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Where in the city is the hotel located?
Located in the shadow of the towering Stalinist skyscraper that houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Belgrad Hotel stands on Ulitsa Smolenskaya, at the far eastern end of Arbat, one of Moscows most famous streets. The hotel is just outside the central Garden Ring, and offers easy access to all the citys downtown attractions either on foot or by metro. |
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Which is the nearest metro station?
The nearest metro station is Smolenskaya, about 300m from the Belgrad Hotel. It is on the dark-blue line, two stops from Ploshchad Revolyutsii, the stop for Red Square. Note that there is a second Smolenskaya Station on the pale-blue line, but it is a little further from the hotel and the two stations are not connected. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Sheremetevo Airport?
Sheremetyevo-2 International Airport is roughly 35km from the Belgrad Hotel. Getting there by taxi or pre-ordered transfer will take around one hour, depending on traffic. The only viable public transport option at present is to take a marshrutka minibus from outside the arrivals lounge to Rechnoi Vokzal Metro Station (20 minutes). From there, take the dark-green line to Teatralnaya Station and change to the dark-blue line from Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Smolenskaya Station, which is under ten minutes' walk from the Belgrad, is two stops east from there. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Domodedovo Airport?
Domodedovo Airport is just over 55km from the Belgrad Hotel. To reach the hotel by taxi or prearranged transfer will take from 80 to 100 minutes depending on traffic. Alternatively, take the Aeroexpress rail link to Paveletskiy Station. Trains take just over 40 minutes from the airport, and run hourly (every half hour at peak times) from 7am to 12am. From Paveletskaya Metro Station, take the dark-green line two stops north to Teatralnaya, change to the dark-blue line from Ploshchad Revolyutsii and travel two stops east to Smolenskaya, which is under ten minutes' walk from the Belgrad Hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Vnukovo Airport?
Public transport to Vnukovo Airport is now reliable and efficient thanks to the new Aeroexpress rail link which runs almost hourly from 8am to 10pm. The journey to Kievsky Station takes 35 minutes. From there take the metro one stop to Smolenskaya Metro Station on the dark-blue line. The Belgrad Hotel is only 250m away.
If you prefer to travel by taxi or pre-ordered transfer, the 30km journey takes between 40 minutes and an hour, depending on traffic. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Leningradskiy Station, Yaroslavskiy Station or Kazanskiy Station?
Komsomolskaya Ploshchad, the site of all three stations, is around 4km to the north-east of the Belgrad Hotel. To reach the hotel by taxi or pre-ordered transfer will take 20-30 minutes depending on traffic. Alternatively, take the metro from Komsomolskaya Station (linked to all three mainline stations by tunnel) four stops south on the red line to Okhotniy Ryad, change to the dark blue line from Ploshchad Revolyutsii and continue two stops west to Smolenskaya. The Belgrad Hotel is roughly 250m, or just over five minutes' walk, from there. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kurskiy Station?
From Kurskaya Metro Station take the dark-blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line three stops west to Smolenskaya. The Belgrad Hotel is just over five minutes from there on foot. If you prefer to travel by taxi or pre-ordered transfer, the 3km trip will take around 20 minutes. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Belarusskiy Station?
Belarusskiy Station is around 3km north of the Belgrad Hotel. You can either take a taxi or prearranged transfer, in which case the journey will take around 20 minutes, or take the metro from Belorusskaya Metro Station. Take the dark-green Zamoskvoretskaya Line three stops south to Teatralnaya, change to the dark-blue line from Ploshchad Revolyutsii, and continue two stops west to Smolenskaya, which is around 250m from the Belgrad Hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kievskiy Station?
The Belgrad Hotel is under 1km from Kievskiy Station, so the trip by taxi or pre-ordered transfer should take no more than ten minutes. By metro, it is only one stop from Kievskaya Metro Station to Smolenskaya on the dark-blue line. The Belgrad Hotel is just over five minutes' walk from the metro. |
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How can I make international telephone calls?
All rooms at the Belgrad Hotel have telephones equipped with international direct dialling. If you wish to save money, IP-telephony cards are widely available from kiosks and mobile phone stores. |
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Where can I get Internet access?
Rooms at the Belgrad Hotel can only offer dial-up Internet connections. The hotel's business centre also offers use of PCs with hi-speed broadband access. |
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Does the hotel have satellite television?
All of the hotels rooms are equipped with satellite television, including popular international and English-language channels. The hotel also offers a pay-per-view movie service. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Kremlin?
The fastest way to reach the Kremlin from the Belgrad Hotel is to take the metro from Smolenskaya Station (300m) on the dark-blue line two stops east to Ploshchad Revolyutsii, which brings you out next to Red Square and only five minutes from the main entrance to the Kremlin. It is also possible to walk to the Kremlin. Head east down Arbat to the end of the street, cross the Boulevard Ring and continue straight along Vozdvizhenka Ulitsa to the Alexander Gardens, beneath the Kremlin walls. The walk is about 1.5km, and should take around 45 minutes. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Bolshoi Theater?
To get to the Bolshoi Theatre by metro, travel two stops east on the dark-blue line from Smolenskaya Metro Station to Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Exit via Teatralnaya Station to come out right next to the theatre. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Tretyakov Gallery?
The Tretyakov Gallery is easily accessed from the Belgrad Hotel by metro. From Smolenskaya Station on the dark-blue line (about 250m from the hotel) travel two stops east to Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Change here to the dark-green line at Teatralnaya and continue one stop south to Novokuznetskaya Station. Exit following the signs fro the gallery, which is about five minutes' walk from there. |
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Which visitor attractions are located near the hotel?
The Belgrad Hotel is only a couple of minutes' walk from the end of Arbat, one of Moscow's most famous and distinctive streets. Arbat is a pedestrian precinct lined with open-air bars and cafs, with a buzzing souvenir market and hoards of street performers of all varieties. It is also home to the Pushkin Apartment Museum, in the last Moscow home of Russia's greatest poet. The whole area around the Arbat Hotel is dominated by the towering Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of seven neo-gothic skyscrapers built on Stalin's orders in the early 1950s. |
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