Moderately Priced Hotels (3 Stars) in Moscow, Russia

Note: The prices (in $ US) given are per room, not per person (unless other prices are used by the hotel). The hotels are listed in alphabetic order. If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please, send it to us through the Feedback form.

Hotels in Central Moscow:

You may also be interested in reading our reviews of the following central 4- and 5-star hotels that offer rooms for less than $200 per night: Arbat Hotel, Art Hotel, and Katerina Hotel


Belgrade Hotel  
A modern building located just opposite to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the very center of Moscow, not far from Arbat touristic street, USA and UK embassies.. Friendly English speaking staff and polite security. There are two categories of the rooms: "renovated" (with

Nice, but small...

luxury furniture) and "old style" (old furniture, smaller rooms). There are
several types of renovated rooms: Tourist (double or single) - $120,
Business - $160, Juniuor Suit - $200, Suit - $220, Suit King Size - $250. "Old style" rooms: Double - $90, Single - $90. The "old style" rooms are clean and nice (see the photos), however a bit tiny. During the high season "old
style" rooms have to be booked beforehand. Breakfast is available for additional
$7.5 in the local restaurant and there are many good restaurants and cafes around for any budget, many of which are opened 24 hours a day.

Address: Smolenskaya ul., 8 View Map
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Area: nearest subway station- Smolenskaya - 5 mins - opposite Ministry of Foreign Affair (Stalin skyscraper building).
Contact: Tel.: (+7 495 248-1643, 248-1676. Fax: 248-2814. Web:
http://www.hotel-belgrad.ru/

Budapest Hotel   
The Hotel Budapest is a strange entity. It appears to once have been quite a grand hotel, yet for some reason has failed to modernize properly. While some efforts have been made, mainly in the area of upgrading the technological facilities, remnants of its Soviet past are still evident. The receptionists are efficient enough but are stern-faced. The rooms and floors have been renovated but a musty smell still clings to the building and the interior looks dated. The almost elegant design of the reception area could have been considered stunning about forty years ago.
With that said, the hotel does not charge the extortionate prices you would expect given its stellar location less than ten minutes walk from Red Square. Single standards cost $160 (130 euros) while doubles are $230 (180 euros) and there is a 20% discount on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Continental breakfast is included and served in the rooms as there is no restaurant. There are three conference halls, a business center and two bars. Wi-Fi access is available and there is satellite TV, a safe, mini-bar and telephone in each room. All major credit cards are accepted. The hotel also offers visa registration. Interestingly, the hotel was opened and named in honor of the Hungarian capital by Soviet decree in 1956, the year of the Hungarian Revolt…

Address: Petrovskie Linii Ulitsa, #2, Bldg. 18 View Map
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Contact: Phone: +7 (495) 105-3050, Website: www.hotel-budapest.ru, Email: reservations@hotel-budapest.ru
Area: Central Moscow, metro Kuznetsky Most (violet line). From the metro walk straight down the hill along Kuznetsky Most and take the first right into Neglinnaya Ulitsa. Petrovskie Linii Ulitsa is the first street on the left.

East-West Hotel
Quite nice, very central, but usually fully booked 3-star hotel just near

Photo by East West

Tverskaya street. There only a few rooms and a cozy restaurant with Russian and European cuisine, bar on the 2nd floor, business center, sauna, laundry, conference room, and deposit safes. A single room costs about $150 US, a double is about $180 US.
Address: Tverskoy Boulevard, 14, bld 4. View Map
Contact: Tel.: (+7 495 290-0404, 232-2857, Fax: (+7 495 956-3027.
Web: http://www.col.ru/east-west

Intourist Hotel
The most overpriced hotel in Moscow is being rebuilt at the moment and is a big construction site now. By 2010 new a 5-star hotel will be built at its place.


Minsk Hotel
The cheapest single room is 850 R ($29), the cheapest double 1000 R ($33), most of the single rooms are for $70, and doubles for $80.
A run-down soviet style 3-star hotel with crappy, 'used', and uncomfortable rooms, a rude staff, and a superb location.
Address: Tverskaya Ul., #22. View Map
Contacts: phone +7 (495) 299-1213, fax: +7 (495) 299-0362, email: minck@chat.ru / Area: Tverskaya, metro Pushkinskaya (violet), Tverskaya (green).

Moskva Hotel
What used to be one of the two moderately priced hotels in Moscow center is now closed for reconstuction. By 2007 there should be a new 5-star luxury hotel at this place.

Pallada Hotel
Single rooms are $60, and $48 fri-mon, double - $80 and $64 fri-mon. Visa, MasterCard, Diner's are accepted. There's a bar where you can have a breakfast for $2.
The usual brown nasty building where the hotel is located, looks more like a prison or a factory, but turns out to be a modern hotel inside. Located in a calm area in suburbs, it's near the famous Moscow fair "Konkovo" where cheap clothes are sold. So there are many people in metro especially on the weekends and many pickpockets in the area, be cautious.
The staff is very polite. The hotel is very clean. Perhaps the best quality in this cathegory.
Address: Ostrovityanova ulitsa, #14.
Contacts: phone +7 (495) 336-0545 / fax +7 (495) 336-9602 / e-mail pallada@cityline.ru / internet http://www.pallada.ct.ru/
Area: south Moscow, metro Konkovo (orange line) (last car from center). Turn left as you exit the metro, and go in this direction for approximately 10 minutes until a small brown building appears on your left.

Rossiya Hotel
Rossiya is closed for reconstruction, which means that before 2010 there won't be an affordable 3-star hotel in Moscow.
Address: Varvarka ulitsa, #6. View Map
Contacts: phone +7 (495) 232-5000,.232-6046 (reservations), 232-5200 (information about the guests). fax: +7 (495) 232-6283.
Area: Kitai Gorod, metro Kitay Gorod (orange or violet line) As you leave the station you will see the big grey building which is higher than any in that area - just walk towards it (7 mins).

Tbilisi Hotel
Standard rooms cost $90 (2600r) for single and $105 (2900r) for double while the renovated rooms are $110 (3100r) for single and $130 (3700r) for double. The

The standard double room - Tbilisi Hotel

standard rooms have wooden floors and grimy bathrooms but the renovated rooms are decent. Breakfast is not included in the prices and only cash (rubles) is accepted for payment. There is an ATM in the foyer. The Tbilisi guest house caters especially to guests of the Georgian embassy but attracts people from a variety of countries and is staffed by English-speaking receptionists.
The hotel has no internet or business facilities. On the bright side the restaurant is quite cheap, the reception is nicely decorated in Georgian style and the television has both Russian and Georgian channels! The hotel is only ten minutes walk from Stary Arbat street and Arbatskaya metro and a bit more to Tverskaya street and Pushkinskaya square. Not a bad place if that location is important to you. Just don’t expect anything too lavish.

Address: Skatertny Pereulok, #13. View Map
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Contacts: phone +7 (495) 202-5136 (reservations) or gdtbilisi@mail.ru
Area: Area: Central Moscow, metro Arbatskaya (dark blue line). From the metro exit walk to the left, use the underpass to cross under the boulevard in front of you and then another underpass to cross Novy Arbat Ulitsa to your right. Merzlyakov Pereulok will be just to your left. Walk up it and turn down the second street on the left (Skatertny Pereulok).

Ukraina Hotel
Not bad, 4-star hotel located on the shore of Moscow river in one of the seven Stalin's skyscrapers - the famous Moscow landmark built in 1950s. The Russian White House is on the opposite side of the Moscow river and the exhibition center Expocenter is within

Photo by Viarita Travel

a walking distance. Within a short taxi ride there's also the USA and UK embassies, and lots of bars and restaurants.
The hotel could exist on its own: you'll find 5 restaurants, hairdressers, local doctor, travel agency, grocery store etc. all inside the same building.
There are four types of rooms: standard rooms ($105 for a single, $115 for a double), standard rooms with a king-size bed ($110 for a single, $120 for a double, renovated room ($160 for a single, $180 for a double), and apartment suite ($200 for a single, $210 for double, $270 for 4 people).
The standard rooms have Soviet-style interior, which may seem outdated, but has its own style. Renovated rooms are an attempt to introduce some western influences into the interior. Apartment suites are western standard.
Although the rooms are not outstanding, you're also paying for a chance to stay in this historical building and the price is quite OK for the Moscow center.
If you want to get the most for your money, ask the rooms that were renovated recently and have a good view when you book.
Overall, Ukraine hotel is perhaps the best quality, price, and location in this category. Belgrade hotel, which is nearby, is also a good option.

Address: Kutuzovski prospekt, #2/1. View Map
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Contacts: phone: +7 (495) 933-5656, 243-3030/3246/2596. fax: +7 (495) 933-6978, 243-3092. email: reserv@ukraina-hotel.ru internet: http://www.ukraina-hotel.ru/
Area: Arbat (west center), metro: Krasnopresnenskaya (10 mins), Smolenskaya (10 mins), Kievskaya (10 mins).

Hotels in North Moscow:
 

Altay Hotel
The Altay Hotel is an impressive sight from the outside, set in a beautiful, old building. The reception area is quite classy in an understated way and is staffed by a number of friendly English-speaking receptionists. The floors look a bit dated but are clean and tidy.

Renovated double - Altay Hotel

Address: Botanicheskaya Ulitsa, #41
Contact: Phone: +7 (495) 482-2797 (reservations); +7 (495) 482-5703 (information), Website: www.altay-hotel.ru
Area: North Moscow, five minutes walk straight down Ulitsa Botanicheskaya from metro Vladykino (grey line). You’ll see it right after passing under the highway.

Cosmos Hotel
A massive 25-storey building of the 4-star Cosmos Hotel with its extraordinary appearance of a semi-circle dominates the area of Ostankino (north-east of Moscow) with its TV-tower, botanical garden, the Cosmonautics Museum and the All-Russia Exhibition Center just in front of the hotel.
Cosmos hotel provides a variety of services and facilities including laundry, travel and business services.

Photo provided by Cosmos Hotel - this is their "Club" room - other rooms are not as good.

The hotel is also full of shops, bars, and restaurants, among which "Kalinka" is the most famous one.
There areeight types of rooms in the Cosmos hotel which are all equipped with fridges, alcoholic or non-alcoholic mini-bars, telephones with bathroom extension, TV with international and Russian satellite channels and Internet access facility (only slow dial-up connection).
Comfortable Standard Single – $100 / Twin – $120 (one bedroom with a fully equipped bathroom).
Semi de Luxe (Junior Suite) – $180 (two adjoining rooms with leather soft furniture and natural wooden furniture; a bathroom).
De Luxe – $250 (two separate rooms with soft leather furniture: a drawing room and a bedroom; two bathrooms).
VIP Suite – $290 (a fully refurbished two-room apartment with soft furniture).
Suite – $300 (three separate rooms with soft furniture: a drawing room, a bedroom, a study; two bathrooms and a lavatory).
And also the Cosmos Club, which is spanned over top two floors and preferred by foreigners. It has three types of rooms all of which are equipped with non-touch door locks, hair-dryers in the bathrooms and nicely furnished in European traditions: Club Standard Single – $140 / Twin – $160 , Club de Luxe – $290 . Breakfast for the Cosmos Club guests is served on the 25th floor in the Planet Cosmos restaurant with a panoramic view of Moscow from a 99-meter height.
The nearest to the hotel metro station is VDNH (you have just to cross the road). And it will take you about 15 minutes to get to the very center of the city.

Address: Prospect Mira, 150 (metro VDNKh - orange line, north). Tel: +7 495 234 10 00 Fax: 215 88 80:

Irbis Hotel
The building is the same design as the rest of the hotels on this street: big and made out of red brick. The reception area, which is still under renovation, features an ATM and currency exchange with good rates. The receptionists are helpful and speak good English. Each floor is nicely decorated in a different style. The standard rooms are basic in terms of furnishings but are comfortable, clean and attractive. Some of the extra trimmings include a hot and cold water filter, free tea and coffee, a cheap and well-stocked mini-bar and larger televisions than you would normally find in a three star hotel. The executive suites are well-equipped and impressive. Standard singles cost $80 (2400r) while standard doubles are $110 (3000r). The better suites start at $150 (4300 rubles). A buffet breakfast is included in the price and all major credit cards are accepted. The hotel also has a conference hall and a business center with internet for ($1.5) 50 rubles per half hour.

Address: Gostinichnaya Ulitsa, #1, Bldg. 12
Contact: Phone: +7 (495) 788-7277, Website: www.maximahotels.ru, Email: rent@maximahotels.ru
Area: North Moscow, metro Vladykino. Directions same as for Hotel Vostok.