While the Maxima Irbis Hotel is not close to Moscow's major downtown attractions, it is in a pleasantly leafy area of the city, and there are several sights worth exploring in close proximity to the hotel.
Just a few minutes' walk from the Maxima Irbis start the Russian Academy of Sciences Main Botanical Gardens, with over 2,500 species of flora in 360-hectares of parkland, including a celebrated Orangery and Japanese Rock Garden.
To the south of the Botanical Gardens, Ostankino Park was once a suburban estate of the Counts Sheremetev, and is most notable for its beautiful neoclassical wooden palace, which houses a unique museum of Russian art and traditional crafts.
Also close to the Maxima Irbis is the VVTs exhibition center, once home to the All-Union Exhibition of Economic Achievements, founded in the 1930s to display the fruits of Soviet industry and agriculture. It comprises several dozen pavilions in a variety of architectural styles (although Stalinist neoclassicism dominates) along green alleys lined with monumental sculpture and fountains.
Just a few minutes' walk from the Maxima Irbis start the Russian Academy of Sciences Main Botanical Gardens, with over 2,500 species of flora in 360-hectares of parkland, including a celebrated Orangery and Japanese Rock Garden.
To the south of the Botanical Gardens, Ostankino Park was once a suburban estate of the Counts Sheremetev, and is most notable for its beautiful neoclassical wooden palace, which houses a unique museum of Russian art and traditional crafts.
Also close to the Maxima Irbis is the VVTs exhibition center, once home to the All-Union Exhibition of Economic Achievements, founded in the 1930s to display the fruits of Soviet industry and agriculture. It comprises several dozen pavilions in a variety of architectural styles (although Stalinist neoclassicism dominates) along green alleys lined with monumental sculpture and fountains.
