Best hotels and hostels in Golden Ring

Vlad and Lena offer three nicely furnished rooms in their wooden dacha-style house with a lovely garden on a quiet side street. It's a great option for travellers with children. A sumptuous breakfast costs just...

At this 'Birdhouse' you may not want to leave the nest. Six artfully designed rooms are fitted with natural materials (wood, cotton, Kostroma linen), soothing pastels and tasteful quirks – we loved the hanging...

This attractive riverside holiday village has everything you might want for a Russian idyll, including accommodation options in traditionally styled log cabins (from R7900). It has three restaurants (including a...

Towns in the Golden Ring are surrounded by deep forests, but few travellers ever venture outside city walls. About 30km from Kostroma, off the road leading to Plyos, the huge Romanov Les holiday resort provides a...

This stylishly designed, boutique izba (log house), which sleeps six to eight, is built around a tiled hearth and set in a garden. Three en-suite bedrooms with large beds and many tiny, artful details will make...

Perched on a bluff with tremendous views of the valley, this hotel has one of the most scenic locations in the area. Outside is a quiet neighbourhood of old wooden cottages and villas dominated by the elegant...

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 all lovingly hand-decorated in bohemian style featuring...

A large wooden building resembling a traditional Russian gingerbread cottage and perched on the slope of a deep ravine leading to the Volga, with individually themed rooms and a relaxed dacha (summer country...

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 St Euthymius. It has modestly sized but comfortable rooms...

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 king-sized beds in tastefully designed modern rooms, which...

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 R7500) sleeps six. All are decorated in rustic style and...

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. Each of the 27 comfortable rooms is themed around a...

Occupying a prime spot on the edge of a spectacular Volga-facing bluff, this sweet wooden cottage with country-style rooms filled with antiques – some with fantastic views – is run by a French–Russian couple....

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 building hard to beat for value. Helpful reception staff speak...

Modern and stylish – light-coloured wood abounds – this hostel is in brand-new digs in a quiet but central location. Accommodation is in bunk or twin beds in one of several en-suite rooms; a family room has a...

Tastefully fitted rooms and a location right on the Volga make this an appealing choice for an overnight in Rybinsk. Spend the extra R300 to get a Superior room, which has a mini-fridge, heated floors and nicer...

This very modern multi-floor hotel is one of Kostroma's newest, and the location down the street from Susaninskaya pl can't be beaten. There's 24-hour reception and an elevator to access upper floors. 'Comfort'...

This little B&B a few minutes' walk south of the kremlin is neat as a pin and cute as a button. Attentive host Alexander provides a filling, homemade breakfast each morning (including delicious Russian pancakes)....

Each of the seven en-suite rooms at this lovely B&B are decorated in a different palette of warm hues, with natural-wood walls and hand-painted furniture. A delicious homemade breakfast is served in the sunny...

With a central location in a heritage-listed building on a quiet street, and 14 modern and comfortable (even if somewhat bland) rooms, Hotel Modern offers great value and is an easy walking distance to the main...