Western European Russia
This centrally located budget option is discretely hidden away inside an apartment block without signage. Rooms are comfortable and equipped with speedy…
Must-see hotels in Russia
Western Siberia
In the eye-catching rounded end of the vaguely ship-shaped art-deco river station, the Mayak has small, modish rooms with artistic lines and good…
Western European Russia
This nine-storey monstrosity is unmissable: it's the colour of a smurf and sits next to the city park. It offers decrepit unrenovated rooms or better…
Western European Russia
Next to the bus station and across from the impressive WWII monument in Pobedy pl, this Soviet relic offers small, well-worn and oft-smoky rooms. The…
Vladivostok
This old-school Soviet hotel has decent and clean midrange rooms that are fairly spacious but minimally equipped. Book an upper-floor even-numbered room…
Kamchatka
The Art Hotel is a cheerful though rather pricey place in the centre of town; some rooms have a private sauna and all are comfortable and spacious. There…
Northern European Russia
Neat, presentable rooms shaped like pie slices in a circular building with balconies near the lake. Theatrical motifs are apt, given its location in the…
Northern European Russia
This friendly hostel is on the third floor of a rundown office building, but don't let the unappealing exterior put you off. The color-coded dorms are…
Western Siberia
Right behind a Dostoyevsky statue, this large hotel has spacious rooms that are a tad overdone with velvet curtains, satin bedspreads and the like, but at…
Western European Russia
Overlook the nouveau-riche decorative touches: this midsized hotel, restaurant and business complex is a decent option right near Peace Sq, and its 'ye…
Moscow
Small but satisfactory rooms, plus a fitness centre and billiards room. Discounts available with advanced booking. All prices include transfers to and…
Western European Russia
Affiliated with Izborsk Museum, this bucolic guesthouse overlooks the valley from beneath the back of the fortress. The two-room lyux suite has a broad…
St Petersburg
Handy for the Hermitage and a slight cut above the average mini-hotel, this eight-room property has small rooms with exposed brick walls as a feature,…
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Although the bus station location isn't ideal, Edelveis deserves high marks for friendliness (some staff speak English) and its old-fashioned but comfy…
St Petersburg
Yes, it's comfortable> But with all rooms decorated in a simple style with indifferent and rather cheap furniture, it's hardly memorable. The location is…
Western European Russia
The Seliger offers a wide range of pleasant, reasonably priced rooms in a central location. The complex has a billiards hall, as well as a popular club…
Northern European Russia
Compact, wood-panelled, mosquito-net-equipped rooms, most with equally compact bathrooms. Decent wi-fi. Cheapies share clean facilities. Also has a good…
Yakutsk
This place has bright, pleasantly furnished rooms (with mint green walls), but like other traditional hotels in Yakutsk, it’s pricey for what you get. No…
Western Siberia
Clean and friendly. The location is utterly impractical for visiting the city, but ideal if you’re arriving late or waiting for an early-morning…
St Petersburg
One of many central branches of the ubiquitous hostel chain, the Nevsky Friends has closet-sized rooms with bold design touches. Not for the…
Western European Russia
This well-maintained hotel is a solid option with functional, basic rooms. It also houses a decent restaurant that passes for fancy around these parts.
Western Siberia
The sparkling ensuite resting rooms in Novokuznetsk's flashy train station are a logical place to lay your head if laying over in Novokuznetsk.
Western European Russia
These typical Soviet digs are very central, and the hotel has an attached cafe open to 11pm. Rooms are basic but functional and there's wi-fi.
Moscow
Most flats offered by this booking agency are centrally located, with internet access, satellite TV and unlimited international phone calls.
Russian Far East
A 10-minute walk from the train station, this eight-storey Soviet-era beast has decently renovated rooms and surprisingly friendly staff.
Western European Russia
Simple, Soviet-style hotel close to the bus station with basic but functional rooms and free wi-fi. Note: there's no lift.
Western Siberia
Spacious and with en suites, these are some of the best train station rooms we've seen in Siberia.
Moscow
Catering mostly to business travellers, Intermark rents apartments in the city centre.
Northern European Russia
The landing may look like something out of The Green Mile and the decor may be firmly Soviet, but the basic rooms are clean enough (the priciest have…
Western Siberia
The New Tobol looks like a shopping centre from the outside and things don't get much better on the inside. Rooms are dark and dated with generic…
Russian Far East
This basic and not terribly friendly place has three dorm rooms with lino floors and a shared kitchen. It's just one block east of the bus station and…
Northern European Russia
Once a 19th-century inn, the Peterburgskaya Hostel is located in a large wooden building beside the monastery walls and its range of spartan rooms caters…
Northern European Russia
Neat, clean shared rooms in the courtyard building across the street from the railway station. There are two twins and a triple, all of which can be…
Western Siberia
This compact hotel near the Vostok has somewhat run-down and anonymous rooms with shower booths. There are much better deals to be found.
Western European Russia
Good for a budget rest, you'll find these rooms in the train station's left wing. Booking in advance costs R100 extra.
Russian Far East
These simple train station rooms are probably the best option for a quick visit. It’s an easy walk from the centre.
Russian Far East
A clean and basic option inside the train station if you need a break from sleeping on trains.
Western Siberia
If you get stuck in Tashtagol the ensuite resting rooms above the bus station are an option.
Russian Far East
Comfy and clean dorm rooms in the train station. Shower available for nonguests (R150).
Western European Russia
Typical train-station digs; for stays over three days, prices go up by 50%.
