Budget Accommodation in Moscow

Don
Budget hotel near VDNKh metro. Single 550 to 780 rubles, double 670 to 900 rubles, half-lux 600-900 rubles. Advance bookings recommended. Cafe-restaurant, small conference hall, sauna, barber and hairdressers. A business center (Tel: 247-6274, ex. 5606, daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) offers copying, typing, interpreting and translation services, computers, Internet, fax, telephone and e-mail.
8 Yaroslavskaya Ul., Bldg. 4, Tel: 217-6786, M. VDNKh. Cards: none.

Izmailovo Complex
This huge complex of 28-floor towers, built for the 1980 Olympics, is located 15 kilometers from the center near Izmailovsky Park. Consists of the following hotels:
71 Izmailovskoye Shosse, M. Izmailovsky Park. www.izmailovo.ru

Alfa Five room categories, with or without breakfast. Prices range from 1,100 to 4,290 plus VAT. Advanced booking recommended. Breakfast buffet from 225 to 425 rubles. Business center (166-6309, servburo@alfa.lvl.ru) is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. They offer printing, copying, computer services, Internet, e-mail, fax, telephone and laminating. Tel: 166-0145/0136/63, www.alfa.lvl.ru. Cards: V. Beta Four room categories. Prices range from 660 to 2,184 rubles plus VAT and sales tax. Four restaurants featureing Russian and European cuisine. Numerous cafes and snackbars. Casino, beauty salon, hairdresser, Finnish sauna, bowling, conference hall fax and copying. Tel: 792-9911/13. Cards: V, MC. Gamma Four room categories. Prices ranging from 720 to 3,000 rubles, plus VAT. Four bars, four restaurants, gym, sauna, casino, concert hall, bowling. Service bureau and business center (166-4345) open 24 hrs with computers, Internet, fax, telephone, copying, mobile phone rental, taxiservices. Tel: 166-4345/4127, 737-7000. Cards: AE,MC,V,VE Delta Three standards of rooms: average, business class and first class. Average single rooms cost 525 rubles for Russian citizens, $36 for foreigners; double 592 rubles for Russian citizens, $40 for foreigners; half-lux 941 rubles single, 946 rubles double for Russians, $70 for foreigners single or double. Business-class: single 577 rubles for Russians, $50 for foreigners; double 742 rubles for Russians, $60 for foreigners; half-lux single 1,357 rubles, double 1,362 rubles for Russians; $90 for foreigners. First class: single 629 rubles, $60; double 846 rubles, $80; half-lux single 1,565 rubles, double 1,570 rubles, $100. Breakfast-buffet: 116 rubles for Russians or $4 for foreigners. Four bars, four restaurants, gym, sauna, casino, concert hall, bowling. Service Bureau and business-center (166-4345) open 24 hours with computers, Internet, fax, telephone, copying, mobile-phone rental. Tel: 166-4345, 737-7000, hotel@izmailovo.ru, www.izmailovo.ru. Cards: MC, V, AE, JCB, DC Vega Four room categories. Prices range from 900 to 5,600 rubles. Regular customers get discounts. Modern facilities. Numerous shops and kiosks, wine and beer bars, restaurants serving European and Russian fare. Sauna, barber shop, travel agency. Business center provides translators and interpreters. Secretaries and telecommunications services alailable upon request. Tel: 956-0506, www.hotel-vega.ru. Cards:All major except AE

Kievskaya
Single 470 to 640 rubles, double 500 to 1,020 rubles. Soviet 1950s building; cafe.
2 Kievskaya Ul., Tel: 240-1444/5378, M. Kievskaya. Cards: none.

Hotel Orlyonok
Twin or double room from $90. Executive suite $140. Aprtment with sauna for $250. Fifteen restaurants, bar, pool, sauna, bowling, casino, dentist, post office, 600-seat concert hall.
15 Ulitsa Kosygina, Tel: 939 8884, fax: 938 2200, M. Leninsky Prospekt. Cards: V, MC, AE

Prakash Guest House
Single $25 with breakfast; double $40 without breakfast. Indian-run, with space for 70 guests. In-room meal service including some Indian vegetarian options. Visa support, tours, guides, airport transfers, air conditioning. English speaking staff. Business center (raleks@misa.ru) open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with fax and telephone services, computer rental, e-mail, Internet, meeting space.
83/1 Profsoyuznaya Ul., Tel: 334-2598, M. Belyayevo; prakash@misa.ru. No cards.

Sayany
Single room 840 rubles, double rooms ranging from 500 to 2000 rubles. All prices include breakfast. Cafe and snackbar.
11 Yaroslavskoye Shosse, Tel: 188-4485, M. VDNKh (take bus No. 172 to Fedoskinskaya Ul. stop). Cards: none.

Sport Hotel
Single $29; double $31. Hotel services include air-conditioning, bar, continental breakfast, currency exchange, parking (paid), restaurant. Room services include a refrigerator, telephone, and TV.
90-2 Leninsky Prospekt, Tel: 737 6700, fax: 737 6720, M. Prospekt Vernadskogo. Cards: none.

Sputnik
Single with shower 925 rubles, double 1,015; with bath 1,260 and 1,340. Deluxe 2,360 to 4,300 rubles. Prices include breakfast. Two restaurants, cafe, souvenir shop. Located southwest of Moscow, 4 kilometers from the center.
38 Leninsky Prospekt, Tel: 930-2287/3097, M. Leninsky Prospekt; hsputnik@dol.ru, www.hotelsputnik.ru . Cards:All except AE.

Traveler's Guest House
Single/double $36 with bathroom shared between two rooms, double $48 with bathroom shared between two rooms, single/double room with bathroom $54, five-bed dormitory, $18 per person. Budget accommodation with private rooms and a private bath or shared bath plus five-bed dormitory rooms. English speaking staff, airport pickup and transfers, city tours and guides, visa support.
50 Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya Ul., 10th floor, Tel: 971-4059, fax 280-7686, M. Prospekt Mira; tgh@startravel.ru, www.infinity.ru/tgh. Cards. V, MC.

Tsentralnaya Hotel
Budget hotel located in the heart of Moscow, minutes away from Red Square and the Bolshoi Theater. Single with shared bathroom 500 rubles, including breakfast. Double 700 to 730 rubles with shared bathroom, 2,340 to 2,530 rubles with own bathroom. Foreigners pay a 20 ruble surcharge. Cafe.
10 Tverskaya Ul., Tel: 229-8957, M. Tverskaya. Cards: none.

Tsentralny Dom Turista
Single rooms $25, double $30. prices include breakfast. Bowling, nightclub, pool table, restaurant, bar, casino. Fax and telephone services, copying and laminating services from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
146 Leninsky Prospekt, Tel: 434-9467, M. Yugo-Zapadnaya; cityhouse@cityline.ru. Cards: all but AE.

Yunost
Single $38, double $40. Deluxe $52 to $80 including breakfast. Restaurant, cafe, bar, pharmacy, beauty salon, solarium, 400-seat conference hall.
34 Khamovnichesky Val, Tel: 242-4861, M. Sportivnaya. Cards: none.

Zoltoi Kolos
Single rooms 740 rubles, doubles 840 rubles. Double, 400 rubles for Russian citizens, 700 rubles for foreigners. 2 cafes, a bar and a pelmeni restaurant.
15 Yaroslavskaya Ul., Tel: 286-2703, M. VDNKh.
Cards: none.