Black Sea Coast
This newish option is small and friendly, offering excellent value right on the seafront. The rooms are spacious and stylish, in a Gothic sort of way. Big…
Must-see hotels in Russia
Western European Russia
A comfortable and cosy hotel offering clean, spacious rooms in peaceful wooded surrounds 1.5km from Tolstoy's estate. The bus will drop you at the main…
Vladivostok
Enjoying a great location on the Arbat, this quirky and well-designed place combines an art gallery, cafe and small hostel. There's just one dorm with six…
St Petersburg
This charming small hotel is a consistent traveller favourite due to its smiling, helpful staff who really go out of their way for guests. Its spacious,…
Russian Far East
Definitely one of the city's best options, this smart business hotel has large rooms, modern bathrooms and all the creature comforts you'd expect at the…
Northern European Russia
A 15-minute walk from the centre, this lakeside hotel's bright and comfortable rooms all have terraces. There is also a good restaurant on the 1st floor…
Western European Russia
This mega-central hotel is housed in a pure-white 18th-century building. The interior is equally attractive, with spacious, squeaky-clean rooms and…
Western European Russia
Just 500m from the monastery and offering city-style service, this hotel is your best option in Pechory. Rooms are small and basic. Some standard rooms…
Northern European Russia
This bustling multistorey tower feels a little like an upmarket clinic, with a health-spa complex offering various massages, baths and beauty treatments…
Northern European Russia
Appealing business hotel with a cracking location overlooking the Dvina. The compact, modern rooms are particularly well geared towards solo travellers…
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Right in the centre of the city, Hostel 24 has clean dorms with wood floors and simple colour schemes, with four to 12 beds in each. A private twin is…
Western European Russia
With a prime position in the shadow of the kremlin, this intimate hotel, in an unmissable peach building, offers pleasant, spacious and reasonably priced…
Northern European Russia
This two-floor log cabin hotel is right on the bank of Lake Lekshmo and has great views. The cosy, compact rooms have shared bathrooms and toilets. There…
Western European Russia
Overlooking the Tmaka River, Hotel Volga is a good choice for friendly service and comfortable, if somewhat dated, rooms. Request a river-view room and…
St Petersburg
Its Ukranian country-cottage style – all pretty patchwork quilts, pillows and dried flowers – puts this well-located mini-hotel in a grade of its own…
Western European Russia
This modern boutique-style hotel offers spacious rooms, a good buffet breakfast and exceptionally helpful English-speaking staff. It's a 15- to 20-minute…
Western European Russia
A touch of grandeur remains in the distinguished exterior, public areas and lyux (suite) rooms of this historic hotel opposite Peace Sq. It's not quite as…
Western Siberia
The always-reliable Ibis shuns Soviet dimensions and has the classic bright and cheery look the Ibis chain is known for. Staff are efficient and all up it…
St Petersburg
This appealing branch of the popular, well-designed hostel chain has a great location with a superb view of the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood…
St Petersburg
The most central of a city-wide chain of small, modern hotels that are handy for short or business stays. Functional rooms pop with bright citrus coloured…
Western European Russia
Overlooking a grassy square, this old Intourist offers modern, renovated rooms with small bathtubs. Some of the friendly staff speak English. Buffet…
Northern European Russia
The rooms at this boutiquey hotel are designed to imitate a romantic 19th-century fantasy without actually investing in period furniture. Extra …
Northern European Russia
This new hotel still has that just-opened sheen and the compact, flowery rooms are good value. It is tucked away in a courtyard, just a short walk from…
Moscow
For a truly authentic (and affordable) experience, stay in a Russian family's apartment (with or without the family). This long-standing agency offers…
Western European Russia
This mini-hotel on the 4th and 5th floors of a business centre has comfy modern rooms that you'll probably spend very little time in, given its proximity…
Northern European Russia
Uyutnyy Dom consists of several fully equipped apartments for two to four people, all within a few minutes' walk from the pier. Ideal for self-caterers…
Northern European Russia
This centrally located brick hotel has modern rooms ideal for couples, groups and families. There's functioning wi-fi and a restaurant serving a mix of…
Kamchatka
Run by the friendly Dima and Olga, this thoroughly local-style hostel inside a wooden house makes for a great introduction to Kamchatka, with cosy rooms…
Western European Russia
The Epos offers clean, modern and spacious rooms, and the lake is a mere stroll away. The restaurant (mains from R450) serves decent renditions of the…
Northern European Russia
A tasteful alternative to traditional Valaam accommodation. From the outside, it looks more like a stately home than a monks’ cloister. Rooms are modest,…
Western European Russia
The Bazilik is a small guesthouse with basic but comfortable-enough rooms, a communal kitchen and a stellar location just 400m from the town centre (pl…
St Petersburg
Social, party-oriented hostel that's part of the ubiquitous Friends chain. Rooms are decorated in the chain's trademark colourful, somewhat whimsical…
Northern European Russia
Located right next to the train and bus stations, Hotel Vologda offers unspectacular, but comfortable rooms. Also has a decent cafe (main from R240).
Moscow
Slick apartments in central locations on Tverskaya or Novy Arbat. Services such as airport pick-up and visa support are included in the price.
St Petersburg
A modern hotel with 26 comfortable and well-equipped rooms that have a dash of style and are reasonably priced. Warm staff add to the appeal.
Russia
In business since 1990, HOFA arranges homestays and apartment rentals in major Russian cities and around Lake Baikal.
St Petersburg
Branch of the popular, well-designed hostel chain with small, clean rooms and an excellent location.
Northern European Russia
Right by the lake, this tourist complex's comfortable rooms have their own kitchens.
Western European Russia
Frankly, this place is bit of a relic and on the down-and-out side (complete with strong sewage smell from the bathrooms), but it has clean rooms, English…
Moscow
It feels a little sketchy when you enter through the courtyard, off a side street in the heart of Kitay Gorod. The surrounding buildings are rather…
