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dawn7666 · Just Starting Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

With location not so much a concern, although I do want it convenient to get to and somewhat near to things in the city, but trying to keep the price below $200 a night, what do you know about any of these hotels?
Izmailovo Gamma-Delta, Maxima Irbis or Slavinia, Borodino, Soveitysky, Kebur Palace, Budapest, Cosmos, Okhotnik, Peking, or Planernoe. Places to eat nearby is a facotr. And I don't speak Russian.
Thanks.

danbrew · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject:

The Gamma Delta is ok - on par with a super large Holiday Inn in the US. Lots to eat nearby, very close to the metro and probably 15 minutes from the Kremlin via the metro. There are a number of towers in this hotel complex (and complex is the right word) - some are better than others. I've never stayed at the Gamma Delta, but search through the archives here for more info:

http://waytorussia.net/search/results.html?cx=001235435800054642067%3Ayu-qmwdgegq&cof=FORID%3A11&q=Gamma+Delta#1735

And this:

http://www.waytorussia.net/Moscow/AccommodationIn.html

It is a budget hotel and a good option.

I am also very much a fan of the Marriott properties in Moscow - the Aurora, the Grand, the Marriott Courtyard, and Marriott Tverskaya. These places are pretty expensive, but you can generally get great deals using Marriott frequent guest points. I've stayed for a week at 3 of the 4 above and would have paid $3000+ for the room, but ended up spending about $1000 as I used Marriott points. The trick is to go out and buy points at the Marriott site - you can buy 10,000 for something like $125. A five night stay is about 80,000 points. They do have limits on how many points you can buy in a year, so you'll likely have to have some points already in order to pull this off, but it is a *great* deal if you have Marriott points. These hotels are all very central and the Courtyard is a 10 minute walk from the Kremlin.

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BrianR