Balaklavsky Prospect 2, Moscow I 113639
Around $60-70/night
Tel.:??????
E-mail:??????
Close to the Moscow State University
Vostok Hotel
$????
Gostinichnaya 9, Moscow, Russia
Phone: +7 (0) 954 822 64
Mozhaiskaya Hotel
165 Mozhaiskoye, Moscow,
Russia
Phone: +7 (0) 954 473 434
Sevastopol Hotel
Bolshaya
Yushunkaya 1a, Moscow, Russia
Phone: +7 (0) 953 180 918
Voskhod
Altufyevskoye Shosse 2
(095) 401-99-84, 401-41-83, факс: (095)
401-84-39, 401-50-34
http://voskhod.all-hotels.ru
Rooms start at $25-30, 20-30 min. drive from Sheremetyevo
Leningradskaya
$35-90.
Stalin Skyscraper building near Leningrad, Yaroslavl and Kazan stations.
975-3032/1815. Of "off the beaten track" attractions you would be close to
I will mention the Preobrazhensky Farmers Market and the Sokolniki Bicycle
Market (almost within walking distance east). The Vernisage Arts and
Crafts market will also be easy to access.
Minks
Ul
Tverskaya, Moscow, Russia
Phone: +7 (0) 952 991 213
Have you been to Minsk (think Belarus, Lukashenko)? That's one place
where I didn't feel like getting off the train. The entire population has
this 45 tired of life look. Well, that's what this hotel is like too. It
is cheap. There are rumours that a single room can be had for $20 but
$30-40 is probably more realistic. A lousy place but great location on
Tverskaya, considered Moscow's main street.
299-1213/36/49
minck@chat.ru
but I would be surprised if they responded
Don
$15-30
Near the National Exhibition
Said to have all the basics, including on-duty interpreters and e-mail.
8 Yaroslavskaya Ul., Bldg. 4,
217-6786
Lots of hotels in that area, mostly occupied by small-scale traders.
J.K. Guest House
Borisa Galushkina 9/2, 2nd floor, 286-2111
Should be inexpensive, judging from the area near the National Exhibition
grounds.
(list under bed & breakfast)
G&R Asia Hostel
Zelenodolskaya 3, 378-3392, 378-0001, 378-2866,
hostelasia@mtu-net.ru
10th floor (or is it 15th??) is occupied by a hostel with $16/night beds.
Rooms can also be rented from the hotel itself. Another advantage of G&R
is visa support and tickets. They are cheap and don't pretend to be
anything but. Recommended. (bed and breakfast)
Academicheskaya
Leninsky Prospekt 1/2
959-8157, fax 238-2539
Izmailovo
721-3322, 792-9911/13, fax 792-9912, 956-0506, 166-3736, 166-4127,
166-0145/0136/63, 166-3736, 166-4345, 737-7000
www.beta.msk.ru
hotel@izmailovo.ru
For a spontaneous visit to Moscow
Izmailovo is perhaps safest bet. It is truly huge and something will nearly always be
available. The hotel complex rented floors out to private operators which
play with prices and compete among themselves, so you can often get a real
deal there. This hotel caters to Russian business travellers and thus
tends to have lots of vacancies and low prices on weekends and holidays.
It right next to the "Vernisage" arts/crafts/flea market, and very near a
metro station (Izmailovsky Park). On the negative side it is huge,
impersonal, and security is a nuisance. $25-60 for a double. Try the staff
cafeteria, with quality food, including lots of vegetarian options, where
you can stuff yourself silly for $4-5.
Baikal
Selskokhozyaystvennaya 15/1
189-7529
I heard rumours that if you know how to approach them you can have a whole
room for $15. To be checked.... Cheapest price given over the phone for
two was 1400R or $45, including registration.
www.travel.in-russia.com - Hotel reservations, may be able to arrange something in the "budget" range, eg. hostel for under $30. Other standard tour agency services: tickets, invitation and visa support, registration.
Tramp Hotel
Also check the Tramp hotel at
Selskokhozyaistvennaya 17/2, building 7, and several other hotels in the
same area. If everything seems booked and you want to be sure of getting
something decent and budget, go either to Selskokhozyaystvennaya (Metro.
Botanichesky Sad) or to Izmailovo (Metro Izmailovsky Park), and you'll
have a roof over your head for under $40.
But first check my
Dutch Loft option.
Travellers' Guest House
They specialize in backpackers and their biggest attraction is the
traveller hangout atmosphere. They do have a couple of rooms for
$45-60 so I'm listing them here under hotels too. Located in a typical
residential neighbourhood with panel buildings, cement fences and other
attributes of late 60s Moscow.
Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya 50, 10th floor, 971-4095, e-mail
tgh@startravel.ru,
URL www.iro.ru
Belgrade
Smolenskaya 8
248-3125
Convenient location on the Garden Ring near the Arbat area. Getting a room
there for $60 is realistic. The place is slightly on the crazy side,
stories available on request
on the way from
the airport, but the price is right for
the location. They have conference rooms and the location is good for that
purpose.
Molodezhny
127550
Dmitrovskoye Shosseh 27 kor. 1, Metro Temeryazyevskaya 700m, 30-40 min.
from Sheremetyevo.
977-3155, 977-4777
hotelmol@hcm.ru
Heard that it is fairly cheap, if the location does not bother you. Really
I can't think of any attractions that way.. (May 2003: a group of 5 can
stay there for $12-15 per person, the cheapest double is $45, and the
cheapest single is just over $30). Breakfast included. Another advantage
is that they
Pervomayskaya
Pervomayskaya Nizhnaya 77
464-4995
Probably on the cheap side. Izmailovo is the neighbourhood made famous by
the fact that I spent the first 16
years of my life, very near to a nursing college where I enrolled after
grade 8 with the intention of becoming a doctor. I'll look into the
particulars shortly.... and I did and it was a disappointment as the
cheapest single is around $50.
Podushka
Leningradskoye 61, unit 3
459-7854
I have an impression it is on the economy side. It is close to the
Sheremetyevo airport, if you just need a place to stay between flights....
Told over the phone that the rate is 300R ($10) per hour and foreigners
are NOT accepted.
Rossiya
Varvarka 6
232-6254
$50-90, great location right by the Red Square, if you are not bothered by
the fact that 16-17th century neighbourhood was bulldozed to make way to
this architectural monstrosity. Also you will receive calls from
prostitutes at night, but you can't invite your own guests. Well, you can if you
go to the security office in the North Wing, then to the Director's office
on the 2nd floor to have a stamp put on your pass, then to the Notary
Public to have it certified etc. etc. But the price for the location makes
this hotel hard to beat. I take my
Misery
Tourism guests there to contemplate groups of elderly Americans in
white running shows and pink wind-breakers.
Rossiya is a few steps from us, so before getting a room there do check if our apartment is available. If you a backpacker in need for $25/night accommodation, check if the Dutch Loft is...
Turist
Selskokhozyaistvennaya 17/2
187-745
Unconfirmed but probably true rumours that it is extra cheap. Near the
National Exhibition Grounds.
Ukraina
Kutuzovsky 2/1
933-5656
$60 for a double with some luck. Those prone to claustrophobia attacks
stay out of this Stalin imperial style edifice.
In the Homestays and Bed and
Breakfast section of my
Accommodation list you should find a link to
an invitation from a fellow who has a luxury apartment in this very
building and I think he charged $25 per person, which is superb if you
need to stay for one or several nights...
Actually, here he
is.
Sheremetyevo 1
578-8919
To be checked
Sheremetyevo 2
753-8094, 578-5735
Their sign above the exit gate of Sheremetyevo 1 proclaims "Comfortable
rooms with all conveniences starting $30/night"
Yunost ("Youth")
$20-70. Has a conference hall. Location: 34 Khamovnichesky Val, Metro
Sportivnaya. Near the Moscow State University, Novodevichy Convent. Tel.
242-4861
Zolotoy Kolos ("Golden Grain")
Under $30, 15 Yaroslavskaya near the National Exhibition Grounds and
apparentluy build to house agriculture professionals. 286-2703.
Ozerkovskaya
"Boutique hotel" type
50 Ozerkovskaya Naberezynaya (Quay)
951-9753, 951-9582 (switch), 959-2406
www.cct.ru
Rooms start at $100+ but I'm listing it anyway because it is in my
neighbourhood and because Ozerkovskaya is one of these new private cozy
hotels that are popping up all over Moscow and because they have not yet
made it into directories. 50 rooms, and seem quite cozy and "European" at
the first glance. Also they some times have discounts, and getting a
superb room for two for $70 is realistic. THE DISCOUNT IS ON NOW - MAY 3,
2003 GOOD FEEDBACK SEVERAL TIMES
Note: They cater to business travellers and thus tend to have room on weekends!!!
Kievskaya
This hotel seem to cater to the Kievsky Market traders, and the square
in front of the hotel is where I take people on my Moscow-the-Ugly tours
(see Russian
Misery Tourism). The price, however, is
under 500R ($15-17), and the location is pretty good, near Kutuzovsky
Avenue, close to Radisson-Slavyanskaya and Ukraina. Tel. 240-1444/5378.
Nearest Metro station: Kievskaya. April 10/2003: 700R ($23)
given a room and registration for two persons. Very little in the way of
conveniences and the immediate surroundings are scary but the area on the
whole is superb.
Orlyonok ("Little Eagle")
Rates around $60-70. 15 Ulitsa Kosygina, in the Moscow State
University / Sparrow (Lenin) Hills area. Not far from the center but a
quiet green area, great for joggers.Tel. 939-8884, fax 938-2200. Nearest
Metro: Leninsky Prospekt
Prakash Guest House
Single $25 with breakfast; double $40 without breakfast. Indian-run.
Travel support services: invitations, guides, airport rides. Has a
business center. 83/1 Profsoyuznaya Ul., 334-2598, Metro Belyayevo.
E-mail:
prakash@misa.ru. South end, good access
to the Domodedovo airport, also Vnukovo. (copy to Hostels / Bed and
Breakfast)
Sayany
Heard that a double room is 300 including breakfast but that doesn't
sound possible.
11 Yaroslavskoye Shosse (not far from VDNKh, or the Exhibition Grounds),
tel. 188-4485. Take bus No. 172 from M. VDNKh to Fedoskinakskaya Ul..
Maybe that explains the low price.
Sport Hotel
$40-50, 90-2 Leninsky Prospekt. tel. 737-6700, fax 737-6720, M.
Prospekt Vernadskogo. Easy access to Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports.
Sputnik
$30-40, 38 Leninsky Prospekt (easy access to the Moscow State
University, and the Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports). Tel. 930-2287 and
930-4057. M. Leninsky Prospekt, e-mail
hsputnik@dol.ru
Travellers Guest House
Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya 50, 10th floor, 971-4095, e-mail
tgh@startravel.ru,
URL www.iro.ru
This is a hostel that caters to backpackers. Bed in a room of shared by
4-5 people around $20/night, a private room
may be available for $40-50. Lots of travel resources, traveller hangout
atmosphere, close to Leningrad, Kazan, and Yaroslavl train stations. [copy
to Bed & Breakfast]
Tsentralnaya
$20-50, as central as it gets, 10 Tverskaya ul, tel. 229-8957.
Central House of Tourist
$20-35 with breakfast. Business center. Easy access to Domodedovo,
Sheremetyevo, Moscow State University. 146 Leninsky Prospekt, 434-9467.
E-mail
cityhouse@cityline.ru
Zarya ("Dawn")
???????
1000-1100R ($30-35) for 2
Hotel of the Academy of Medical Sciences
????????
1000-1100R ($30-35) for 2
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