new cable-car station that…
Eastern Siberia
Run by the younger generation of the Maryasov family in their own flat, SB's original hostel is now reduced to a three-bed homestay. Kitchen, washing…
St Petersburg
Come and stay in St Petersburg’s coolest art gallery and cultural space – the 3rd floor of Loft Project ETAGI is given over to this super-friendly hostel…
Novosibirsk
Occupying the 2nd floor of an attractive century-old brick building, the Provence is a large hostel and one that comes across as a little more 'grown-up'…
Golden Ring
A heritage house on the main street has been transformed into a plush little hotel that gets rave reviews from guests. We counted seven pillows topping…
Western European Russia
This pretty complex ticks all the twee boxes: it's romantic and quaint with lace curtains and floral wallpaper. The attached craft shop sells charming…
Western European Russia
A short walk from the Borisoglebsky Monastery stands this welcoming hotel in a cream 18th-century building with neat and comfortable rooms. The helpful…
Arbat & Khamovniki
The best part of this friendly place is the wide-open, spacious common area and kitchen, painted in bold colours. Clean dorm rooms (four to 10 beds) are…
St Petersburg
Tucked down a narrow lane off busy Zagarodny pr, the Taiga is a friendly, welcoming spot with white plank floors, exposed brick walls, a small chillout…
Western European Russia
You'll be doubting your Google Maps directions when you wander around a back street to a random corner apartment building, but that's exactly where you'll…
St Petersburg
Ognivo earns high marks for its attractive, well-maintained rooms and quiet location. There's a bit of whimsy to the design in some of the 15 rooms, with…
St Petersburg
This elaborately decorated hotel gives you a taste of 18th- and 19th-century imperial grandeur without compromising on modernity or convenience. The 21…
St Petersburg
Occupying part of the historic home of Andrey Stakenschnieder, chief court architect of Alexander I, this appealing 40-room hotel retains some of the…
St Petersburg
The four individually decorated rooms here sport a fridge, a TV, a safe and a fan, and overlook a surprisingly quiet courtyard just moments from the…
Murmansk
This spotless business hotel has efficient, English-speaking staff, two bars, a restaurant, a nightclub with free blues gigs on Thursdays (winter only), a…
Zamoskvorechie
Moscow’s holiest hotel is on the grounds of the 12th-century monastery of the same name – the exquisite setting comes complete with 18th-century churches…
Lake Baikal
A friendly local English teacher runs this compound of 10 pine cottages, each containing two beds, a table, a stove ring and sometimes a kettle. Otherwise…
Kaliningrad Region
The Becker, a quick stroll to the beach and Becker Park, has a vaguely antiseptic feel (like a spa or hospital) but pleasantly furnished rooms; some have…
Northern European Russia
Popular with tour groups, Prichal has fairly bright, well-maintained, pine-furnished rooms in eight chalet-style blocks. ‘Superior’ rooms have fireplaces,…
Eastern Bashkortostan
Etnotur Irandik, about 20km from the town of Sibay, offers travellers the opportunity to live life like the Bashkir nomads used to, sleeping in yurts …
Russian Caucasus
This brand new hostel features spacious, light-filled rooms, friendly management and a smack-dab central location. Dorm rooms (sleeping six to 10 people)…
Western European Russia
While it may not be central, this is a great-value option in a residential area near a park. The comfy rooms are spacious, there's a filling buffet…
Around St Petersburg
This impressive hotel complex has 150 rooms in an unusually designed building near Peterhof's Upper Garden. Rooms are modern and sleek with all the…
Arbat & Khamovniki
We're charmed by this sweet and stylish hotel. Rooms are attractive and rather plush to boot. The most affordable ones have two twins or one queen-size…
Turisticheskaya Derevnya Malye Karely
Northern European Russia
Just 200m from the Malye Karely museum entrance is this self-contained holiday-hotel complex. Bowling, billiards and fishing excursions are available,…
St Petersburg
A short stroll from Ploschad Vosstaniya, the Alliance is a small, well-maintained hotel that has carpeted rooms with tall ceilings, spotless bathrooms and…
Vladivostok
Formerly the Soviet-era Hotel Vladivostok, the Azimut group completely renovated this impressive hilltop property in 2015 and in doing so has led the…
Astrakhan
This acceptable business and tourist hotel not only has the best river views in town, it offers some of the best value, with comfortable, refurbished…
The Urals
This popular complex is close to the cave entrance and offers excellent rooms with their own bathroom (the cheaper ones don’t have fridges and TV). Take…
St Petersburg
This excellent property makes an immediate impression as its traditional Moyka embankment exterior gives way to a bright, modern and colourful atrium…
Murmansk
A good midrange hotel of the type that northern Russia could do with far more of. With completely refurbished rooms and an unexpectedly classy boutique…
Western European Russia
Offering a quiet location close to the Ascension Cathedral – with balcony views from some rooms – this grand, pale-yellow hotel looks historic but was…
Yakutsk
Despite its truly garish exterior (think Big Ben and the London Eye emblazoned onto the walls in photographic wallpaper), Yakutsk's first real hostel is a…
St Petersburg
Although it's called a hostel there are no dorms, just plain but pleasant private rooms with either double or twin beds that share bathrooms and the rest…
Sochi
The spa at Sochi Breeze includes a Russian banya (hot bath), Finnish sauna and Turkish bath, plus four pools (of varying temperatures) for soaking,…
Presnya
The location on trendy Bolshaya Nikitskaya is prime, and prices are unbeatable, so you'll forgive the side-street entrance and the fact that rooms can be…
Listvyanka
Set just an endemic species’ throw from Baikal’s lulling waves/crumbly ice, this newish, clumsily named, purpose-built hotel by the market is a step up…
Arbat & Khamovniki
This boutique hotel is perhaps overpriced for the location (five metro stops to Red Square), but it's only a few blocks from Novodevichy, with several…
