Nearest metro: Chistye Prudy
The A1 Hotel is situated within Moscow's central Boulevard Ring, around 1km east of Red Square and the Kremlin, on a peaceful side street. The nearest metro station to the hotel, Chistye Prudy, is around 400m from the hotel. From there it is three stops to Biblioteka im. Lenina, right next to the Kremlin's main visitor entrance, and two stops in the opposite direction to Komsomolskaya, for Leningradsky, Kazansky, and Yaroslavsky Railway Stations.All three mainline stations can easily be reached from the A1 Hotel in 10-15 minutes by taxi, as can Kursky Station. Moscow's other mainline stations are within 30 minutes' drive.
Sheremetyevo Airport is roughly 27km from the A1 Hotel, and the journey by taxi or transfer will take 40-70 minutes. Vnukovo is a couple of kilometers further away, while Domodedovo is about 37km from the hotel, and the drive to/from the airport will take 60-80 minutes.
Local Sightseeing
The A1 Hotel is within walking distance of many of Moscow's most popular downtown attractions, including Red Square and the Kremlin (20-25 minutes). In the immediate vicinity of the hotel, there are a number of less famous monuments and attractions that should nonetheless be of interest to visitors.The closest major monument to the hotel is the Church of the Archangel Gabriel at 15, Arkhangelskiy Pereulok, less than five minutes walk up the street from the hotel. Popularly known as the Menshikov Tower after Grand Prince Alexander Menshikov, the close confidant of Peter the Great on whose estates it was built, this magnificent pink-and-white tower is the oldest and quite possibly the finest example of Petrine Baroque architecture in Moscow. Despite a difficult history that has included damage by fire, lightening, and Bolsheviks, the building is still one of central Moscow's most famous landmarks.
A similar distance away in the opposite direction from the hotel, the Church of Ss. Cosmas and Damian at 14/2 Ulitsa Maroseyka is a much more modest but nonetheless charming parish church, designed by Matvey Kazakov, the most prominent proponent of early Neoclassicism in Moscow. Completed in 1793 on the site of a much older church, the building has a delightful colour-scheme, with pale-green walls, silver domes, and gilded spires.
Around ten minutes’ walk from the A1 Hotel, Chistye Prudy ("Clean Ponds") were a communal garbage tip until Grand Prince Menshikov acquired the area in the 1703, and had them transformed into an attractive water feature which is still a popular spot to stroll in the summer, and in the winter becomes a charming outdoor skating-rink.
