incl. Breakfast - HRS Rating: 6,7/10 - Maxima Zarya hotel is a well-priced 3-star hotel ... more
with European standards of service that assure a comfortable stay in the very heart of Russia. The cosy rooms are well appointed with modern bathrooms, well-equippe...
Location. The Maxima Zarya is located in a leafy north eastern district of Moscow, ... more
Russia, within four metres of the Ostankino Palace and the Botanical Gardens. The metro stations of Vladykino and Petrovsko Rasumovskaya are 500 metres away, just fiv...
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Location. The Maxima Zarya is located in a leafy north eastern district of Moscow, ... more
Russia, within four metres of the Ostankino Palace and the Botanical Gardens. The metro stations of Vladykino and Petrovsko Rasumovskaya are 500 metres away, just fiv...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Offering affordable accommodation, this hotel is just 3 minutes from Moscow's Botanical ... more
Gardens and combines friendly service with a quiet setting.Only a short walk from the metro station, Maxima Zarya Hotel provides business as well as leisure guests ...
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Advantages: A unique and interesting experience, some fascinating sights Disadvantages: Can be a confusing and not as beautiful as most European capital cities
General Impressions
Let me start this review by saying nothing in Moscow is easy. We spent a great deal of time in confusion! This is partly because of the language barrier. In France, Italy or Spain you can make out at least some of the written word or you find you actually remember something from school after all. Russian cyrillic is, however, incomprehensible to the English eye. Then there's the fact that Moscow isn't really set up for tourists at all. Nobody "tells" you anything. Nothing is signposted or explained. For example there did not appear to be a single sign pointing to the Lenin Mausoleum (and I wish I could tell you where he was now, but I still don't know, we never found him), the metro stations are often unmarked and unsigned and there is nothing explaining the three different types of ticket that can be bought ...
Tricia24 19.05.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Moscow (Russia)
Advantages: A unique cultural experience which you will never forget. A high "WOW!" factor. Disadvantages: Without local knowledge or a grasp of the language, it could possibly be pretty intimidating
One of my biggest regrets is never having to been to Berlin whilst the wall was up. Amanda, my wife, once managed to visit East Berlin - with no papers - but that's a different story! Since the demise of Communism, I've been behind the former Iron Curtain twice. On this occasion, we visited Moscow.
There's a lot to say about Moscow and I won't be able to say it all here, naturally - but I'll do my best to give an informative glimpse of this fantastic city. I can't comment on hotels because we're lucky enough to have friends who own a flat in Moscow, and that's where we stayed. Let me try to tempt you, anyway!
I guess the first thing to say is that the currency is a little confusing - in the sense that you're never quite sure whether to use US dollars or Russian roubles. Most of the time it's fairly obvious but it helps if you ...
Advantages: Fascinating city, diverse mix Disadvantages: Expensive, arbitary opening hours, queues
If you want a review to romance about Moscow and tell you about the glistening streets of the Arbat, you'll have to go elsewhere, because this review is aimed at telling you more practical hints for going to Moscow.
I only went for 5 days, so there will be lots of places that went unexplored but it's also a good amount of time to see all the major sites.
We flew with BA into Domodedovo airport and made the decision to take a taxi into the city. There is a train as well which takes about 45mins and which stops at a railway station out in the West. But we booked a cab at one of the stalls and it cost us about Ģ20. Not cheap but ok.
We stayed at the Radisson SAS Slayvanskaya, which is supposed to be a 5* hotel but wasn't extremely luxurious. It was quite expensive at Ģ100 a night but we wanted to have an International Brand name ...
