Azimut Hotel Vladivostok
Taking over the 4th floor of the Hotel Vladivostok, these 36 inviting, refurbished rooms feel a world aw...
Taking over the 4th floor of the Hotel Vladivostok, these 36 inviting, refurbished rooms feel a world aw...
This scrappy annex to the Amursky Zaliv has a concrete-glob entry marked ‘ gostinitsa ’ , and is humbly Vladivostok’s best budget deal.
The 35-room Vlad feels a world away from the often grim blocks of Siberian towns. It’s way outside the centre – 20km towards the airport – in the lovely, leafy outskirts near an OK beach.
Considering quality and location, it’s Vladivostok’s best. Economy rooms are spotless and small, but with playful details like funny artwork and a clock. The higher-priced superiors face Golden Horn Bay. Wi-fi access throughout.
Once the only hotel alive in the centre, the 12-floor grey tower now needs a serious makeover outside. Inside the rooms are OK – a bit dark and smokey on occasion, and with worn carpets. Half the rooms have great views of the water.
Desperately needing a makeover, the Versailles (usually pronounced ‘Versal’ here) tries to recapture the pre-USSR grace of the century-old hotel that reopened in the ’90s, but falls victim to aged rooms and enigmatic pairings throughout (’70s lou.
It’s out of the centre and boxed in by housing, but its standard rooms are well kept and there’s a pool. Without breakfast and air-con the double rate drops to R3200.
This small business hotel is across from the airport – perfectly fine if you have an early flight or late arrival.
Big with Asian business travellers and groups, this 12-floor, 335-room tower is perfectly fine – standard carpeted rooms with writing desk, satellite TV, modern bathroom and some nice views on higher floors.
Rather seedy (fading dark-wood panelling, exposed wiring), but facing the water, the Ekvator is often nevertheless full with groups in summer. Rooms are OK.
Just above from Yul’s old home, this grey-brick, yet cheerful, place has an endearing lobby with live frogs and a stuffed version of the hotel namesake – a sea man.
Approaching this bayside hotel, all you see is a gravel lot filled with flirting teens, but down from the tile-decorated doorway, a seven-floor hotel with out-of-sight bay views looms.
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