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The classy rooms, graced with high ceilings and
Master and Margarita
-inspired art, are as
good as it gets in Moscow for this price, especially considering the primo location. The
bathrooms are tiny but they are private. Enter the courtyard from Plotnikov per and use en-
trance No 2.
HOTEL
PEOPLE HOTEL
without bathroom R2690/3290; ; Smolenskaya)
This delightful option occupies three wings in a stately neoclassical palace, just outside the
Garden Ring. Rooms are small and sparse, walls are thin, and house cleaning comes every
third day. But the sunlit, modern rooms represent rare good value in Moscow, and there is a
nice kitchen and lounge for common use. Summer nights can be hot with no air-con.
HOTEL
KEBUR PALACE
13,000; ; Kropotkinskaya)
and in this refined four-star hotel under the same management. With 80 rooms, the hotel of-
fers an intimate atmosphere and personalised service. There are also a few small single
rooms (R6600 to R9950) - ask for one with a balcony overlooking the fountain-filled patio.
HOTEL
ARBAT HOTEL
R10,000/11,500; ; Smolenskaya)
One of the few hotels that manages to preserve some appealing Soviet camp - from the
greenery-filled lobby to the mirrors behind the bar. The guestrooms are decorated tastefully
and comfortably, but the whole place has an anachronistic charm. Its location is excellent -
a quiet residential street, just steps from the Arbat. Prices decrease by 40% on weekends.
HISTORIC HOTEL
RADISSON ROYAL
495-221 5555;
www.radissonblu.com
; Kutuzovsky pr 2/1; r from R11,000;
; Kievskaya)
Housed in one of Stalin's Seven Sisters, this bombastic beauty sits majestically on the banks
of the Moscow River facing the White House. The place has retained its old-fashioned os-
tentation, with crystal chandeliers, polished marble and a thematic ceiling fresco in the
