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lisi
18 yrs ago
CAN anyone please tell me how to find budget accomendation in Moscow and St. Petersburg? I intend to go on July. 3 days in Moscow and 3 days in St. Pete. Thanks at advance.
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Lisi, what sort of budget - remember, Russian budget hotels are not your average European budget hotels. The main travel agency in Russia in Intourist
http://www.intourist.com/ENG/index.shtml
try their web for hotel booking/ I presume you have your visa sorted out as well? If not - you need hotel bookings etc for it - I suspect Intourist can help you with that as well.
I am russian (from Moscow originally) - so pm me if you have any questions. Have fun, St Pete is fabulous and Moscow is great fun.
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otherwise there are a lot of agencies dealing with Russian hotels - here are just a couple - but do a search.
http://www.destinationrussia.com/
http://www.allrussiahotels.com/
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lisi
18 yrs ago
Idllvn, tks a lot for yr info. I'm looking for something below USD 80. And also try to find a local tour in Moscow and St. Pete. Do u know any? What is the best way to go to St.Pete from Moscow or other way around? :)
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sorry, dont know of any tours - your hotel is quite likely to offer then. But otherwise - Intourist. The best way between St P and M is the overnight train - this way your dont lose half day traveling and save on 1 night hotel! It is called Red arrow, leaves from Moscow town center at around midnight and gets in into St Pete's center at 8 am - perfect. You can get 1st class - 2 beds compartment or 2nd class - 4 bed ones (berths? whatever they are called). Not expensive - also of course there is 3rd class, but i would not personally do it... you can get tickets at the train station - pop in there as soon as you get to moscow. there will be plenty of foreigners on the train, and generally it is pretty safe...
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lisi
18 yrs ago
can u suggest any hotel or hostel downtown in Moscow and in St. Petersbeurg? They're all seems very expensive. Tks again.
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sorry, no, never stayed as i always stay with my mother and most friends who visited stayed in 4-5 star places around Red square i am afraid. I am happy to tell you where it is located, if you find a hotel in your budget and let me know the address. Also - beware, I think last year Moscow toped the "most expensive cities in the world" list - ahead of Tokyo, London etc - so be prepared...
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here is an agency in hk dealing with Russia - try them? good luck
http://cistour.com/cis/index.php?Lang=1&
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lisi
18 yrs ago
Idsllvn, seems very expensive. Will try to find out about the hotel location.
BTW, does anybody interest to join me so to share the cost etc. Leaving on mid of July, single female. Drop me a line. :)
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well, as it always happens with "progress" there is was very reasonable (alas, rather ugly) hotel bang on next to Red square, was there for something like 30-40 yrs and of course now they knocked it down to build yep another, extreme luxury hotel....
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lisi
18 yrs ago
Hi Idsllvn, do u know the station of Belarusskaja. Is it in central location and safe area? Tks.
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Belarusskaya is Nord/West of Red Square, just at the end of Tverskaya Ulitsa (on the way to the Sheremetyevo Airport). It's considered as citycentre.
It's a good choice if you want to move by public transportation (has metro station with several lines, train station). In the surrounds you have Holiday Inn, many restaruants and nightclubs, 24hrs shops, and so on.
Concerning the safety, as being "hub" for train and metro trasportation, at nigth time it's not the best place to be since you can meet homeless and drunk people but police often patrols "hot" areas.
Anyway being in Moscow for the first time make you feel like landed into a "unsafe place" (huge dark streets, bad faces, cars with tinted windows). As italian, I wouldn't consider Moscow much dangerous than other european capital cities, but if you're asian I just recommend you to stay away from young locals in crowded places since (specially drunk) Russian are often hostile vs. people different than their race.
About the hotel rates, I think you wont find any decent accomodation below 130 EUR (200 USD) per night.
The "last" acceptable budget hotel in the centre was Hotel Rossiya, just facing to Red Square (now demolished to be replaced with five stars buildings). All the cheap hotels have "sovietic" standards and/or faraway...
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belarusskaja is not too bad - you can even walk to Red sq - i have done it before - will takes around 40-45 straight down Tverskaya - main st...
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lisi
18 yrs ago
Thanks to both, which area will you suggest to stay? What station for most convenience?
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anywhere near Tverskaya st is good - obviously the end towards Red square is better, more central. Underground (Metro) in Moscow is excellent tho so you can get anywhere with no problems really... here are names of some of the stations around Red square: Tveskaya, Teatralnaya, Borovitskaya. Around Arbatskaya is good as well.... Good luck
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lisi
18 yrs ago
Hi Idsllvn, I've managed to find a place to stay near by metro Belarusskaya, can u pls tell me the best way to get there from airport? Is there any direct train or bus to this station? Or I hv to change train in between? Tks again.
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which airport you are going to? If it is Domodedovo, there is a fast train into town - and then just jump on the metro. If it is Sheremetievo - a bit trickier - grab a bus to metro station Rechnoi Voksal, then take Metro - should be green line and should go directly to Belarusskaya - maybe something like 10 stops - should not take more than 30 min.. have fun!!
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lisi
18 yrs ago
Hi Idsllvn, Hi Geco4u, will leave on Monday. Tks very much for all info and advice. Am looking forward to being there.
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