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Where in the city is the hotel located?
The Medea Hotel is in the heart of the Zamoskvarechie district, just south of the Kremlin and the Moskva River and right next to the world-famous State Tretyakov Gallery. The hotel stands on quiet sidestreet, and occupies a charming 19th century merchants mansion that is typical of the surrounding area. |
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Which is the nearest metro station?
The nearest metro station is Novokuznetskaya, on the dark green Zamoskvaretskaya Line. The station is under five minutes walk from the Medea, and is connected to Tretyakovskaya Metro Station, which is and interchange between the orange and yellow lines. For a fee metro map, click here. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Sheremetevo Airport?
While it is undoubtedly most convenient to arrange a transfer or taxi in advance (the drive should take just over an hour), the Medea is relatively easy to reach by public transport. From just outside the exit to the arrivals lounge, take a marshrutka or minibus-taxi to Rechnoi Vokzal Metro Station, and the top of the dark-green line. The minibuses leave every five to ten minutes (less frequently late at night and early in the morning), and take 20 minutes to get to metro. From Rechnoi Vokzal it is a direct line to Novokuznetskaya Metro Station. The journey will take just over half an hour, and the Medea is under five minutes walk from the metro. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Domodedovo Airport?
Public transport links to Domodedovo are very good and, if you are not willing to pay for the convenience and comfort of a taxi or pre-ordered transfer, the journey to the Medea Hotel is relatively painless. Aeroexpress trains run from the airport every hour (every half-hour at peak times) and take just over 40 minutes to reach Paveletsky Station. From Paveletskaya Metro Station take the green line north one stop to Novokuznetskaya Metro Station. The Medea is under five minutes walk from the metro. If your flight is arriving late evening or early morning, your only option will be to take the marshrutka shuttle minibus from the airport to Domodedovskaya Metro Station (roughly 30 minutes). From there take a northbound train direct to Novokuznetskaya. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Vnukovo Airport?
The easiest and most efficient way to get from Vnukovo is to pre-arrange an airport transfer or take a taxi. However, if you prefer to travel by public transport, there is now and Aeroexpress rail link that runs to Kievsky Station. The train runs almost hourly between 8am and 10pm, and the journey takes 35 minutes. From Kievskaya Metro Station take the dark-blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line three stops east to Ploshchad Revolutsii. Change there to Teatralnaya and the dark green line, and travel one stop south to Novokuznetskaya. The Medea is less than 100 meters from the station. If your flight arrives outside the hours covered by the Aeroexpress, your only option is to take a marshrutka shuttle minibus (No. 45) to Yugo-Zapadnaya Metro Station, at the bottom of the red Sokolnicheskaya Line. From here take the metro to Okhotny Ryad, change to Teatralnaya and the dark green line, and travel one stop south to Novokuznetskaya. The Medea Hotel is less than five minutes from the station. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Leningrad Station, Yaroslavl Station or Kazan Station?
All three stations are served by Komsomolskaya Metro Station. From here take the red Sokolnicheskaya line south four stops to Okhotny Ryad. Change there to the dark green line from Teatralnaya, and travel one stop south to Novokuznetskaya. The Medea is only 100 meters from the station. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kursk Station?
From Kursky Metro Station take the dark-blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line one stop west to Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Change to the dark-green Zmokvorechie Line at Teatralnaya, and travel one stop south to Novokuznetskaya. The Medea Hotel is under five minutes walk from the station. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Belarus Station?
From Belorusskaya Metro Station take the dark-green Zamoskvoretskaya Line four stops south to Novokuznetskaya Station (see metro map), which is under five minutes walk from the Medea Hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kiev Station?
Take the dark-blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line from Keivskaya Metro Station two stops east to Ploshchad Revolyutsii (see metro map). Change here to the dark-green line and travel one stop south to Novokuznetskaya. The Medea Hotel is less than 100 meters from thr station. |
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Where can I park near the hotel?
The Medea Hotel has its own car park. |
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Where can I rent a car?
The Medea Hotel offers to arrange car rentals. Ask at reception for details |
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Where can I change money?
Unfortunately, the Medea Hotel does not have any banking or exchange services on site. There are numerous bureaux de change and ATMs near Novokuznetskaya and Tretyakovskaya Metro Stations. |
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How can I make international telephone calls?
The simplest way is to use an IP-telephony card, which you can buy in practically all of the citys kiosks. |
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Where can I get Internet access?
All of the hotels rooms have a high-speed Internet access port for laptop computers. If you dont have a laptop, there are Internet cafes all over the city. The biggest and perhaps most convenient is located in the underground shopping centre on Manezhnaya Ploshchad, which is reachable just over ten minutes walk from the Akvarel Hotel. |
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Does the hotel have satellite television?
All of the hotels rooms are equipped with satellite television. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Kremlin?
To get to the Kremlin from the Medea, all you have to do is take the metro one stop north from Novokuznetskaya Metro Station to Teatralnaya. Exit via Ploshchad Revolyutsii onto Manezhnaya Ploshchad, and you will find yourself right next to the entrance to Red Square and a few minutes walk from the Kremlin. It is also possible to walk there from the hotel, taking Pyatnitskaya Ulitsa, Ulitsa Bolshaya Ordyanka and the Bolshoi Moskvaretsky Bridge straight onto Red Square. The walk will take around 20 minutes. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Bolshoi Theater?
The Bolshoi Theater is a few minutes walk from Teatralnaya Metro Station, one stop north on the dark-green line from Novokuznetskaya, which in turn is under 100m from the Medea Hotel. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Tretyakov Gallery?
The Tretyakov Gallery is easily accessible on foot from the Medea Hotel. Walk left down Pyatnitskaya Ulitsa, right onto Klimentovskiy Pereulok, past Tretyakovskaya Metro Station, then left, right and right again, and you will find yourself at the gallery. The walk should take just over ten minutes. |
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Which visitor attractions are located near the hotel?
As well as the Tretyakov Gallery, the Zamoskvareche district is home to a number of beautiful historical churches, including the striking Church of the Resurrection on Kadashevskiy, one of the most famous examples of the Naryshkin Baroque style, which dates from 1687. Also of note are the 18th century Church of St. Clement, next to Tretyakovskaya Metro Station, and the Church of St. Greogory on Bolshaya Polyanka Ulitsa, which features silver domes and a riot of coloured towers, and was built by Peter the Greats father, Aleksei, in 1669. |
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