While the Maxima Zarya Hotel is not close to Moscow's major downtown attractions, it is in a pleasantly leafy area of the city, with several interesting sights in walking distance from the hotel.
The Russian Academy of Science's Main Botanical Gardens, with over 2,500 species of flora in 360-hectares of parkland, including a celebrated Orangery and Japanese Rock Garden, are less than ten minutes' walk from the hotel.
To the south of the Botanical Gardens, Ostankino Park was once a suburban estate of the Sheremetev family, and is based around a beautiful neoclassical wooden palace, now home to a unique museum of Russian art and traditional crafts.
Also close to the Maxima Zarya is the VVTs exhibition center, previously 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.
The Russian Academy of Science's Main Botanical Gardens, with over 2,500 species of flora in 360-hectares of parkland, including a celebrated Orangery and Japanese Rock Garden, are less than ten minutes' walk from the hotel.
To the south of the Botanical Gardens, Ostankino Park was once a suburban estate of the Sheremetev family, and is based around a beautiful neoclassical wooden palace, now home to a unique museum of Russian art and traditional crafts.
Also close to the Maxima Zarya is the VVTs exhibition center, previously 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.
