Sightseeing

Golden Ring Hotel

The first thing you will notice when arriving at the Golden Ring Hotel is the towering neo-gothic edifice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, directly opposite the hotel. One of the "Seven Sisters", the Stalin-era skyscrapers that were key to Moscow's post-war renewal, the 172m Ministry was completed in 1953. Looking west from the upper floors of the Golden Ring, you will be able to see one of the Ministry's "sisters" - the Radisson Royal Hotel (formerly Hotel Ukraina), which is around 600m from the Golden Ring.

The Golden Ring Hotel lies just three minutes’ walk from Ulitsa Arbat, once celebrated as Moscow's bohemian heart due to its tiny literary cafes frequented by the capital's great writers, actors and scientists. Pedestrianized in the early 1980s, the street rapidly became the hippest quarter of Moscow, attracting young Muscovites and tourists alike. Now its restaurants, souvenir stalls and street performers make it one of the most lively and interesting areas of the city. Within short walking distance of the hotel visitors can find museums dedicated to Alexander Pushkin, Russia's most treasured poet, the great Symbolist writer Andrei Bely and the eccentric composer Alexander Scriabin, who spent the last few years of his life living on a small street just off Arbat. Running parallel and just a few minutes walk away from the hotel, are the busy commercial, shopping and entertainment centers of Ulitsa Novy Arbat.

Major attractions

Moscow Kremlin

Distance:3 kilometers
Taxi:10 - 15 minutes Show driving route
Public transport:The simplest way to reach the Kremlin from the Golden Ring Hotel is to take the metro from Smolenskaya (the pale-blue line station on the same side of the Garden Ring as the hotel). From there, travel two stops east to Aleksandrovsky Sad. Exit the metro and turn right. The main visitor entrance to the Kremlin in the Kutafya Tower is straight ahead of you about 100 m along the street. Show transit route

Red Square

Distance:3.5 kilometers
Taxi:10 - 15 minutes Show driving route
Public transport:It will take about 15 minutes to get to Red Square by public transport. From Smolenskaya Metro Station (dark-blue line, across the Garden Ring from the hotel), travel east two stops to Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Exit the metro and turn left across Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). On your left you will see the Resurrection Gate, which leads onto Red Square. Show transit route

Bolshoi Theatre

Distance:4 kilometers
Taxi:15 minutes Show driving route
Public transport:The trip to the theater will take about 20 minutes. Take the dark-blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line from Smolenskaya (the station in the courtyard across the Garden Ring from the hotel) and travel east two stops to Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Exit via the interchange station Teatralnaya to emerge around 50 m from the Bolshoi. Show transit route
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