While it is only a short metro ride to most of Moscow's major visitor attractions from the Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre, there are few sights of interest in the immediate vicinity of the hotel.
The possible exceptions are the Central Moscow Hippodrome (across the road from the hotel) which, as well as having the dubious honor of being Russia's premier racetrack and home to the Russian Derby, also boasts some spectacularly ornate buildings, a mixture of late 19th century and Stalinist architecture, which are certainly worth having a quick look out.
For devoted football fans, it may also be worth checking out Dynamo Stadium, home ground of FC Dynamo Moscow, which is just behind Dinamo Metro Station. The club, historically connected to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is in the Russian premier league and has an illustrious history, although it has been surpassed by Moscow's other three sides in recent decades. There is a small museum attached to the stadium telling the story of the club's history.
Past the stadium along Leningradskiy Prospekt stands the Petrovskiy Traveling Palace, built 1776-1780 by Matvey Kazakov on the orders of Catherine the Great as a waypoint for travelers on the road to/from St. Petersburg. A striking piece of neo-gothic architecture, it now serves as a luxury hotel.
The possible exceptions are the Central Moscow Hippodrome (across the road from the hotel) which, as well as having the dubious honor of being Russia's premier racetrack and home to the Russian Derby, also boasts some spectacularly ornate buildings, a mixture of late 19th century and Stalinist architecture, which are certainly worth having a quick look out.
For devoted football fans, it may also be worth checking out Dynamo Stadium, home ground of FC Dynamo Moscow, which is just behind Dinamo Metro Station. The club, historically connected to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is in the Russian premier league and has an illustrious history, although it has been surpassed by Moscow's other three sides in recent decades. There is a small museum attached to the stadium telling the story of the club's history.
Past the stadium along Leningradskiy Prospekt stands the Petrovskiy Traveling Palace, built 1776-1780 by Matvey Kazakov on the orders of Catherine the Great as a waypoint for travelers on the road to/from St. Petersburg. A striking piece of neo-gothic architecture, it now serves as a luxury hotel.
