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Where in the city is the hotel located?
The Golden Apple Hotel is situated in the historic centre of Moscow on Ulitsa Malaya Dmitrovka, just beyond the Boulevard Ring, and around 25 minutes' walk from the Kremlin and Red Square. |
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Which is the nearest metro station?
The closest metro station to the Golden Apple Hotel is Pushkinskaya, on the purple line, at an interchange with the grey and green lines. The station is a little under 10 minutes' walk away along Ulitsa Malaya Dmitrovka and to the right down Strastnoy Bulvar. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Sheremetyevo Airport?
It is just over 30km from Sheremetyevo-2 Inetrnational Airport and the Golden Apple Boutique Hotel. If you are taking a taxi or prearranged transfer, the drive will take between 40 minutes one hour depending on traffic. The only practical public transport option currently available is to take a marshrutka minibus from outside the arrivals lounge to Rechnoi Vokzal Metro Station at the top of the dark-green line. From here, it is about 25 minutes' ride to Tverskaya Metro Station, which is about ten minutes' walk from the hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Domodedovo Airport?
The Golden Apple Hotel is nearly 60km from Domodedovo International Airport in the centre of Moscow. If you are travelling by taxi or prearranged transfer, the journey will take around 90 minutes, depending on traffic. If you wish to use public transport, by far the fastest and most convenient method is to take the Aeroexpress rail link from Domodedovo to Paveletsky Station in the city centre. Trains run from 7am to 12am every hour (every half hour at peak times), and the journey takes just over 40 minutes. From Paveletskaya Metro Station, it is only three stops to Tverskaya Metro Station, which is under ten minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel.
There is also a marshrutka minibus shuttle service running 24-hour from Domodedovo to Domodedovskaya Metro Station. The drive takes about 30 minutes, and from there it is another 30 minutes on the metro to Tverskaya Station. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Vnukovo Airport?
If you plan to take a taxi or prearranged transfer, the drive to the Golden Apple Hotel from Vnukovo Airport is around 45km, and will take around an hour. If you wish to use public transport, there is now an Aeroexpress rail link running between Vnukovo and Kievskiy Station in the city centre. Trains run daily from 7am to 10pm, and the journey takes 35 minutes. From Kievskaya Metro Station take the brown circle line one stop clockwise to Krasnopresnenskaya Station. Change here to the purple line from Barrikadnaya Station, and travel one stop south to Pushkinskaya Station, under ten minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel.
A marshrutka minibus shuttle service runs 24-hour from outside the arrivals lounge to Yugo-Zapadnaya Metro Station in the far south-west of the city. From here take the red line to Okhotniy Ryad, change to the dark-green line at Teatralnaya, and ride one stop north to Tverskaya, which is under ten minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Leningradakiy Station, Yaroslavskiy Station or Kazanskiy Station?
Komsomolskaya Ploshchad, also known as "Three Stations Square", is about 3km east of the Golden Apple Hotel, and by car the journey will take around 15 minutes. Alternatively, take the metro from Komsomolskaya, which is directly linked to all three mainline stations, three stops south to Lubyanka on the red line. Change there to Kuznetskiy Most on the purple line and travel one stop north to Pushkinskaya Station (see metro map). The Golden Apple Hotel is about ten 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 one stop west to Ploshchad Revolyutsii, and change to Teatralnaya and the dark-green line see metro map). From there it is one stop north to Tverskaya Metro Station, which is around ten minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel. If you are travelling by taxi or pre-ordered transfer the drive takes under 20 minutes. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Belarusskiy Station?
The Golden Apple Hotel is very close to Belorusskiy Station, and the trip should take only five minutes by taxi or prearranged transfer, provided traffic is not too heavy. By metro, take the dark-green line one stop south from Belorusskaya Metro Station to Tverskaya, which is roughly ten minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel see metro map). |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kievskiy Station?
By taxi or prearranged transfer the Golden Apple can be reached in under 20 minutes from Kievskiy Station. By metro, take the brown circle line one stop Krasnopresnenskaya Station. Change here to the purple line from Barrikadnaya Station, and travel one stop south to Pushkinskaya Station, under ten minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel. |
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Where can I park near the hotel?
There is limited guarded parking available for a fee next to the Golden Apple Hotel. |
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Where can I rent a car?
Car rental, including cars with drivers, can be arranged by the Golden Apple Hotel's reception staff. |
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How can I make international telephone calls?
All rooms at the Golden Apple Boutique Hotel have telephones with direct international dialling. If you wish to save money, a variety of IP-telephony cards are readily available in many kiosks and most mobile phone shops. Guests at can also make calls from the Central Telegraph Office at Tverskaya Ulitsa 7, about 15 minutes' walk from the Golden Apple. Here you can either use phone cards or pre-pay to make intercity and international calls. |
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Where can I get Internet access?
The Golden Apple Hotel offers complimentary Wi-Fi access in all rooms and public spaces. There is also broadband access in all guest rooms. For visitors without laptop computers, the Golden Apple's small business centre offers PCs with high-speed Internet connections. |
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Does the hotel have satellite television?
All rooms at the Golden Apple Hotel have flatscreen televisions with satellite and cable channels, including popular English-language channels. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Kremlin?
It is possible to walk to the Kremlin and Red Square from the Golden Apple Hotel in a little under 30 minutes. Turn right out of the hotel and walk to the end of Ulitsa Malaya Dmitrovka. Cross Pushkinskaya Ploshchad and turn left down Ulitsa Tverskaya. It's just over ten minutes' walk from there to the end of the street, which is directly opposite the Kremlin and the gates to Red Square. To save time, take the metro from Tverskaya Station one stop south to Teatralnaya see metro map), and exit following signs for Red Square. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Bolshoi Theater?
To walk from the Golden Apple to the Bolshoi Theatre, turn right out of the hotel down Ulitsa Malaya Dmitrovka, across Strastnoy Bulvar and on down Ulitsa Bolshaya Dmitrovka. The Bolshoi Theatre is on your right at the end of the street, and the walk takes around 20 minutes. To save time, take the metro from Tverskaya Station to Teatralnaya see metro map), which brings you out right next to the Bolshoi. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Tretyakov Gallery?
To reach the Tretyakov Gallery from the Golden Apple Hotel, take the dark-green line from Tverskaya Metro Station (about seven minutes' walk from the hotel) two stops south to Novokuznetskaya Station see metro map). Exit via Tretyakovskaya Station, and follow the street signs to the Gallery. |
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Which visitor attractions are located near the hotel?
There are several interesting attractions just a few minutes' walk from the Golden Apple Hotel, including the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady in Putinki, a beautiful early 17th century church with azure onion domes. It was the last church in Russia to be built with a traditional tent-roof.
At the top of Ulitsa Petrovka, under ten minutes' walk from the hotel, the Verkhopetrovskiy Monastery is one of Moscow's oldest, and the only monastery in the city centre to have survived almost unaltered since the 17th century. Opposite the gates to the monastery, a fine style moderne mansion now houses the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, which has an excellent collection of avant garde Russian art from the 1910s and 1920s, as well as a number of temporary exhibitions. |