Tourist Class Hotels in Moscow

As the name suggests, this 150-room 3-star hotel was originally built to service Sheremetyevo International Airport, in time for the 1980 Olympics, and is located next to the city bus terminal for airport links. About ten minutes' walk from the nearest metro station, with a journey time of around 15 minutes to the Kremlin, the Aeropolis is located in a pleasant residential area of north-west Moscow. Fully reconstructed in 1997, the Aeropolis offers simple, clean accommodation and little more, although ongoing renovation is improving services. »»»

Owned by the Russian Academy of Sciences, this large Soviet-era block just to the south of the central Garden Ring offers low-cost modern accommodation in a very convenient situation. Just south of Gorky Park, and with fast metro access to Red Square and the Kremlin, the Akademicheskaya has 277 rooms and suites, the majority of which have been renovated to conform to international standards. The hotel also offers modern conferencing venues and a full range of business support services. »»»

Among Moscow's more inexpensive 3-star hotels, the Bega Hotel has won a deserved reputation for providing comfortable, well equipped accommodation and unusually high levels of service at very reasonable rates. The Bega is located to the north-west of Moscow's city center, next to the elegant Central Hippodrome and a short drive from Belarussky Station. Facilities include 24-hour restaurant and conference hall for smaller business events. The Bega Hotel is within 15 minutes' walk of two metro stations. »»»

Offering the best location of any low-cost hotel in Moscow, the towering Belgrade Hotel stands right next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, very close to Moscow's famous Arbat pedestrian precinct. Built in 1973, the Belgrade offers 236 rooms and suites, many of which have been renovated to international standards. Unrenovated rooms represent excellent value for money. The Belgrade Hotel also has basic business support services, including a small conference hall, an on-site restaurant, and offers a standard range of concierge services. »»»

Built for the 1980 Olympic Games as a Soviet-French joint project, the vast, 25-storey Cosmos Hotel is in the process of renovating over 1,500 rooms and suites. Providing affordable mid-range accommodation and reasonably fast access to Moscow downtown, with a metro station right next to the hotel, the Cosmos has a wide range of guests services, including 24-hour business center and extensive conferencing facilities. The Cosmos Hotel also has an excellent fitness club, with 240-square-meter pool, as well as a casino and several nightclubs on-site. »»»

Part of the large Izmailovo Hotel Complex in historic Izmailovskiy Park, the Izmailovo Alfa offers simple, modern accommodation in 945 rooms and suites. The Izmailovo Alfa also has a recently opened business center with four large, new conference facilities. The hotel also offers several on-site restaurants and bars. Located at the edge of Izmailovskiy Park, the childhood home of Peter the Great, the hotel has excellent transport links, with a metro station just a few steps away, and journey-time to Red Square and the Kremlin around 20 minutes. »»»

Offering a similar level of basic but comfortable accommodation to the other hotels in the Izmailovo Complex, the Izmailovo Beta is a 959-room 3-star hotel with a surprisingly wide range of business and leisure facilities. Close to the metro, with Red Square and the Kremlin only 20 minutes' ride away, the Izmailovo Beta has an attractive location on the edge of historic Izmailovskiy Park, and a huge range of amenities nearby. »»»

The largest of the four hotels which make up the vast Izmailovo Hotel Complex, built for the Moscow Olympic Games, the Gamma offers reliable low-cost accommodation in a pleasant parkland setting, just a few steps from the metro, and with a journey-time of only 20 minutes to Red Square and the Kremlin. The Izmailovo Gamma has accommodation for 3,500 guests, ranging from basic budget rooms to fully renovated suites with modern technical amenities. The hotel also has a large fitness center and extensive conference facilities. »»»

Located in the north of Moscow in a pleasant residential area surrounded by historic parks, the Maxima Zarya offers comfortable and stylish standard accommodation in 198 rooms and suites, all with modern furniture and reasonable technical amenities. The hotel also has wide range of guest services, including a well equipped business center and full concierge services delivered by a friendly, multilingual staff. Other services are shared with the neighboring Maxima Irbis Hotel. The Maxima Zarya is under 10 minutes' from the nearest metro station. »»»

Built for the 1980 Olympics and recently given a thorough refit, the Molodyozhny Hotel is a modern tourist-class hotel offering 220 low-cost rooms and suites, as well as a wide range of business services including two modern meeting spaces, and a large choice of on-site dining options. Located in northern Moscow, the Molodyozhny Hotel is around 8km from the Kremlin and reasonably convenient for Sheremetyevo Airport. The Molodyozhny is also under ten minutes' walk from the metro. »»»